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Business
Ten Great Ecommerce Ideas
November 18, 2007 • PEC Staff
Practical eCommerce recently asked a number of industry insiders to share a great, innovative idea that could potentially help an ecommerce firm. Here’s what ten of them had to say. Make A Promise And Keep It Seth Godin Founder and Original Squid Squidoo.com "The number one asset y...
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Interview: Retail Lobbyist On The Future Of Regulation
November 18, 2007 • PEC Staff
Local, state and federal governments are impacted by ecommerce activities. Local and state governments feel the loss of sales taxes when ecommerce firms don't properly collect them from their customers. And all elected local, state and federal officials receive complaints from constitue...
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Business
LTU Technologies Vice President Kevin Smith
November 16, 2007 • PEC Staff
Pat Callahan is joined by Kevin Smith, as the two discuss copyright infringement and how businesses can protect themselves.
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Business
Interview: Oneupweb CEO On The Future Of Search
November 14, 2007 • PEC Staff
As Google continues to stake its claim as the universal search app, many may wonder if the trend will continue. Practical eCommerce asked Lisa Wehr, the CEO and Founder of Oneupweb, an integrated online marketing firm, for her views not only on Google, but also about the future of onlin...
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Business
Interview: buySAFE Founder On The Future Of Shopping Carts
November 12, 2007 • Brian Getting
There are hosted shopping carts, licensed shopping carts and custom carts. Every ecommerce merchant uses a cart, and we've asked Steve Woda, chairman and founder of buySAFE, a firm that offers insurance for the safety and reliability of ecommerce transactions, for his views on the look ...
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Business
NetSuite Ecommerce Subject Matter Expert Baruch Goldwasser
November 8, 2007 • PEC Staff
Contributing Editor Pat Callahan is joined by Baruch Goldwasser for an interesting conversation about, among other things, the future of ecommerce.
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Business
Interview: Future of Online Payments
November 5, 2007 • PEC Staff
Most ecommerce merchants rely on credit card purchases for their products and services. The industry is rapidly changing, and we asked Philip Beck, the CEO and founder of Planet Payment, for his take on the future of online payments. Planet Payment offers banks and merchants solutions f...
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Business
IP Commerce Platform Evangelist Tyler Hannan
November 2, 2007 • PEC Staff
Listen Contributing Editor Pat Callahan is joined by IP Commerce Platform Evangelist Tyler Hannan for a lively discussion about PCI and the future of online fraud.
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Business
Enterprise Zones: Ecommerce Catches A Break
October 31, 2007 • Michael A. Cox
For anyone who doesn’t think ecommerce is a viable part of the world economy and plays a role in job creation and tax base expansion, here’s a flash: Ecommerce businesses are now eligible, at least in Oregon, for special tax incentives when they locate in enterprise zones, which are geo...
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Business
Interview: Ecommerce Implications From Social Media
October 31, 2007 • PEC Staff
Without question, the popularity of social media sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter show no signs of declining. Practical eCommerce asked Web Strategist and Forrester Research Senior Analyst Jeremiah Owyang his views on social media and its potential impact on ecommerce. P...
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Business
Bloglist: Andrew Goodman
October 31, 2007 • PEC Staff
Name: Andrew Goodman, Founder And Principal Company: Page Zero Media Blog: Traffick.com In Bloglist, we ask ecommerce professionals to identify their favorite blogs. For this installment, we asked Andrew Goodman, founder and principal of Page Zero Media, a Toronto-based paid search...
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Fraud Prevention
Interview: The Future Of Credit Card Fraud
October 29, 2007 • PEC Staff
The risk of credit card fraud and identity theft remain important issues for many potential ecommerce consumers. Practical eCommerce asked John Munsell, founder and CEO of Bizzuka, a web design and development firm, his views on the evolution of online fraud. PeC: The risk of a stole...
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Business
SEOmoz CEO and Co-Founder Rand Fishkin
October 26, 2007 • PEC Staff
Contributing Editor Pat Callahan is joined by Rand Fishkin, the CEO and co-founder of SEOmoz.org. The two discuss search engine optimization and writing successful blogs.
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Interview: The Future Of Online Advertising
October 24, 2007 • PEC Staff
Smaller ecommerce firms frequently spend heavily on various methods of online advertising. We asked an executive with Network Solutions, Jeff Zimmerman, his views on the development of online ads. Zimmerman is vice president of product management and marketing for Network Solutions, the...
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Business
Interview: The Future Of Computer Hardware
October 22, 2007 • PEC Staff
What sort of computers will consumers use to purchase products from ecommerce firms? We asked this to Rob Witman, the CEO and founder of Riffware, a provider of mobile software applications and other professional applications. Prior to founding Riffware, Witman was a Sr. Robotics Engin...
