5 Must-have Features in an Ecommerce Platform
"5 Must-have Features in an Ecommerce Platform" is a free, 30-minute webinar. The presenter is Armando Roggio, contributing edi... Read More »
Shopping Carts & Online Payments
Blaming Credit Card Associations for Rate Changes
Visa, MasterCard, and Discover generally change rates and terms in April and October. However, they can make changes at other t... 0 Comments | Read More »
Adding Alternative Payment Methods to your Online Store
Many established merchants offer payment methods in addition to credit cards. The most popular alternative by far is PayPal, bu... 2 Comments | Read More »
Third-party Marketplaces: What Merchants Should Know
Many online merchants have embraced third-party marketplaces. They've been seduced by promises of easy revenue growth and enabl... 1 Comment | Read More »
Implementing the Online Sales Tax Bill
The possibility of Congress passing legislation that requires online retailers to collect sales taxes has been discussed for ye... 0 Comments | Read More »
Merchants Using Interchange-Plus Pricing Continue to Overpay
Editor's Note: Contributor Phil Hinke is a veteran of the credit card processing industry. He now consults with merchants to he... 4 Comments | Read More »
Credit Card Processing: How to React to a Rate Increase
Editor's Note: Contributor Phil Hinke is a veteran of the credit card processing industry. He now consults with merchants to he... 0 Comments | Read More »
Credit Card Processing: The Cost of Not Auditing Statements
I was a keynote speaker at a recent meeting of U.S. and Canadian merchants. Whenever I present, I invite merchants to bring the... 0 Comments | Read More »
U.S. Merchants Can Now Charge for Credit Card Transactions
In November 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York preliminarily approved a proposed settlement agr... 2 Comments | Read More »
How to Lower Credit Card Processing Costs and Obtain Better Terms: Follow-up
Editor's Note: This is a follow-up article to the just completed four-part series on how to lower your debit and credit card co... 1 Comment | Read More »
How to Lower Credit Card Processing Costs and Obtain Better Terms, Part 4: Negotiations
Editor's Note: This is "Part 4" in a four-part series on how to lower your debit and credit card costs and obtain more favorabl... 1 Comment | Read More »
How to Lower Credit Card Processing Costs and Obtain Better Terms, Part 3: Preparation
This is "Part 3" in a four-part series on how to lower your debit and credit card costs and obtain more favorable terms and con... 3 Comments | Read More »
Swipe Fee Settlement Bad, Retailers Say
Several retail trade groups and merchant advocates intend to fight a pending antitrust settlement that has Visa and MasterCard ... 0 Comments | Read More »
Choosing an Integrated Ecommerce System; 4 Steps
Editor's Note: This is part three of a three-part series on the advantages of an integrated, all-in-one ecommerce platform. The... 0 Comments | Read More »
How to Lower Credit Card Processing Costs and Obtain Better Terms, Part 2: Attitude
This article is "Part 2" in a four-part series on how to lower your debit and credit card costs and obtain more favorable terms... 0 Comments | Read More »
Defining Your Integrated System Requirements
Editor's Note: This is part two of a three-part series on the benefits of an integrated, all-in-one ecommerce platform. The fir... 0 Comments | Read More »
17 Ecommerce Themes for OpenCart
OpenCart is an open-source shopping cart system that is feature-rich and user-friendly, with a large variety of payment gateway... 0 Comments | Read More »
How to Lower Credit Card Processing Costs and Obtain Better Terms, Part 1: The Basics
Editor's Note: Contributor Phil Hinke is a veteran of the credit card processing industry. He now consults with merchants to he... 2 Comments | Read More »
5 Steps to Prepare for Google Shopping
In "Cheaper Clicks from AdWords Coming?," I encouraged merchants to try Google's Product Listing Ads because they produce excep... 2 Comments | Read More »
Visa, MasterCard Settlement Not an Automatic Win for Merchants
Visa, MasterCard and 13 of the country's biggest banks have agreed to pay $7.25 billion to retailers in a settlement from a law... 1 Comment | Read More »
