• Key Lessons from Black Friday & Cyber Monday – Volusion’s Two Minute Tuesdays

    Updated: 2010-11-30 23:02:05
    In this video, Matt Winn from Volusion, discusses the key lessons that you, as an online store owner should take in consideration from Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales for future promotions or Holiday sales. Happy holidays everyone! Or should I say, congratulations on making it through the busy weekend! Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales [...]

  • Small Business Marketing Tips for the Holidays

    Updated: 2010-11-30 23:01:56
    Small business ecommerce site owners are looking for ways to boost holiday revenue. We offer holiday marketing tips from experts in the email and online marketing industry.

  • Online Community – 6 Benefits of Online Community

    Updated: 2010-11-30 23:01:52
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Online Community 6 Benefits of Online Community Share Online communities represent a great opportunity . When you join an online community you get the chance to convert relationships with other community members into revenues . Joining an online community can be proved fruitful if you know how to go about it and also if you know the right way to engage other . members Not only will an online community increase your sales it can also save you a lot of money when it comes to advertising . Next to blogging , joining an online community is one of the less expensive ways of getting the word out about your business . The success of your online business centers on its capability to produce a well-built community with its

  • Online Marketing Trends – 6 Online Marketing Trends that Entrepreneurs Should Know

    Updated: 2010-11-30 23:01:52
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Online Marketing Trends 6 Online Marketing Trends that Entrepreneurs Should Know Share If you're new here , you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed Thanks for visiting Online Marketing Trends If you are starting-up your own online business then you know how important it is to allocate your money wisely . Investing your capital wisely will enable you to get a return on your investment as well as lessen the risks . Now of course as an online marketer you cannot help but invest in various marketing channels , right It will be in your best interest that you take a closer look at the online marketing trends before . investing Understanding the changing online marketing trends will help you perform better and also will

  • 5 Tips to Attract Customers and Spread the Word about your Online Business

    Updated: 2010-11-30 23:01:52
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business 5 Tips to Attract Customers and Spread the Word about your Online Business Share The main reason why you build a website is to attract customers and spread the word about your online business . As I have said time and again although it is not a requirement , building a website has its advantages . Having your own website gives you an edge  compared to other online businesses without a website when it comes to your goal to attract customers and spread the word about your . business The thing is there are times that it seems like your website is not able to attract customers and it does not do anything when it comes to spreading the word about your online . business To be honest there are plenty of factors that can cause

  • Social media and Email Marketing – 5 Benefits of Using Social Media and Email Marketing

    Updated: 2010-11-30 23:01:52
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Social media and Email Marketing 5 Benefits of Using Social Media and Email Marketing Share Social media and email marketing are important facets of internet marketing . Social media and email marketing are very important to the success of any internet business . Why Well let us face it that most if not all of your customers are part of some social media and have . emails So as online entrepreneurs we should make the most out of social media as well as email marketing to boost our profits . Maximizing the use of social media and email marketing is something we should be doing because of the benefits it can bring to our online . business Most of our prospects or customers are participating in conversations in social

  • Website Features – 3 Website Features To Include

    Updated: 2010-11-30 23:01:52
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Website Features 3 Website Features To Include Share If you're new here , you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed Thanks for visiting Thinking and deciding which website features to include is not as easy as it seems to be . If you are not versed on website development and design then it would be indeed difficult to decide which website features to include on your . website Knowing which website features to include is important because that would make a difference between a sale and shopping cart abandonment . So as online entrepreneurs who utilize the power of the internet we should know the basics of which website features to . include And so today we will talk about three important website features to include .

  • Grow your Business – 5 Tips to Help you Grow your Online Business

    Updated: 2010-11-30 23:01:52
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Grow your Business 5 Tips to Help you Grow your Online Business Share If you're new here , you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed Thanks for visiting In the past I have talked about how to boost your profits using various techniques . It does not matter if you already have an established business or you are just starting-up , those strategies are formulated to boost profits and grow your business in the long . run To truly grow your business you need to look at things all of which are important when you want to grow your . business Acquiring more leads Being able to convert your leads into paying customers Convince your customers to make bigger purchases Convince customers to buy frequently Get more sales at higher

  • Content Management System – 7 Advantages of Content Management Systems

    Updated: 2010-11-30 23:01:52
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Content Management System 7 Advantages of Content Management Systems Share If you're new here , you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed Thanks for visiting As what I have said in my previous articles the reason why plenty websites fail to perform what the entrepreneur is expecting is basically because of obsolete contents . Always keep in mind the adage , content is king . The reason why many websites fail to maximize its performance is because the content is not up to . date Because there is a need to update your website on a constant basis content management systems came about . I mean if you are a visitor and you arrive at a website expecting to see valuable information but you arrive to a website with out-of-date

  • WP Auctions 3.7.5

    Updated: 2010-11-30 15:01:07
    We’ve updated the plugin to be Locale ready. So you can choose to use it with your local language now if you like. This is non-essential release, so you can upgrade at your own leisure. If you are using the plugin with your local language please let us know how it works out so we can address any issues.

