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Solve Cart Abandonment Issues by Black Friday
SeeWhy’s new ‘Live-in-Five’ program offers small and mid-sized merchants accelerated services to re-market and recapture customers who abandon carts just in time for the online selling season.
Big E-commerce Features for Little Money
Easy to use, loads of features and unlimited support make BigCommerce, a hosted e-commerce platform, a big win for small e-tailers.
EBay Tools: Off-eBay Options to Publish Listings
We take a look at different eBay tools that can help sellers publish attractive and unique listings using off-eBay services.
How to Protect Your Business Against Cyber Fraud
E-commerce owners are no stranger to online fraud. Here are descriptions of the latest scams and tips on how to avoid them.
TRUSTe Offers Privacy Services for Small Businesses
TRUSTe offers a new service to help small online businesses get a professional privacy policy in place and secure Web sites to boost consumer confidence.
Page Mage: Publish eBay Listings on Social Sites
Page Mage adds one-click social media publishing to its interactive eBay listing service, plus lowers fees.
SEO Marketing Tips: Optimize E-mail Campaigns
SEO is a great compliment to e-mail marketing. Wendy Lowe from Campaigner offers tips to help you optimize your e-mail marketing campaigns for search engines.
Free Twitter Tools to Tweak Your Tweets
Tweeting your business? Make the most of your time and marketing efforts with these cool Twitter tools.
EBay Adds Top-Rated Badges, Ups Buy-It-Now Conditions
This week eBay rolls out the new Top-rated Seller program, retires some listing features, and also adjusts ‘Buy it Now’. Plus, Vendio helps sellers easily change policies across all live listings.
osCommerce Trademark War Leads to Uneasy Settlement
The New osCommerce Project changes its name to osQuantum.com and agrees to surrender its trademark despite lack of signed legal agreement.
eBay Watch: New Dispute Resolution Explained
This week eBay clarifies its new dispute resolution process and rolls out its Unpaid Item Assistant. Plus, ProStores announces a holiday contest: three eBay sellers will win a $799 JumpStart package.
Web Design: Why Consistency Counts
Helen Bradley explains why consistency is essential when designing your Web site.
Badcustomer.com Helps E-tailers Avoid Chargebacks
If you’re worried about chargebacks, a new online service offers a chargeback history to help you weed out negative customers before they checkout.
BrandConnect: Social Media Tools for Brand Awareness
The BrandConnect Suit helps brand owners track, analyze and shout out to consumers and their followers on social media platforms.
Ecommerce Primer Part 2: Enhance Your Web Shop
Once you have the e-commerce site basics covered and your Web site launched, it’s time to look at adding optional elements, like e-mail marketing and Web analytics, to your online retail site.
CS-Cart: The Next Wave of Shopping Carts
CS-Cart lacks the popularity of the established solutions like osCommerce, Zen Cart and X-Cart, but is a hot contender to be the next big product.
eBiz Profile: E.L.F. (Eyes, Lips, Face) Cosmetics
Stiff competition from big cosmetics brands forced E.L.F. to launch its own e-commerce business before pushing its product to retail stores. It turned out to be a profitable decision.
Five E-mail Marketing Mistakes to Avoid
Helen Bradley explains how to avoid common pitfalls to ensure successful e-mail marketing campaigns.
eWay Unites E-mail and Social Marketing in Single Platform
eWay’s Direct Connect 4.0 offers Web-based businesses a suite of integrated tools to manage multiple online marketing tasks from within a single platform.
Seller Tools: EBay Compatible Shopping Carts
If you sell on your own site in addition to eBay, eBay-compatible carts let you track and manage your orders from one location, regardless of where the sale takes place.
