Contrary to popular belief, it seems that a lot of folks might be willing to pay for online newspaper content after all according to a recent survey - if the price and content is right of course. (more…)

A free service is available to merchants to blacklist card holders who issue chargebacks without good reason. (more…)

Retail ecommerce sales figures are gloomy, but the light at the end of the tunnel may not be an oncoming train. (more…)

I often write on various surveys about shopping cart abandonment, but it’s often overlooked that not every person browsing our sites and using our shopping carts is at the point of being ready to purchase. (more…)

In case you missed the rollout (as I did) - in a strategy to woo shoppers back to eBay, the company changed qualification criteria on discounts for US merchants at the beginning of this month. Sellers will now need to work even harder to avoid low feedback scores; but will reap the rewards in doing so. (more…)

The virtual goods industry is set to become a $1 billion business this year in the USA, and is expected to grow 60% in 2010. (more…)

With the silly.. er.. holiday shopping season approaching, merchants increasingly turn their thoughts to grabbing a slice of the action. (more…)

It seems like I’ve been reading about M-Commerce (ecommerce via mobile phone) being the Next Big Thing for years and the prediction has been repeated for so long, I had pretty much tuned out. But it looks like Amazon have made it a reality for the masses. (more…)

You want to grow your online business? How much do you want to grow it? What’s your goal? (more…)

A study by McAfee has found that shopping cart abandonment rates, which are often reported as being high across most categories, may be a little misleading. (more…)