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Business
Quick Query: Filmmaker Joseph Monks and Web Accessibility
October 17, 2007 • PEC Staff
Joseph Monks is a Miami, Fla.-based filmmaker and freelance writer. His new horror film, "The Bunker," is soon to be released and details of it and his other films projects can be found at Sightunseenpictures.com. Monks is also blind, and we asked him about blindness, the Internet, ecommerce...
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Business
Legal: The Future Of The Law Of The Web
October 15, 2007 • John W. Dozier, Jr.
One of the compelling aspects of Web 2.0 is the leveraging of user generated content (UGC) on a much more integrated and wide-scale basis. The laws dealing with UGC are nothing particularly new. A site that allows informational postings by third parties today already has to deal with ri...
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Business
Bloglist: Rand Fishkin
October 15, 2007 • PEC Staff
Name: Rand Fishkin, CEO & Co-Founder Company: Seomoz.org Blog: Seomoz.org/blog In Bloglist, we ask ecommerce professionals to identify their favorite blogs. For this installment, we asked Rand Fishkin, founder and CEO of Seomoz.org, a consulting firm specializing in, among othe...
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Business
A Lender Or Borrower Be Is Prosper.com
October 15, 2007 • Michael A. Cox
The increased difficulty for people and small businesses to acquire decently priced loans, or loans at all, created a vacuum in the money business in recent years. Chris Larsen, the man who gave us E-Loan.com beat Mother Nature to the punch in filling the void. It occurred to him that...
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Mercado Software’s Sue Chapman, Part 3
October 12, 2007 • PEC Staff
Callahan and Sue Chapman, director of merchandising solutions at Mercado Software, discuss how online retailers should prepare for the upcoming holiday shopping season, includng how to fine tune a website ...
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Payments
Credit Card Chargebacks
October 7, 2007 • Pamela Hazelton
It seems like only yesterday we were gearing up for a new holiday shopping season. Alas, a plethora of shoppers seeking competitive pricing, free shipping and prime customer service is here. We’ve struggled to work out all the kinks in our shopping cart solution and backend system, so w...
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Business
Holiday Book Ideas For Etailers
October 7, 2007 • PEC Staff
As the holiday season draws near, it seems a fitting time to share some book ideas — ones for your own reading pleasure or as gifts for your favorite etailer. While there wasn’t any scientific method for choosing these books, they all share some important qualities. I’ve enjoyed readin...
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Business
Mercado Software’s Sue Chapman, Part 2
October 5, 2007 • PEC Staff
Callahan and Sue Chapman, director of merchandising solutions at Mercado Software, discuss how online retailers should prepare for the upcoming holiday shopping season, includng how to fine tune a website ...
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Business
Caveat Vendor: PCI Is Here
October 3, 2007 • Michael A. Cox
Here’s one of those cold chill up your spine thoughts: Every day, there are at least two new threats to data security developed by identity thieves and Internet system hackers. And it never stops. Security pros slam and lock one gate and the hordes find another chink and slither through...
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Business
Mercado Software’s Sue Chapman
September 28, 2007 • PEC Staff
Sue Chapman, director of merchandising solutions at Mercado Software, discusses how online retailers should prepare for the upcoming holiday shopping season, includng how to fine tune your website for the ...
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Business
Callahan Is Joined By Betterphoto.com’s Jim Miotke, Part 3
September 21, 2007 • PEC Staff
Betterphoto.com’s President and Founder Jim Miotke continues his discussion of the intricacies of product photography.
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Business
No Fear For Blinds.com
September 19, 2007 • Michael A. Cox
Jay Steinfeld can’t really tell you where his core values came from. Maybe it was instinctive. Maybe it wasn’t. Regardless, as the years went by, three core values in particular became more and more what drove him in life and in business. Steinfeld: I wanted to be a pioneer, a leade...
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Business
Bloglist: Jakob Nielsen
September 17, 2007 • PEC Staff
In Bloglist, we ask ecommerce professionals to identify their favorite blogs. For this installment, we asked the Nielsen Norman Group’s Jakob Nielsen, whom The New York Times has called the guru of web page usability. Paidcontent.org Daily coverage of “the business of content,” as ...
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Business
Callahan Is Joined By Betterphoto.com’s Jim Miotke, Part 2
September 13, 2007 • PEC Staff
Betterphoto.com’s President and Founder Jim Miotke discusses the intricacies of product photography.
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Business
Quick Query: Avalara Founder Rory Rawlings
September 10, 2007 • PEC Staff
Rory Rawlings is the founder and chief tax automation officer of Avalara, Inc., a Washington-based firm that provides sales-tax-compliance applications for ecommerce merchants. PeC: Avalara helps ecommerce firms manage sales tax compliance. Could you explain? Rawlings: There are ove...
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