Online retail spending in October grew by only 1 percent compared to October 2007, representing the lowest monthly growth rate since 2001, according to a report from comScore who began tracking ecommerce seven years ago. The report said that the softness in online retail spending was due in part by negative spending growth in households earning less than $50,000 a year.
Okay so you finally made the leap of faith and invested in your online store. After a few weeks of tweaks on your Google Ad campaign you finally have your first sale, awesome. From this point forward How your business handles orders will have a major impact on your customer experience, from encouraging initial interest to prompting repeat business. While several factors - price, quality of product or service, range of goods, stock availability - are vital to achieving sales in the first place, a responsive, fully automated order fulfillment procedure plays a key part in overall customer satisfaction
26 Aug, 2008
Posted by: Blaze In: eCommerce News
It would not be wrong for an online entrepreneur to think that an Ecommerce solution is the right answer as far as making their online business more profitable. In fact, many people that have used an Ecommerce solution have found their profits have swollen as a result of using such solutions, and their online businesses have also benefited more as a consequence of using different such solutions. However, it is still necessary that you become knowledgeable about what an Ecommerce solution can offer you and which features is worth laying emphasis on to make your business grow.
PaySimple, the leading provider of SaaS (Software as a Service) on-demand electronic payment solutions for small businesses, announced it has implemented technology by Varien, an industry-leading e-commerce provider. PaySimple has integrated its credit card processing services with the Magento open source shopping cart platform, which brings the power and security of an enterprise solution without the hassle and cost.
“We are continuously on the lookout for products and applications that will enhance our suite of solutions and bring value to our customers,” said Eric Remer, CEO of PaySimple, Inc. “With the addition of the Magento open source e-commerce platform, we have made it easy for PaySimple customers to use one of the best free products currently on the market, alongside all the PaySimple Solution 2.0 functionality, such as low-rate credit card processing, e-check processing, recurring billing, and secure data storage and reporting.”
In its quest for delivering integrated e-commerce solutions to SMBs eBRIDGE Software, the leader in accounting software integration solutions developed and introduced ePortal service for PayPal.
The main function of the web-based ePortal service is to connect a company’s accounting software to their PayPal account. This enables automatic integration of customer payment information from PayPal to the accounting software. The system completely eliminates any need for manual data entry.
Earlier in July the company released ePortal service for eBay. Thus eBRIDGE is acting in accordance with its policy to provide complete and streamlined integration for the most popular web store/payment tandem in the ecommerce market.