  • Black Friday Ecommerce Starts Strong as Cyber Monday Looms

    Updated: 2010-11-30 07:00:25
    Brisk sales over the Thanksgiving holiday continue strong start to the season, come amid strong interest in deals and sturdy site performances, various sources indicate.

  • Holiday Ecommerce Projected for 11% Jump

    Updated: 2010-11-30 07:00:25
    Online metrics firm comScore reports a strong start to holiday season for Internet retailers, raising its forecast for November and December as merchants push aggressive promotions.

  • New Add-on: Bulk Uploader

    Updated: 2010-11-27 22:01:00
    We’re happy to announce a new add-on for WP Auctions. The Bulk Uploader add-on lets you upload as many auctions as you want to your auction database. Warning, this tool is powerful! It will cause you to host your auctions in a fraction of the time it takes with the regular “Add” auction process. For more information and upload instructions please view our documentation. Features include: Import, Export and Purge...

  • Preparing Your Magento Store for Christmas

    Updated: 2010-11-26 11:39:29
    We’ve all seen it. Christmas is well and truly on the way. We’ve seen the frost, seen the freshly-scraped cars skidding around on the news and even sang along to the Coca-Cola advert (a-holidays-a-comin’-a-holidays-a-comin’!). In approximately 5 days we will be entering into that month again. December. The last one. Number 12. We have all [...]

  • Enable Magento RSS Feeds

    Updated: 2010-11-25 11:45:10
    It may not be hugely apparent to a large number of Magento Developers, but in the same way that a blog produces an RSS feed of all of its posts, a Magento website is capable of producing RSS feeds for its products – and it’s all built in! It’s a great way of keeping your [...]

  • A/B Test Marketing Your Website the Easy Way

    Updated: 2010-11-24 18:30:34
    If you want to change or add a feature or design element to your website, it helps to know how your customers will respond. Optimizely makes A/B testing easy and affordable.

  • Sagepay Test Credit Card Numbers

    Updated: 2010-11-24 17:35:07
    For those of you who are using Sagepay in your magento websites the following could be of use to you. Basically when you use Sagepay you need to make sure that it works first – the best way to do this is to set your Sagepay settings to “test” and use the following credit card [...]

  • Customers Love Fast Sites: Improving Your Website’s (Mechanical) Performance

    Updated: 2010-11-24 13:00:03
    As realms of business go, eCommerce is one of the fastest – and is populated by some very impatient people. You can have the greatest product in the world, but it won’t matter one bit if your pages load so slowly that interested parties leave, searching for faster waters. And as the speed of  the [...]

  • Last Minute Checklist for Black Friday – Volusion’s Two Minute Tuesdays

    Updated: 2010-11-24 10:30:01
    The official kickoff of the holiday selling season is just a couple of days away. Last year, ecommerce sales on Black Friday hit a whopping $595 million, an 11% increase from 2008 (Comscore). In this video, Matt Winn discusses a last minute checklist for online business owners to get ready for the big day. My friends, [...]

  • IDC Says Smartphone Shoppers Ready for Holiday Blitz

    Updated: 2010-11-24 10:29:56
    New survey finds that more than 28 percent of all holiday purchases will be made from a mobile device, empowering consumers and creating new challenges, opportunities for retailers.

  • Shipping Not Included in Paypal – Magento 1.4

    Updated: 2010-11-23 13:46:50
    Paypal does remind me of a shipwreck sometimes because the amount of problems it seems to have with shipping piles up with every release – the end result of this is that your shipping does not work. Hence ‘shipwreck’…. anyway, a recent problem I found in a 1.4.0.1 installation of Magento was that the cost [...]

  • Search Changes Drive the Way Results Are Counted

    Updated: 2010-11-22 22:51:56
    The latest changes in the major search engines are impacting how firms that analyze search behavior count what is or isn't a legit search.

  • Ecommerce Customers: Unhappy to Loyal in 5 Steps

    Updated: 2010-11-22 14:51:16
    Do you treat complaining customers like a valuable business asset? Helen Bradley explains why you should and how you can turn unhappy customers into loyal customers.

  • Black Friday Ecommerce Checklist

    Updated: 2010-11-19 19:10:39
    The official kickoff of the holiday selling season is just a week away. Use this daily checklist to help organize and make the most of your ecommerce site for Black Friday. Get ready, folks. The holy grail of holiday sales, Black Friday, is a week away. Last year, ecommerce sales on Black Friday hit [...]

