Bringing the World to Your Door

According to Internet.com, by the year 2008 nearly 30% of offline purchases will be influenced by online research. If your site is a well-implemented ecommerce site, the web can significantly lower both order-taking costs and customer support costs after the sale has been made. You could also experience larger purchases... Read More

Get Out of The Way

Get out of the way and make it easy for your visitors to find what they want.Recently I completed a report for a site that was the most 'peaceful' and among the most 'useful' I had seen in a long time. That is to say, the visual and promotional 'noise'... Read More

Intranet Project Names - Some Ideas

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet."In this famous quote from Act II of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet tells Romeo that a name is an artificial and meaningless convention, and the fact he is a Montague and she a... Read More

Selecting The Right Shopping Cart For Your Website

Shopping Cart Installation And SetupShopping cart technology has evolved to be a must-have feature for the internet seller. Most e-merchants are aware that shopping carts function to facilitate the purchasing process. They provide the means to catalog sale items; calculate price and shipping costs; and process real-time payments. What business... Read More

The Census and the E-Commerce Wave

Understanding business and product sales can sometimes put me in a whirlwind. My job tends to get me involved with loads of different opportunities dealing with all sorts of product lines. It is not my job to understand every single type of product, but it is my goal to assist... Read More

The Rise of Multinational Virtual Corporations

The virtual corporation is the emerging organisational form, which best combines, a fluid ability to adapt to rapidly changing markets and is able to leverage its skills with the complementary skills of other corporations. In the concept's purest form, each company that links up with others to create a virtual... Read More

E-Commerce Is Back On The Fast Track

How much holiday shopping did you do on-line this year? If you are reading this, then chances are good that you made at least one purchase on-line. Over 54% of all Americans did it [1]. A much higher percentage (>80%) of Internet users did it.Not only did you do it,... Read More

Top Ten Qualities to Look for in an Online Pharmacy

As you may have noted, there are thousands or even hundreds of thousands of websites selling pharmaceutical products or drugs. These are called ONLINE PHARMACIES or PHARMACIES ONLINE.Can they be trusted? Are they safe?Yes, in many cases but only if you are careful and exercise your due diligence: this is... Read More

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... Read More

Set Yourself Apart From The Ordinary

I have written at length about the need to anticipate your visitors' needs. I have talked about how the first screen of the homepage needs to connect immediately and directly with the task each visitor has on his or her mind. I have talked about finding the search words and... Read More

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Is Your Business Afraid of the Internet?

My Business is Afraid of the InternetBill Gates, CEO of... Read More

10 Tips To Build, Manage And Profit From An E-Commerce Website

Just because you've built your e-commerce website doesn't mean the... Read More

ECommerce Scenario in Pakistan

Pakistan with highest growth rates in 1960s and bad politics... Read More

Intranet Project Names - Some Ideas

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose... Read More

Cyber Banking

The use of electronic cash as a means of transacting... Read More

Ecommerce - Boost Your Business ROI

Did you know that over 90% of all online orders... Read More

E-commerce: Is It Right for You?

The birth of the Internet and the mass availability of... Read More

Say Something Worth Talking About

I recently published a short e-book called 'One Thing I... Read More

Home Sweet Home Page

"Your home page is the world's introduction to you and... Read More

Accept Credit Cards Online Without a Merchant Account

There are two major ways to accept credit cards on... Read More

Credit Card Merchant Account Basics

Knowing which credit card merchant account to get can be... Read More

Online Merchant Account - Costs and Alternatives

Merchant Account BasicsA Merchant Account is a commercial bank account... Read More

How to Write a Landing Page

Is there a difference between writing a landing page and... Read More

Get Out of The Way

Get out of the way and make it easy for... Read More

Merchant Account Insider Secrets - Accept Credit Cards Online

The process of learning how to accept payments on the... Read More

Writing Web Pages: Get To The Meat Faster

Much of my consulting work comprises writing 'Outside Opinion' reports... Read More

Top 5 Dot Com Myths Debunked

Most people who get into business know what's involved. They... Read More

The Webmasters Assistant

There are many tools available to a webmaster to analyse... Read More

Turn Your Rusty Junk Into eBay Gold

Often times people to stop to realize the income potential... Read More

Direct Marketing isn?t all Brute Force

There are so many metrics surrounding direct marketing. So many... Read More

Choosing An Internet Merchant Account

Surf to Google and perform a search on "Internet Merchant... Read More

Choosing on Order Fulfillment Service

When your eCommerce business grows to the point where you... Read More

3 Powerful Concepts That Climb Marketing Mountains

You have probably heard many times how you should offer... Read More

Your Site is all Direct Marketing

This may not be a popular view, but I think... Read More

One Point Two Billion

In this surreal world of the internet, anyone, even you,... Read More

Gooooooooooogle It!

....there's much more to Google than you thought:With the wealth... Read More

Set Yourself Apart From The Ordinary

I have written at length about the need to anticipate... Read More

Eleven Things You Must Know About A Drop Shipping Directory And Its Company

1. Balance - You want to find a directory rich... Read More

Your Readers are Publishers Too

Too often we charge ahead and treat the web as... Read More

How to Get Free Internet Merchant Accounts

This article will show small businesses how to get free... Read More

Online Customer Service - The Cornerstone of a Successful Online Business

Online customer service is still one of the most frequently... Read More

Short Story: The Benefits of Shopping Online

Maria's new lifestyle: Short story about the benefits shopping on... Read More

Credit Card Processing - 7 Things You Need to Know Before Opening an Online Merchant Account

When considering opening an online merchant account to accept credit... Read More