Archive for the 'Ecommerce Information' Category

Accepting Credit Card Payments Online

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Being able to accept credit cards and other online payments is crucial to the success of your business and profits. Your customers are more likely to buy from you if you offer them a secure and convenient way to order goods and services online at your site.
This is more preferable than relying solely on printing [...]

10 Compelling Benefits of Having A 3rd Party Merchant Account

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

If you have been wrestling with the idea of applying for your own 3rd party merchant account then take a look at the following compelling benefits of using a 3rd party provider to mange all of your credit card processing needs.
1. The most inexpensive way to accept credit cards with hassle free, quick application process [...]

ECommerce Scenario in Pakistan

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Pakistan with highest growth rates in 1960s and bad politics in 1980s and 90s but, the stage is totally changed in 2000s as the economy is managed by those who once run the most successful Global Financial Houses. Today Pakistan has achieved 8.3% growth rates with highest percentage earning share zone in the whole world. [...]

Getting Started: Creating a Business Plan

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

You’re excited. You have a great idea for a profitable online business. Maybe it is an original idea that has not been marketed online before. Maybe you have come up with a new spin on the ordinary. Whatever it is that has influenced you to start your online business, be sure that you have a [...]

Cost Effective Ecommerce Solutions

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Ecommerce use to be about spending thousands of dollars on setting up your shop and hundreds of dollars on getting a merchant. My, how things have changed over the years. Now anyone with a few hundred of dollars in their pocket(or less if you have the time to learn it yourself) can have a great [...]

E-commerce: Is It Right for You?

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

The birth of the Internet and the mass availability of personal Computers in the late 80’s changed peoples life forever, Everyone now has had the potential to be their own boss whether you are mother at home looking after your children or a manual laborer there are opportunities in abundance . Just a search on [...]

How Measuring Key Performance Indicators Can Improve E-Commerce Strategy - Part Three

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

The first article of this series discussed page views per session as a kind of early warning system key performance indicator (KPI) for your website. The second discussed time on site as another warning flag. Both of these articles show specific measurements used to forecast site problems. There are lots of KPI’s you can set [...]

How Measuring Key Performance Indicators Can Improve E-Commerce Strategy - Part Two

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Why time spent on your site is important
All websites regardless of type should measure this KPI, simply because all websites can use it as a gauge to see how compelling their offers are as well as check web site performance. It doesn’t matter whether you’re running a content portal or an e-commerce sales operation, time [...]

How Measuring Key Performance Indicators Can Improve E-Commerce Strategy - Part One

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

The problem with most e-commerce marketing strategy today is that companies don’t understand how they use things like web analytics. Most e-commerce directors or web marketers are given a budget and told to stick to it, and good analytics don’t usually come cheap. Without web analytics you can’t even begin to measure key performance indicators [...]

7 Key Steps To Reduce Refunds and Chargebacks

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

One sure-fire way to loosing out big time on your business profits is from incidences of excessive refunds and chargeback requests. If the number is high in any period you could risk loosing your third party merchant account altogether. So what do you do when there are some who will request a refund within 15 [...]