  • Volusion Named Top Workplace in Austin

    Updated: 2010-11-19 11:09:55
    The Austin American Statesman recently placed Volusion on its esteemed list of Top Workplaces in the city of Austin. Results are based on anonymous employee surveys. For most companies, corporate culture is a loosely used term – something that’s nice to say but has no substance. Here at Volusion, we’ve always known that a positive work [...]

  • 5 reasons to use & improve Ecommerce

    Updated: 2010-11-19 10:47:27
    There are a lot more than 5 reasons to use ecommerce software such as Magento – however I though it would be easier if I just told you my 5 favorite features of how ecommerce can help any business, big or small. 1. Run your Ecommerce and High Street Store Together Really, if you are [...]

  • Undefined Google Analytics Variable

    Updated: 2010-11-18 14:52:07
    One thing I noticed in a recent installation of Magento 1.4.0.1 is that the Google Analytics code causes undefined variable JavaScript errors. If you’re on Firefox and are using firebug, the error will apear in teh console like this: “_gaq is not defined”. This can be fixed very simply by opening this file and creating [...]

  • Cart Abandonment Explained and 4 Tips to Prevent It

    Updated: 2010-11-17 22:32:01
    After you determine why customers abandon carts on your site you can adjust your cart page to maximize transactions. We get you started with four tips to lower cart abandonment rates.

  • 5 Ways to Promote Your Promotions Via Social Media – Volusion’s Two Minute Tuesdays

    Updated: 2010-11-16 22:29:51
    It’s official. Social media has taken ecommerce by storm. So if you’re one of the stragglers who isn’t on the bandwagon, it’s time to get on board. As your customers spend more and more time on social sites, it’s imperative for your brand to become part of the conversation. Even if you already have a social [...]

  • EMarketing Tips: Reformat Your Products

    Updated: 2010-11-16 22:29:47
    Our small business marketing guru offers up tips that translate to your ecommerce efforts. See what reformatting products and premium pricing can do for you.

  • Remove Main Image from Gallery

    Updated: 2010-11-16 14:33:05
    Just a really quick one today, and its something that is really simple but yet people get confused by it all the time. How do you remove your main image from the “more views” gallery? Well the answer is really, really simple. In your admin go to your product that you wish to “exclude” (there’s [...]

  • Advanced UX: Getting Serious About User Experience

    Updated: 2010-11-16 13:00:19
    So here you are, the dedicated eCommerce operator, and after having invested a great deal of time into designing your online store, you notice that it still doesn’t look quite right. You can’t put your finger on it – after all, you designed a website that any consumer would want to visit, one that is [...]

  • Six Steps to Launching a Successful Online Promotion

    Updated: 2010-11-16 02:05:38
    The success of an online promotion heavily relies on the amount of effort made before its launch. From objectives to communications, take a look at these six steps that you should cover before launching any new offer or discount. Are you feeling pressured to offer new coupons, discounts and promotions online? You’re not alone. Almost every [...]

  • Credit Card Fraud: New Dogs, Old Tricks

    Updated: 2010-11-12 23:11:27
    Visa announced that they have seen a recent rise in credit card fraud from hackers who utilize weak logins and passwords to access sensitive information. Continue reading to learn more and find ways to protect yourself. Sellers beware. Online fraudsters are on the prowl, and they’re using some of the oldest tricks in the book. In [...]

  • Sage Pay IP Address Error in Magento

    Updated: 2010-11-11 09:45:16
    A very short post today folks, but one which has caught a lot of people out in recent times (including a few of my colleagues). Those of you who have seen this error when testing your Magento Sage Pay checkout integration, will probably not be sure what the problem is: Error in payment. Sagepay says: [...]

  • Holiday Season 2010 – Skyrocketing Online Spending!

    Updated: 2010-11-11 09:01:00
    Home About Subscribe Email Call : 1-213-316-6188 Retail Ecommerce Blog Online Retail Marketing eCommerce SEO Tips by Mobius 11 11 2010 Holiday Season 2010 Skyrocketing Online Spending With 54 of gift buyers beginning their holiday shopping spree by late October , an average of 142 has been spent online for purchases between October 18 and October 24, as per new survey data . This is an increase of 38 from the 103 average spending between October 3 and October 10. Amazon.com , the world’s largest e-retailer , has been the most sought-after for online purchases , according to the Compete Holiday Insights survey from web analytics provider Compete Inc . About 53 of the 1,002 survey respondents said that they made their holiday purchases with Amazon during the week of October 18. Amazon was

  • Google's AdSense Gets a New, More Efficient Look

    Updated: 2010-11-10 23:11:25
    The new interface for AdSense is designed to help publishers better manage and control ads at their websites and to give them more efficient access to payments.

