PayPal announced this week they will be offering free payment processing through the rest of the year for some U.S. businesses that use its PayPal Here mobile payment system, according to an article on Mashable.com.
Consumers are expected to spend an average of $168.94 on mom, this Mother’s Day. This is an 11% increase from last year’s $152.42 and total spending is expected to reach $20.7 billion, according to the National Retail Federation’s Mother’s Day spending survey conducted by BIGinsight, in a press release.
Make mom happy in three seconds this Mother’s Day. This infographic by Pythian, looks at online spending for Mother’s Day, why website speed matters and what an online retail site must do in under three seconds to avoid cart abandonment. According to the infographic, $152.52 is the average Mother’s Day order value. There are 121,951,299 Mother’s Day orders and $18.6 billion in online sales for Mother’s Day.
Today most store merchants are looking to start their own online store to increase their business, brand and presence worldwide, according to a blog post by Brianna Wills. Having their own online store can easily boost sales and profits for the business.
Last week the Senate voted 74 to 20 in favor of proceeding with its debate on the Marketplace Fairness Act and merchants are weighing in on how it would impact their business. Take a look back at Multichannel Merchant’s coverage of the Marketplace Fairness Act with this series of articles and videos.
With 1.5 trillion spam messages being sent daily, ISPs have shifted away from labeling bad emails as spam and instead have started rewarding good emails.
Is there really a decline in the response rate for shopping cart abandonment emails? In a recent blog post on etailblog.com, here are five tips to ensure your shopping cart abandonment email will not go unnoticed.
Opportunities for mobile-friendly sites are growing larger every day. Mobile traffic in 2012 alone made up 10% of all Internet use the world over, according to an infographic on GetElastic.com.
Survey results from MyBuys and the e-tailing group reveal customer-centric marketing – the ability to engage consumers in one-to-one conversations across the customer lifecycle and all touch points – increases buyer readiness, engagement and sales activity, according to a press release from the e-tailing group.
Postmaster, a cloud based, small package shipping integration platforms for SMBs and ecommerce companies announced the launching of API which promises easier integration for shipping carriers in ecommerce platforms, according … Continue Reading →