eBiz Briefs: Mom E-Mail Marketing
[September 26, 2008] E-mail marketing tips for tapping into the powerful buying demographic of mothers.
Open Source: Noteworthy Newcomers PrestaShop, Ubercart
[September 23, 2008] While the Big Three of the old guard — osCommerce, Zen Cart, and CRE Loaded — continue to duke it out among themselves, new-generation open source e-commerce projects are nudging into center stage. Most noteworthy are Prestashop and Ubercart.
Study Cites Flaws in E-tail Experience
[September 19, 2008] New study finds that as customer expectations rise, online businesses neglect user experience at their own peril.
Review: Avail Intelligence eMarketing Suite
[September 4, 2008] The modules of the suite collect and analyze customers' actions and determine the information and products that should be the most relevant at each phase of the selling cycle.
Open Source: CRE Loaded 6.31 Released...for A Price
[August 25, 2008] To the open source commerce industry, the most startling change in this e-commerce program will be its new pricing scheme: the Standard Edition is no longer free.
Bonanzle: The Best eBay Alternative We've Seen
[July 30, 2008] This snappy, start-up company created an online marketplace that's easy to use, affordable and includes awesome online selling tools. In fact, it's the best eBay alternative we've seen yet.
Web Shop Design: Plugging into Photoshop
[July 22, 2008] Our design doyenne Helen Bradley shows how to add instant functionality to Photoshop with free plug-ins that let you edit product shots and add aesthetic elements.
Google Trends Reveals Which Trends are Hot (or Not)
[July 18, 2008] If you want to know which trends — and products — are growing more popular and which are sinking toward “jump the shark” status, look at Google Trends.
eBiz News: Why Long Tail Marketing Comes Up Short
[July 7, 2008] The summer heat brings Avail's marketing suite, RedRoller's new shipping service and upgrades to Volusion's platform and Register.com's hosting plans. Plus, a sizzling new study debunks the 'long tail' theory of niche marketing.
Review: SearchFit Combines Storefront with SEO
[June 30, 2008] What if your shopping cart and e-commerce system could improve your firm's placement on search engines and attract and forward customers to your store? That's the idea behind SearchFit, which covers online catalog basics and lots more.
Review: WordTracker is the Key to SEO
[June 3, 2008] WordTracker helps you identify effective keywords and study the competition so you can optimize your site for search engines.
Storefront Service IRUN Integrates with eBay
[May 14, 2008] Merchants who want to run their own Web shop in addition to selling on eBay should take a look at IRUN, a full-featured hosted Web site builder.
iStorez Ties E-Mail Marketing to Social Shopping
[April 8, 2008] This new company pulls products from your e-mail marketing campaigns and puts them into customized storefronts showcased at its shopping portal.
Facebook-for-Profit Apps Echo with Sound of Silence
[April 2, 2008] Remember all those hyped e-commerce apps for Facebook? We do, but it seems no one else does. Will these take off or continue to falter? Read what our Facebook afficianado says about social networking and selling.
