First of all, what is e-commerce? E-commerce is commerce, including business, trade, buying, and selling, that is transacted electronically, rather than hand-to-hand. Businesses need efficient technology and strong marketing in order for e-commerce to be successful. The goal is to increase your business by making it easier for customers to shop, and if your website’s lack of technology and marketing make it difficult for them, they may as well drive to the mall.

Before we look at e-commerce solutions, we need to first figure out some of the problems with e-commerce. There are many complaints from customers when it comes to purchasing items online.  Read the full story

Owning a small business in this day and age is becoming more difficult. The fact is that major franchises, chains and large stores are taking over the little guys out there. Everyday in every small town, people witness the little shops, stores and service providers slipping into the cracks and closing shop. This is sad, especially with all of the tools and resources available on the internet. Using the internet is just another method of advertising, a newer tool in the tool box that these small businesses can use to increase their annual revenue and remain open for business.

Not that the internet is a new tool, it’s simply not, but it is new to a lot small business owners out in the country struggling to stay alive. To many small business owners, computers and the internet are a scary and uncharted territory for them. Read the full story

e-Commerce can be very complex. To offer a world class customer experience, retailers must incorporate technologies and functionality that exceeds rising customer expectations. On the flip side however, site fundamentals still play a very large role in converting visitors into customers. Read the full story

To have an online store, the easiest way is to find some open source e-commerce script. For example os-commerce or zen-cart shopping cart. Get these script setup on your web hosting.

To accept payment online, its either customer pay through your website, or route customer to payment gateway website and make payment.   Read the full story

You do not need a full time business e-commerce to earn some money with your website. You do not even need to be there all the time. All you have to do is wait until the day of paid advertisers.  However, it is not as easy as it sounds. Read the full story