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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 »

Cart Talk: BetterWorldBooks.com Exec on Custom ASP.net Shopping Cart

Cart Talk: BetterWorldBooks.com Exec on Custom ASP.net Shopping Cart

Merchants have almost 600 online shopping carts to choose from, including hosted carts, licensed carts and open-sourced carts. ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Cart Talk: HipsAndHair.com Owner on the Yahoo! Shopping Cart

Cart Talk: HipsAndHair.com Owner on the Yahoo! Shopping Cart

With close to 600 ecommerce shopping carts on the market, merchants have a lot to choose from. Each week in “Cart Talk,” we int... 3 Comments | Read More »

Cart Talk: Seventh.Ink Owner on LemonStand Shopping Cart

Cart Talk: Seventh.Ink Owner on LemonStand Shopping Cart

Merchants have almost 600 online shopping carts to choose from, including hosted carts, licensed carts and open-sourced carts. ... 2 Comments | Read More »

Cart Talk: SuburbanHomeRecords.com CEO on 'Limited Pressing' Shopping Cart

Cart Talk: SuburbanHomeRecords.com CEO on 'Limited Pressing' Shopping Cart

Editor's Note: "Cart Talk" is our new, weekly discussion about shopping carts with the merchants that use them. For this inaugu... 0 Comments | Read More »

Conversion Tip: Persistent Carts Help 'Wish List' Shoppers

Conversion Tip: Persistent Carts Help 'Wish List' Shoppers

Editor's Note: This week's "Conversion Tip" addresses the reality of shoppers that abandon carts, and then return to them later... 3 Comments | Read More »

Interview: Subscription Revenues Can Supplement Ecommerce Sales

Interview: Subscription Revenues Can Supplement Ecommerce Sales

The notion of adding additional revenue to an ecommerce business presumably appeals to merchants. And, increasingly, one way to... 3 Comments | Read More »

Shopping Cart FAQ: How to Evaluate SEO Effectiveness

Shopping Cart FAQ: How to Evaluate SEO Effectiveness

Editor's Note: We are excited to debut "Shopping Cart FAQ," our monthly column aimed at merchants who are evaluating shopping c... 5 Comments | Read More »

The PEC Review: Shopify

The PEC Review: Shopify

There are nearly 600 different shopping cart solutions to choose from. While many of these carts are functional, a relative f... 1 Comment | Read More »

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