Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for February, 2010

Consumers Beware! New E-commerce Fraud Threatens Your Confidential Information

Posted in Ecommerce, Online Shopping, tagged , , , , , , , on February 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Those who read Junkie on a regular basis know all too well our position on click fraud and the devastating effect it can have on internet retail operations.  But today we’re going to review a new type of fraudulent activity that is starting to rear its ugly head; one that targets consumers and serves as [...]

Read Full Post »

Virginia Moves Closer to Online Sales Tax Implementation

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

The ongoing national debate over affixing sales taxes to online purchases returned to the news yesterday, when Virginia lawmakers passed a bill that would force the state’s internet retailers to do just that. Only one dissenting vote was recorded in the state Senate Finance committee’s debate on Sen. Emmett Hanger’s proposed legislation, which would collect [...]

Read Full Post »

Lagging Economy Socks Online Retail Spending in 2009

Posted in Ecommerce, Online Shopping, tagged , , , , , , on February 10, 2010 | 5 Comments »

After years of steady growth, consumer frugality and increasing unemployment helped push e-commerce spending back a step in 2009 according to online retail spending data compiled by comScore Inc. The Reston, Va.-based internet researcher reported that overall 2009 online spending was $129.8 billion, down 0.2 percent from $130.1 billion the previous year. The decrease would [...]

Read Full Post »

Sortprice Rolls Out Valentines Day Gift Guide and Top Ten Romantic Gifts

Posted in Ecommerce, Online Shopping, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Consumers are considering both traditional favorites as well as several new ideas for Valentines Day gift-giving as they shop for the holiday this year, according to data released today by shopping search engine Sortprice.com listing the most frequently searched-for gifts on its site thus far. “Not only are shoppers taking advantage of the many post-holiday [...]

Read Full Post »

Online Retailers Falling Short with their Product Recommendations

Posted in Ecommerce, Merchant Tips, Online Shopping, tagged , , , , on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Product recommendations and featured products can be a very effective component of an online shopping portal. Highlighting items for shoppers visiting your site and using their shopping history to pass along other products they may like is an excellent way to boost sales and increase customer retention. But as a new survey indicates, many retailers [...]

Read Full Post »

January Retail Data Offers Hope

Posted in Ecommerce, Merchant Tips, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We saw that retailers had a rough December when the Commerce Department released its retail sales figures for the last month of 2009.  While we have to wait a few more weeks for the government to unveil its January retail data, a Thompson Reuters survey on the subject should give the industry something to feel [...]

Read Full Post »

Merchant Certifications: How they can help your eCommerce operation

Posted in Ecommerce, Merchant Tips, tagged , , , , , on February 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »

There is no doubt that online shopping is growing in popularity.  Every year more and more people are logging on to shop and save money.  As the number of users has grown, the e-commerce industry has itself expanded, incorporating new features, tools and social networking sites to reach even more people. While the increase in [...]

Read Full Post »

Site Problems Resulting in Lost Customers for Many E-tailers

Posted in Ecommerce, Merchant Tips, Online Shopping, tagged , , , , , , on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

As an online retailer, one of the most important things you can do to ensure the success of your operation is to have a website and shopping portal that is humming along without any glitches. We’ve stressed the importance of optimization in several posts before, most recently in our 5 Merchant Tips for 2010 and [...]

Read Full Post »

Great Companies & People to Follow on Twitter if You Love Ecommerce

Posted in Ecommerce, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »

We did some digging around to see if we could find ecommerce-related companies on Twitter and have started to compile a list of users to follow. If you love ecommerce we recommend adding the following people and companies to your daily tweets. Datafeed companies: Godatafeed Singlefeed Mercent Feedperfect iProspect CPCstrategy Comparison Engines: Become.com SortPrice.com PriceGrabber.com [...]

Read Full Post »

Bing & Google Closing in on CSEs

Posted in Ecommerce, Merchant Tips, Online Shopping, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »

You may think the growing battle between Microsoft’s Bing.com and Google for web superiority is merely a matter of search dominance; that as an online retailer, you don’t need to pay much mind to these two giants battling it out.  However, such an assumption would be foolhardy, as both are beginning to cut into the [...]

Read Full Post »

« Newer Posts

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.