Irrelevant of whether your small business is based primarily online or offline, there’s no doubt that it can be extremely difficult to not only succeed, but survive, particularly in the current economic climate. One problem that so often presents itself with starting up a small… Read More
Order Management is a large part of running an online business. As such there are many features a merchant should look for when evaluating order management systems and what each can do for them. Let’s take a look at some of the key things an… Read More
E-commerce means selling online. To do this a merchant must have a shopping cart to hold orders from a customer. Right now there are hundreds of shopping carts to choose from. A person can be overwhelmed at the choices. So how do you start narrowing… Read More
Having an online presence of some form is considered to be a necessary requirement for any business today. Some businesses use every online resource available, from a website and blog through to Facebook and Twitter, while others opt to have only a simple yet effective… Read More
Credit cards are one of the most common forms of payment in e-commerce today. They are especially popular in the U.S. However there are also major concerns with the security of credit cards now. Credit card companies have been working to enforce a set of… Read More
For those of you who want customizable software for your e-commerce company, you might consider open source software. Open source software means that the internal code is accessible so a user can make modifications to the functionality of the software by changing its base code. … Read More
We’re past Halloween now, which means people are gearing up for holiday shopping! The next couple of months are the busiest times of the year for most merchants as people scramble to get everything on their holiday lists and look for the best deals. With… Read More
When small businesses, particularly those without a great deal of internet knowledge, hear the phrase Search Engine Optimization (or SEO), their natural reaction is more often than not to tense up, become clammy and start to panic at even the thought of learning about SEO… Read More