E-Commerce

Choosing the Best Business Credit Card Processor

Any online retail business that does not have a credit card processor set up should definitely consider this as an option. Often times web business owners feel overwhelmed with the prospect of choosing a credit card processor for their business.
Many of them feel that the fees associated with working with an online processor are […]


Websites for Unusual Businesses: Common Problems Solved

For some reason, there are a few unusual businesses that feel that the Internet has passed them by. They struggle to see the return on investment of having a website and, not surprisingly, have legitimate reservations for needing one.
Here are the common problems surrounding this issue, the reason why business think this is a […]


Digital Product Security - Burglars Stopped In IP Tracks

All of us in ecommerce have a heavy vested interest in maximising income whilst minimising the time spent maximising! Where some are losing out ‘big time’ is from the downside of technology where there is always someone trying to beat the system for their own ends, maybe devious, theft complacent or just plain evil.
Digital product […]


How to Get Customers and Make Sales

The primary motive for the majority of websites is to get customers and make sales but it is a motive that often fails.
To succeed you need to shift the focus away from website design and instead concentrate and who your potential customer is and how you can serve them.
Whatever your business you are either […]


Ecommerce Business Solutions for Selling and Marketing Successfully

One of the key skills to selling successfully online is product research. If you have the passion then in practice you need to find out what you want to sell and then research that product.
If the product that you are trying to market is something that only a select and narrow group of people […]


PCI Data Security: The Standard that Raised the Bar

When consumers offer their bank or credit card over the Internet, phone or from some point of sale somewhere, it’s usually never a second thought for someone to wonder if that data is safe or not. Well, if it weren’t for standards that credit card companies and merchants adhere to, information could be hanging out […]


PCI DSS Compliance

Organizations that process credit card payments are subject to fraud, hacking and many other security threats and vulnerabilities. Any company that processes, stores, or transmits credit card numbers must be PCI Compliant or else risks losing its rights and abilities to process credit card payments of any type. Merchants are required to validate compliance […]


Communication Helps Create Business Success

Business schools announce the importance of clear communication to the world; established businesses address it in forums and within Annual Reports, and small, entrepreneurial businesses learn how important communication is…some of them, the hard way.
Clear communication between business and clients should be one of the key objectives for every entrepreneurial business owner.
The importance […]


How to Choose an Ecommerce Storefront for Your Business

Choosing an ecommerce storefront drastically affects your sales. Choose wisely and sales double, triple, or more. Choose poorly and you waste your time and money.
Selecting the right ecommerce storefront begins with determining which features you will need. Doing some research and finding out about the different features available will help you select the services […]


The Difference Between Marketing and Selling

There is a lot of confusion about the differences between marketing and sales. Marketing is in fact the act of ‘bringing the product to market’. Selling is about closing a sale and turning a potential buyer into a customer. Closing a sale is also called a conversion.
Marketing is primarily about research - identifying potential buyers […]