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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Saving money on your e-commerce site
- After building and transferring many e-commerce sites it still amazes me that owners of e-commerce businesses are still wasting money in three basic ways. For fear of stating the obvious, saving money is the same as making money $100 saved is $100 added to your profit margin. Here are three basic ways to save money on your e-commerce site and increase your profits. While they may be simple we know...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ecommerce comes from customer satisfaction
- Online shopping is convenient, but many companies whose web sites do brisk sales often leave consumers wanting. That's according to ForeSee Results, a research company that studied customer satisfaction among Internet shoppers. One way to improve the experience is gift cards, according to Merchant Commerce (http://merchantcommerce.net), an e-commerce services provider. Gift cards can be used to re...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to start an internet business ? content, content, content
- When it comes to e-commerce, the time-tested cliché is, "Content is king." In this case, the cliché is correct.ContentFor the purpose of this article, content is defined as pages of text on your site. Content is often broken down into two categories, primary pages and information pages. Primary pages are the core of a site, to wit, the home...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mr and mrs smith go online, as internet technology moves from fantasy to normality
- According to NOP World, 48% of all Internet users have researched or purchased financial products such as insurance and loans on the internet, or used online banking facilities. In April, NOP World had already recorded estimates of 28 million people online in Great Britain, with 13.5 million exploiting the Web for their financial requirements.NOP World's report showed that of the financial ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is your website credit card friendly?
- In my last column I discussed the process of credit card enabling your brick-and-mortar business. I pointed out that research has shown that accepting credit cards can help increase revenue and enhance cash flow. I also pointed out that you may have to look beyond your local bank for help in getting things set up. This week we will look at setting up an online payment system for your business webs...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is your business afraid of the internet?
- My Business is Afraid of the InternetBill Gates, CEO of Microsoft, once said that there would soon be two types of businesses, those online, and those out of business. Those words still ring true today, and many small businesses are missing a huge boat by not getting online.A good portion of small businesses have been around for a while, long before banner ads and even email became s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Online florists - send flowers online when youre in a hurry
- You did it again, didn't you? Forgot until the last minute that birthday, anniversary, graduation, promotion, or fill-in-the-blank-here. No fear, online florists are here. No longer do you have to work in that lunch time stop at the florist shop. Now customized flowers are just a hop, skip, and click away. With the added bonus of being in an international market, most of these online florists offe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Working with drop shippers
- Drop Shippers, the manufacturers or distributors who are willing to ship their products to your customers, bring a powerful benefit to ecommerce. Online businesses that engage in the wholesale-retail trade can cut down on all the hassles of shipping their products by simply establishing business relationships with drop shippers, and using them as part of their business model. This article will cov...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ecommerce - boost your business roi
- Did you know that over 90% of all online orders are processed by credit cards and that web sites that offer customers the ability to pay with credit cards can achieve up to 300% more sales than those that do not?It's a fact. Not only do more customers buy, statistics prove that customers actually buy more when given the option to pay with their credit card. Here are some recent trends that ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 second internet person, sound familiar?
- Some people do not understand the Internet idea of online commerce, but then again some people do not understand themselves either. To fully understand Internet Commerce you really only need to monitor your "clicking habits" for a few days to see where you are going and what if anything you are buying. The modern Internet Consumer is there and gone, in a click of any eye, if you do not g...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ecommerce software solutions
- All of the long, grueling nights and an unknown number of working weekends spent converting your dream into reality finally paid off-in a big way! Affiliates are signing up every single day and the clicks have really turned into cash. Your success is not limited to a lonely website but several and all of them are helping you move very diverse product lines. The effort has really paid off and you a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to accept credit cards online
- Anyone with an online business, whether for auctions, services, or virtually any type of product, has asked the same question at some time during their quest to create the ultimate online business - "How do I accept credit cards?"Since over 90% of all transactions on the Internet involve customers paying by credit card, accepting plastic money rates a must for almost any business.The...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Credit card merchant account basics
- Knowing which credit card merchant account to get can be very confusing. There are thousands and thousands of banks, merchant account providers and third party sales teams that can offer you all kinds of incentives. Billions of dollars are transacted online every year and you want your share. Where do you turn? What do you look for? Read on to find out...Third party payment processors...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Building ecommerce websites that work - part 1
- You want to succeed at eCommerce? Welcome to a very big family. Right off, let's be clear - there are lots of ways to do business on the internet. And lots of ways to both make and lose money. Successful eCommerce websites come in all shapes, kinds and colors and while I can't cover every type of site in this series, I will present the basics you need to consider and apply for an eCommerce web sit...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Internet merchant accounts for innocents abroad
- If you want to sell on the internet, your need to accept credit cards. To accept credit cards, you need a merchant account, or access to one. There're two ways of getting this: Get your own merchant account, or 'pimp' off someone else's.The latter is the option most new merchants choose. You use a third-party to process your payments, and they take percentage. Here are a few popular ones:...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Using credit cards securely online
- Nowadays, shopping online is a very common thing. Making your purchases without leaving your house is an attractive option for many of us. Purchasing items over the internet using your credit card can be quite an unpleasant experience if you don't make sure your payments are safe. Although many people consider that using a credit card for online transactions is not safe, they continue using this m...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The ecommerce business plan
- Simply put, business plans can make or break your business. Starting a Drop Ship business online is no different from starting a traditional non-online business. With the strong emphasis individuals place on writing business plans for starting up non-internet-based companies, it is equally crucial to prepare a business plan for your online business.A business plan serves many important purp...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creating the perfect ecommerce website
- If you're thinking of jumping on the bandwagon and going into business with your own ecommerce website, you'd do well to look at a few examples before you start. Finding out what a good ecommerce website looks like will help you know what to include - and what to avoid - when you start to set up one of your own. Here are some of the things you'll find on the perfect ecommerce web site:A goo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why arent people buying from your ecommerce website?
