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Archive for January, 2010

EcommerceJunkie is now on Twitter

Posted in Ecommerce, tagged , , on January 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »

We finally made the plunge into Twitter! For those who would like to follow us on Twitter here is the URL: http://twitter.com/ecommercejunkie

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News: December ’09 Retail Sales Fall Short

Posted in Ecommerce, Online Shopping, tagged , , , , , , , on January 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »

You’d expect the holiday shopping season to provide a natural boost to overall retail sales for the month of December.  But as we learned yesterday, you’d be wrong. The Commerce Department reported that retail sales were down 0.3 percent last month from November 2009.  Many pundits blame the decrease on the nation’s double-digit unemployment rate [...]

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Merchant Tip: New Click Fraud Threat Emerges

Posted in Merchant Tips, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »

You may have noticed that some news outlets this week have been covering a story on a new, and particularly devious, model of click fraud that has been discovered by a Harvard Business School professor named Ben Edelman.  (Find the Forbes.com article here).  As regular readers of Junkie well know, click fraud is a major [...]

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Everything Beatles!

Posted in Online Shopping, tagged , , , , , , on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The recent success of the Beatles Rock Band video game series got us thinking.   Would it be possible to put together an entire blog of items specifically for Beatles’ fanatics?  Well after looking around for awhile, the answer is a resounding YES!  There’s more Beatles memorabilia and paraphernalia on the web than you can [...]

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Save on Kids’ Basketball Shoes

Posted in Online Shopping, tagged , , , , , , , on January 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »

So let’s say you’ve got a kid (or more) involved in organized basketball this winter.  As opposed to other organized youth sports like soccer, football or baseball, basketball offers parents’ a bit of a reprieve on annually buying equipment.  Except when it comes to the shoes, of course.   The exorbitant prices of basketball sneakers [...]

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Planning your Super Bowl Party

Posted in Ecommerce, Online Shopping, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Super Bowl XLIV is less than a month away.   While the participants in this year’s edition of the biggest sports event in the country have yet to be determined, Super Bowl party planning is most definitely underway.  If you’re planning a soiree of your own, now’s a good time to start ordering what you [...]

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January’s Hot New DVDs and Blu-Rays

Posted in Ecommerce, Online Shopping, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We’re pretty big movie buffs over here at Ecommerce Junkie, yet we recently realized how little time we spend covering DVDs and Blu Rays here.  That’s all going to change!  Roughly once a month, we’ll track all the new DVD/Blu Ray releases, pick out a few of our favorites, and find the web’s best deals [...]

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Electronics Dominate Holiday Shopper Wish Lists

Posted in Ecommerce, Online Shopping, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Comparison shopping website Sortprice.com gave us some inside information on which products on their site were the most frequently searched for during the 2009 holiday shopping season and as expected, electronics dominated. Surprisingly, traditional toys were a bit more scarce in terms of popularity this year, with video games and consoles overtaking them and compiling [...]

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Early Valentines Ideas

Posted in Online Shopping, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

No sooner has the hustle and bustle of the holiday shopping season died down and we’re already preparing for the next big shopping holiday—Valentine’s Day.  Can you believe it?   The romantic holiday loathed by some is a mere 5 weeks away, and it will be here before you know it.  We’re always a proponent [...]

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Use Online Shopping to Help Fulfill those New Years Resolutions!

Posted in Online Shopping, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We all know how frustrating it can be to keep a New Years resolution.  They’re as diverse and broad as the people who make them, and sometimes easily disregarded after a few weeks.  But it doesn’t have to be that way!  If you’ve deemed 2010 as the year that you’re going to embark upon a [...]

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