  • Non Salable Products with Attribute Sets

    Updated: 2010-11-10 09:30:45
    Do you want to put a nice large padlock on those products that you don’t want people to be able to buy online? Didn’t think so… but you may want to make these products ‘enquire only’ or ‘Phone orders only’. Well, here’s the key to the lock… It’s not uncommon in my experience for clients [...]

  • 5 Mistakes Made on Your Checkout Page – Volusion’s Two Minute Tuesdays

    Updated: 2010-11-09 23:09:25
    In this video, Matt Winn from Volusion discusses five common mistakes made on the checkout pages of ecommerce sites. From inconsistent branding to not providing direct checkout, following these tips can help boost conversions and speed up the buying process. As my favorite professional football team, the Dallas Cowboys, experiences an abysmal season, I keep hearing [...]

  • Upcoming Commerce Server 2009 Training by Software-Smith

    Updated: 2010-11-09 18:29:19
    Software-Smith is offering a 3 day training course designed to bring a .NET developer or architect up to speed on Microsoft Commerce Server 2009. This course assumes no Commerce Server 2009 or 2007 experience. Upcoming training dates are as follows: Cologne...(read more)

  • Why It’s Called A Web: Social Media & eCommerce Integration

    Updated: 2010-11-09 13:00:58
    Over the years, as the world wide web has grown, it has come to encompass many aspects of a users life. While once it was used for nothing more than sending email between friends, making the rare purchase of an exotic, hard to find item, or venturing into a chat room, there are now billions [...]

  • Create a Tax Display Switcher Part 2

    Updated: 2010-11-09 11:05:37
    My previous post on this topic was a flawed post. It did actually change the display but only replicated that in which the admin performs in the back-end. Basically a site-wide change rather than a user-preference. In this edition I will teach you my recommended version of the Tax Display Switcher which will affect only [...]

  • ElizabethCarmel.com is in the Business of Making People Happy

    Updated: 2010-11-08 20:37:44
    This month’s success story takes a snapshot of how Elizabeth Carmel shared her landscape photography with the world. Continue reading to experience her journey and get advice from this established artist and entrepreneur. It’s often said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but in this success story, pictures are driving thousands of bucks. By [...]

  • Mobile Commerce Continues To See Rapid Growth

    Updated: 2010-11-08 00:30:17
    Keeping with the theme of my previous article on Mobile Commerce, I recently read a number of news items that bring to light even more, the big opportunity there is in moving toward a mobile marketplace. I wanted to summarize the findings for you below. Mobile Users Prefer Mobile Web Over Mobile Apps Mobile commerce (a.k.a M-Commerce) [...]

  • 5 Budget-Friendly Marketing Tips for Your Online Business

    Updated: 2010-11-05 19:23:31
    Trying to market your ecommerce site, but don’t have a lot of spare cash? No problem. Check out these five budget-friendly marketing ideas to spread the word and boost traffic. Let’s face it, times are tough. Making any business investment is like pulling teeth, especially when it comes to marketing. The irony is that in a [...]

  • Magento Spreadsheet Import Size Limit

    Updated: 2010-11-05 10:46:21
    Have you ever received a magento spreadsheet that was just too damn big to fit through the door? Well don’t worry because there are things that you can do. The limiting factor of a Magento Speadsheet is normally the filesize – and this is what we will look at today. A normal message you will [...]

  • Shopping Cart Session Outside Magento

    Updated: 2010-11-04 13:09:38
    In the same way as one of my previous posts where I echoed the Magento Navigation on a WordPress page, it is also possible to bring out the number of items in a customer’s shopping cart on a page which is external to Magento. If you’re doing this in WordPress, just install the Mage Enabler [...]

  • WP Auctions 3.7.4

    Updated: 2010-11-04 02:08:25
    One of our users alerted us to a fringe condition where (developer speak) the AutoBid is identical to the UserBid, so we fixed it to always ensure that the AutoBid wins (first bidder takes precedence). Basically (in English), if User B bids identical to User A’s maximum bid this ensures that User A still wins as they entered their maximum bid first. Bug only applied to first bids placed and...

  • Turn your Magento Shop into an App

    Updated: 2010-11-03 09:59:08
    With the recent launch of Magento Mobile, there’s absolutely no doubt that the future of online shopping and indeed web-based browsing is through apps. The app phenomenon was made popular by Apple’s iPhone and offers a simpler, more secure way of viewing web content. The benefit is that now the web comes to you, instead [...]

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