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Increase Conversions with Alternate Payment Methods

Increase Conversions with Alternate Payment Methods

Ten years ago, PayPal was the ideal solution for small businesses that couldn’t justify the high costs of a merchant account. I... 0 Comments | Read More »

34 Ecommerce Themes for WordPress

34 Ecommerce Themes for WordPress

A WordPress ecommerce theme can take a regular blog and transform it into a dazzling online storefront. Find the theme that’s r... 0 Comments | Read More »

Durbin Amendment to Lower Debit Card Processing Rates

Durbin Amendment to Lower Debit Card Processing Rates

Debit card processing rates are soon to be dramatically lower for all U.S. merchants. That's because of the "Durbin Amendment" ... 0 Comments | Read More »

25 Great Magento Themes

25 Great Magento Themes

Magento is one of the most popular ecommerce platforms with thousands of live shops, including major retailers. The platform, ... 1 Comment | Read More »

10 Essential Shopping Cart Features

10 Essential Shopping Cart Features

There are hundreds of ecommerce platforms that online merchants can choose from. The differences between these carts can be sig... 16 Comments | Read More »

Google Wallet to Impact Ecommerce Merchants?

Google Wallet to Impact Ecommerce Merchants?

Google has partnered with MasterCard, FirstData, Citi, and Sprint to demonstrate a new payment technology that could — in theor... 0 Comments | Read More »

Understanding Credit-Card Fees, Part 1: The Basics

Understanding Credit-Card Fees, Part 1: The Basics

I had a few merchants contact me after my last article. They wanted my advice because they could not understand their merchant... 0 Comments | Read More »

Shopify Exec on Cloud Computing, Third-Party Apps

Shopify Exec on Cloud Computing, Third-Party Apps

Cloud computing is a term that's frequently discussed, and also frequently misunderstood. Google Docs would be an example of clou... 0 Comments | Read More »

CartSpan Founder on Peachtree Accounting Integration

CartSpan Founder on Peachtree Accounting Integration

Virtually all merchants utilize accounting software. They typically transfer sales and customer data from their shopping carts ... 1 Comment | Read More »

Deceptive Credit Card Practices, Part 2

Deceptive Credit Card Practices, Part 2

Credit card veteran Phil Hinke knows a thing or two about payment-processing rates. He has been in the credit card industry sin... 0 Comments | Read More »

Notable Views: Credit Card Veteran on 'Onerous' Processing Rates

Notable Views: Credit Card Veteran on 'Onerous' Processing Rates

Editor's Note: "Notable Views” is a new series where we ask leading experts to address critical, ecommerce-related topics. For ... 1 Comment | Read More »

Credit Card Pioneer on Lowering Processing Expense

Credit Card Pioneer on Lowering Processing Expense

Credit card processing can be one of the most confusing parts of ecommerce for many merchants. The rates fluctuate widely and t... 0 Comments | Read More »

Credit-Card Exec on Reducing Processing Costs

Credit-Card Exec on Reducing Processing Costs

There is nothing more confusing to ecommerce merchants than credit card processing. The rates wildly fluctuate and the monthly sta... 1 Comments | Read More »

Miva Merchant President on Hostasaurus Acquisition, SaaS Platform

Miva Merchant President on Hostasaurus Acquisition, SaaS Platform

The evolution of Miva Merchant continues. That pioneering platform, which first launched in the late 1990s, was acquired almost fou... 0 Comments | Read More »

Radical Ideas to Make Credit Card Payments More Secure

Radical Ideas to Make Credit Card Payments More Secure

Credit cards approvals are not completely secure because the information those approvals rely on — cardholder names, card numbe... 1 Comment | Read More »

10 Ecommerce Checkout Strategies

10 Ecommerce Checkout Strategies

When we hear the word “conversion” we often think landing pages, category and product page layouts and overall navigation. Let’... 3 Comments | Read More »

Ask An Expert: What Data to Mine from Abandoned Carts?

Ask An Expert: What Data to Mine from Abandoned Carts?

“Ask an Expert” is an occasional feature where we ask ecommerce experts questions from online merchants. For this installment, ... 6 Comments | Read More »

PCI-Council General Manager on Non-Compliance 'Russian Roulette'

PCI-Council General Manager on Non-Compliance 'Russian Roulette'

Most merchants prefer the idea of the credit card industry policing itself, versus lawmakers getting involved. PCI Security Sta... 3 Comments | Read More »

PCI Council General Manager Bob Russo

PCI Council General Manager Bob Russo

Most merchants like the idea of the credit card industry policing itself, versus lawmakers getting involved. PCI Security Standar... 0 Comments | Read More »

Consider the Subscription Model for New Revenue

Consider the Subscription Model for New Revenue

Selling to a customer once is great. Selling to a customer every year, month, or week is even better. This mantra of sorts — a... 3 Comments | Read More »

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