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Putting Video On Your Ecommerce Site, A Webinar Preview

Putting Video On Your Ecommerce Site, A Webinar Preview

Product-oriented videos help shoppers understand what they are buying, reduce shopping cart abandonment, and boost conversion r... 2 Comments | Read More »

The PeC Review: Shotfarm Streamlines Use of Manufacturers' Photography

The PeC Review: Shotfarm Streamlines Use of Manufacturers' Photography

Compelling product photography is a must for online merchants. Without a good visual representation of the products a store is ... 3 Comments | Read More »

The PeC Review: Google's Translator Toolkit

The PeC Review: Google's Translator Toolkit

Ecommerce makes the world smaller. Or, so it might seem. Shoppers in Budapest can by products from the U.S., while an American ... 1 Comment | Read More »

A Site for Ecommerce Developers

A Site for Ecommerce Developers

Shortly after launching Practical eCommerce, back in 2005, we started receiving editorial requests. The requests came from web ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Web Design Tips: Combining jQuery Effects and Plugins For A Great Marketing Effect

Web Design Tips: Combining jQuery Effects and Plugins For A Great Marketing Effect

The lightweight (small file size) and concise jQuery library makes it relatively easy to add interactive effects and merchandis... 3 Comments | Read More »

The PeC Review: PowerReviews

The PeC Review: PowerReviews

The term "Web 2.0" has come to describe web design and architecture that facilitates user interaction. And on ecommerce sites, ... 5 Comments | Read More »

Ecommerce Know-How: Making Use of Use Cases

Ecommerce Know-How: Making Use of Use Cases

Developing clear and concise use cases when you design or redesign your ecommerce website, can improve user experience and sati... 2 Comments | Read More »

Web Design Tips: Three Ecommerce Web Design Trends

Web Design Tips: Three Ecommerce Web Design Trends

Like fashion and architecture, web design enjoys an ever changing ebb and flow as trends become popular, become mainstream, and... 3 Comments | Read More »

Ecommerce Know-How: Translate Your Ecommerce Site

Ecommerce Know-How: Translate Your Ecommerce Site

Language translation is an increasingly important part of ecommerce marketing, as many small- to mid-size businesses seek non-E... 7 Comments | Read More »

Survey: Ecommerce Entrepreneurs Use Accounting, Development Services Most

Survey: Ecommerce Entrepreneurs Use Accounting, Development Services Most

More than 40 percent of ecommerce operators responding to a recent survey said their company used professional tax, accounting,... 2 Comments | Read More »

Twenty Design Examples of Magento Commerce-based Stores

Twenty Design Examples of Magento Commerce-based Stores

Magento Commerce is perhaps the most popular open-source ecommerce platform available today because of its rich feature set, ex... 30 Comments | Read More »

Web Design Tips: jQuery UI Accordion Widget

Web Design Tips: jQuery UI Accordion Widget

Adding an interactive accordion widget to your ecommerce site can provide a great design feature that conveys professionalism a... 2 Comments | Read More »

The PeC Review: Use 99 Designs for Crowd-sourced Graphics

The PeC Review: Use 99 Designs for Crowd-sourced Graphics

The appearance of your online store matters. Customers use a store's logo and website design to judge its trustworthiness and p... 3 Comments | Read More »

Thirteen Great Flash-based Ecommerce Sites

Thirteen Great Flash-based Ecommerce Sites

The Adobe Flash platform is bringing stunning new examples of rich media to ecommerce sites. New site design techniques make F... 15 Comments | Read More »

Google Operating System May Speed Mobile Ecommerce

Google Operating System May Speed Mobile Ecommerce

Google recently announced that it had begun work on a computer operating system that might accelerate interest in the popular m... 0 Comments | Read More »

Ten Inspiring Ecommerce Site Designs

Ten Inspiring Ecommerce Site Designs

Creating a great (and successful) ecommerce site requires a mix of terrific products, strong marketing, informative content... 7 Comments | Read More »

Web Design Tips: Mobilizing Your Site Using CSS

Web Design Tips: Mobilizing Your Site Using CSS

With a second style sheet and minor changes to a page's HTML, many online stores can offer an excellent mobile shopping experie... 0 Comments | Read More »

The PeC Review: Adobe Kuler Creates Stunning Colors for Websites

The PeC Review: Adobe Kuler Creates Stunning Colors for Websites

Adobe Kuler is a free web application that can help ecommerce site designers select beautiful and communicative color palettes,... 0 Comments | Read More »

Web Design Tips: Cufón is a Fast Font Replacement Solution

Web Design Tips: Cufón is a Fast Font Replacement Solution

An easy-to-implement JavaScript called Cufón allows web designers to quickly embed visually interesting fonts on their web page... 1 Comment | Read More »

The PeC Review: KompoZer is a Capable, Free Web Authoring System

The PeC Review: KompoZer is a Capable, Free Web Authoring System

KompoZer is a complete, open-source, and free web authoring system that combines web file management, coding hints, and a what-... 1 Comment | Read More »

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