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Many Effective Tools to Detect Stolen Credit Cards, Part 3 of 3

Many Effective Tools to Detect Stolen Credit Cards, Part 3 of 3

This is the third and final installment in a series outlining and explaining tools to identify and prevent credit card fraud. P... 0 Comments | Read More »

Conversion: Proflowers.com Ranks High

Conversion: Proflowers.com Ranks High

When Nielsen Online releases its list of highest converting ecommerce websites, Proflowers.com is frequently in the top ten. Th... 10 Comments | Read More »

Pay-per-click Advertising: Try The Home Page For A Landing Page

Pay-per-click Advertising: Try The Home Page For A Landing Page

Over the last couple years a lot of emphasis has been put on creating the perfect pay-per-click landing page. The overall land... 6 Comments | Read More »

Effective Tools to Detect Stolen Credit Cards, Part 2 Of 3

Effective Tools to Detect Stolen Credit Cards, Part 2 Of 3

Many online merchants are already on board with fraud-detection technology. To fill in the gaps, here is part two of a comprehe... 5 Comments | Read More »

Saatchi-gallery.uk.co Promotes Art And Artists

Saatchi-gallery.uk.co Promotes Art And Artists

In 1973 advertising executive Charles Saatchi bought his first painting. It was a realist work that depicted suburban houses. H... 0 Comments | Read More »

Effective Tools to Detect Stolen Credit Cards, Part 1 Of 3

Effective Tools to Detect Stolen Credit Cards, Part 1 Of 3

There are hundreds of branded tools that ecommerce merchants can turn to for help in catching fraudulent credit card orders. So... 5 Comments | Read More »

Internet Security: The Seatbelt Is In The Trunk

Internet Security: The Seatbelt Is In The Trunk

Suppose you took delivery on your new car and the salesman told you, as you signed the order, that the seatbelt, antilock brake... 0 Comments | Read More »

A Social Media Symphony

A Social Media Symphony

How often do you find a classical musician who is not only a virtuoso on his or her appointed instrument, but who demonstrates ... 0 Comments | Read More »

PCI Compliance Is

PCI Compliance Is "Industry Self-Regulation"

The major credit card companies, Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express, have collaborated on minimum payment-processi... 2 Comments | Read More »

Interview: Authorize.Net President On Fraud Prevention

Interview: Authorize.Net President On Fraud Prevention

Authorize.Net, a CyberSource Solution, is a leading payment gateway company with many years experience in combating credit card... 11 Comments | Read More »

Credit Card Fraud: How Big Is The Problem?

Credit Card Fraud: How Big Is The Problem?

Reports of website data breaches, identity theft and credit card fraud are increasingly in the news. But is the problem as wide... 2 Comments | Read More »

Online Reputation Management

Online Reputation Management

Like it or not, people are talking about you online. They're talking about your brand, your products, industry and competition.... 4 Comments | Read More »

Insuring Against Fraud, Data Breaches

Insuring Against Fraud, Data Breaches

A few insurance companies provide policies for credit card fraud and data breaches, covering both a merchant's hard cost of fra... 2 Comments | Read More »

Merchants Liable For Data Breaches

Merchants Liable For Data Breaches

What do online merchants Art.com, Geeks.com and Bananas.com have in common? They're three in a small, but growing, list of ecom... 2 Comments | Read More »

Analytics: Collect The Right Data

Analytics: Collect The Right Data

"If you had just..." often starts a phrase of regret. If you had just left on time. If you had just bought that stock. In web... 2 Comments | Read More »

Legal: Security Regulation Is Coming

Legal: Security Regulation Is Coming

Let's consider the problem first. It wasn't until 1997 that credit cards could be "securely" used online. Obviously the definit... 3 Comments | Read More »

Protect Customers' Data Or Lose Your Business

Protect Customers' Data Or Lose Your Business

Back-end store security: It's the most important, yet the oft-overlooked parameter of running an online business. Without secur... 4 Comments | Read More »

Email Marketing: Avoid This

Email Marketing: Avoid This "Deadly" Mistake

Over the years, I've seen many ecommerce store owners make one simple but deadly mistake when they get started with email marke... 7 Comments | Read More »

Lessons Learned: Wetsuitwearhouse.com's Moleskie

Lessons Learned: Wetsuitwearhouse.com's Moleskie

"Lessons Learned" is an occasional series where we ask seasoned ecommerce professionals about their mistakes and successes. For... 9 Comments | Read More »

Alternative Pay-per-click Advertising

Alternative Pay-per-click Advertising

When should you consider advertising your products on sites other than on Google, Yahoo! and MSN? By properly identifying and e... 5 Comments | Read More »

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