- Your stock is tempting, your prices right - your ecommerce website is good to go, but somehow the customers just aren't buying. So where are you going wrong?Make sure people can find your ecommerce website.What are you doing to bring customers to your ecommerce web site? It's not enough to just design a website and then sit back and wait for the money to come rolling in as eager cust...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Select a niche market for ecommerce
- Choosing a carefully pinpointed niche market should be one of the first steps that an internet business owner has to take. A very common way of describing a niche market is 'a targeted group of individuals with very specific and similar needs or interests.' These people engage in similar activities and hence they would most probably demand the same goods or services to cater to their needs. Online...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Online credit card processing - how to accept credit cards - ecommerce 101
- Back in 1998 (through 2000 or so), I worked for a small company (called PaymentNet / then Signio) that handled online transactions. Verisign later purchased this company, and the product team I led integrated the "client" - the portion that took the credit card information and sent it to our servers for processing. The product name is Payflow Pro - maybe you've heard of it?I'm going to limi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Using drop shipping for e-commerce
- Thanks to the ubiquity of the internet, online virtual businesses have become very popular business opportunities. Online retail stores are gradually playing a more important role in our lives than the traditional 'brick-and-mortar' retail shops. Over the last few years, a new concept called 'Drop Shipping' has emerged with the coming of the internet. Drop Shippers are basically wholesalers who ar...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 5 tips for online shopping
- Shopping online has become more and more popular in America as we are all looking to save a little time and money. E-commerce sales are growing at astronomical numbers ranging from 20-25% per year. And according to Forrester Research, 40% of households are using coupons in their web shopping. The huge increases are obvious: the online savings and discounts are impossible to match by traditional st...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Alternative e-commerce solutions
- Over the past several years, the Internet has emerged as a breakthrough technology that has and will continue to transform the way we live and communicate, and especially the way we do business.No matter if you are selling a product or a service, the Internet is a means of reaching markets that had otherwise been unreachable in the past. And, it also provides ease of purchasing and selling ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Online customer service - the cornerstone of a successful online business
- Online customer service is still one of the most frequently overlooked aspects of running a successful online business. Yet, in the highly competitive world of Internet business, it could be (and should be) the one thing that sets you apart from your competition!Most Internet businesses that have a drive to succeed focus all of their time and resources on building a great site, and then try...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to boost conversion rates, while lowering merchant account fees!
- Using an Address Verification System (AVS) when processing your online credit card transactions can help to reduce the number of fraudulent transactions you receive. However, most online merchants don't know that using AVS can also reduce your number of legitimate orders.Using AVS can hurt your conversion rates in two main ways.1. If you set your AVS rules to reject all transactions ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Shopping cart usability
- Usable Shopping Carts Increase SalesE-commerce has been around since 1993 under many different names, but one thing remains constant; shoppers want usable web sites. Without a usable shopping cart the sites typically fail from poor performance. To succeed in the world of e-commerce and on the Internet web sites must be developed to be usable by patrons as well as search engines.The m...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you need a merchant account?
- Deciding when to get your own merchant account for internet sales can be a confusing and expensive venture. If you have a small to medium sized business and only sell a small amount of products then having your own merchant account may not be the answer for you. Some of the costs involved include.Monthly fees. Anywhere between $25-$50 for statements and minimum fees.Per transaction a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Choosing the right online shopping cart
- Are you a website owner or a web designer/developer? If either applies, I would venture to say that eventually you'll need an online shopping cart for one of your websites. In fact, almost all new websites today need some sort of ecommerce built-in, for the purpose of selling goods and services in the online marketplace.The greatest challenge is to find the perfect ecommerce shopping cart s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Developing a winning e-commerce strategy
- One bright spot on the economic horizons around the world seems to be continued consumer spending and e-commerce is clearly a part of this, with sales estimated to be in excess of $9.9 billion in the next three months according to ACNielsen. But there is a dark cloud hovering over this sunny e-commerce landscape called poor web site design. Let's explore some of the reasons why consumers are not r...