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Most software is designed to be complex enough. Adding complexity to the buying process just makes it a nightmare for customers. Here is the latest example from Adobe’s Creative Suite 5 product page. Via John Gruber. Complexity is the number one enemy of software designers. This story is not unique…

This business week article discusses how to build a good credit history and a credit line once you restart your small business after declaring bankruptcy. The key take aways are – Approach lenders at community banks who evaluate your application by sitting down and talking with you, looking at…

Every small business owner who is looking for a shopping cart for their ecommerce business is faced with hundreds of options. According to Practical eCommerce magazine, there are about 500 ecommerce shopping cart solutions. How do you decide which one is right for you? This is my attempt…

Following are our 10 most popular blog posts from last year – based on page views. Thank you to all our readers for the continued support. On free shipping, women customers, and measurement-driven-marketing : Statistics on free shipping policies for ecommerce merchants. Article also discusses the large percentage…

Just yesterday I wrote about some of the leading ecommerce stores being down during the holidays. This just in. The Yahoo! Stores has been down since about 3:00 pm PST today. For latest news go to Yahoo! Small Business System Status web page. Update: Yahoo reported that this issue…

In this article I will explain the standard terminology used to describe early payment discounts. I will then present a simple approach towards deciding whether to use early payment discounts. What does “2/10 net 30” mean? Early payment discounts are often described using a phrase like “2/10 net…