http://ecommerce.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-22T07:16:58Z Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:16:58 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/02/22/adding-a-blog-to-your-ecommerce-website.htm <p>A blog on your ecommerce website can be an excellent platform for direct communication with your customers. Of course, like every other business decision there are two sides to an <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ecommerce.about.com/od/eCommerce-Marketing-Strategies/a/Does-Your-Ecommerce-Website-Need-A-Blog.htm">ecommerce blog</a>.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/02/22/adding-a-blog-to-your-ecommerce-website.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/02/22/adding-a-blog-to-your-ecommerce-website.htm Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:42:33 +0000 2012-02-22T07:42:33Z http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/02/22/selecting-a-hosting-provider-for-your-ecommerce-website.htm <p>Reliable hosting is a primary requirement for an ecommerce business. If you have read my article titled: <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ecommerce.about.com/od/eCommerce-Design-and-Dev/a/How-To-Select-The-Right-Hosting-For-An-Ecommerce-Website.htm">How to Select the Right Hosting for an Ecommerce Website</a>, and would like some more information, I have a great article for you. This one is written by my colleague <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://onlinebusiness.about.com/bio/Bryan-Haines-71602.htm">Bryan</a>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/02/22/selecting-a-hosting-provider-for-your-ecommerce-website.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/02/22/selecting-a-hosting-provider-for-your-ecommerce-website.htm Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:16:58 +0000 2012-02-22T07:16:58Z http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/02/22/should-you-operate-as-a-work-from-home-ecommerce-business.htm <p>If you are a single-person work-from-home ecommerce business, you are one of many. But should you really work from home? My colleague <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://homebusiness.about.com/bio/Mindy-Lilyquist-91597.htm">Mindy</a> recently wrote about the pros and cons of working from home. Here are two must-read articles:</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/02/22/should-you-operate-as-a-work-from-home-ecommerce-business.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/02/22/should-you-operate-as-a-work-from-home-ecommerce-business.htm Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:57:27 +0000 2012-02-22T06:57:27Z http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/02/20/wal-mart-increases-its-commitment-to-china.htm <p>In May 2011, Wal-Mart took a minority stake in the Yihaodian -- a Chinese ecommerce player. Today, Wal-Mart announced that it was hiking its stake to 51%.</p> <p>This move is just one of many by US giants trying to establish a foothold in emerging markets. Watch this space for more reports on global ecommerce action.</p> http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/02/20/wal-mart-increases-its-commitment-to-china.htm Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:41:40 +0000 2012-02-20T10:41:40Z http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/31/coding-your-own-ecommerce-site-learn-some-css.htm <p>Many people prefer to go in for hosted ecommerce solutions, such as <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ecommerce.about.com/od/ecommerceresources/fr/Shopify-Review.htm">Shopify</a>, that require little or no coding. But if you are a power user, you can adapt your software to your needs better if you coded the visual parts of it.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/31/coding-your-own-ecommerce-site-learn-some-css.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/31/coding-your-own-ecommerce-site-learn-some-css.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:33:52 +0000 2012-01-31T09:33:52Z http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/31/do-you-run-your-ecommerce-business-as-a-home-business.htm <p>Some of the largest businesses in the world are ecommerce businesses. So it is interesting that some of the smallest businesses are also ecommerce businesses. That is the new paradigm of business, and in this paradigm ecommerce is the great leveler.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/31/do-you-run-your-ecommerce-business-as-a-home-business.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/31/do-you-run-your-ecommerce-business-as-a-home-business.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:12:08 +0000 2012-01-31T09:12:08Z http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/31/content-marketing.htm <p>The online world changed the way business is transacted. As a natural corollary, business processes have adapted to the new paradigm. For instance the way <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ecommerce.about.com/od/eCommerce-Marketing-Strategies/a/Ecommerce-Marketing.htm">marketing</a> is done today is not the same. That is what prompted me to help you develop an <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ecommerce.about.com/od/eCommerce-Marketing-Strategies/a/Ecommerce-Marketing-Plan.htm">ecommerce marketing plan</a>.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/31/content-marketing.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/31/content-marketing.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:58:44 +0000 2012-01-31T08:58:44Z http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/29/what-software-would-you-like-to-use-for-ecommerce.htm <p>Recently I wrote a <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ecommerce.about.com/od/ecommerceresources/fr/Shopify-Review.htm">Shopify review</a>. Now it is time to post my thoughts on a licensed ecommerce software package. And it is not the one that you are thinking about. Instead, I wrote an article about <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ecommerce.about.com/od/ecommerceresources/a/Wordpress-For-Ecommerce.htm">WordPress for Ecommerce</a>.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/29/what-software-would-you-like-to-use-for-ecommerce.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/29/what-software-would-you-like-to-use-for-ecommerce.htm Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:45:06 +0000 2012-01-29T15:45:06Z http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/29/ecommerce-marketing-plan.htm <p>You do not need an MBA degree to set up an ecommerce business. But you sure need to have a plan. And the most important part is your <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ecommerce.about.com/od/eCommerce-Marketing-Strategies/a/Ecommerce-Marketing-Plan.htm">ecommerce marketing plan</a>. What you put into it is up to you. But there needs to be a plan, so that you are not meandering through issues aimlessly.</p> http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/29/ecommerce-marketing-plan.htm Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:43:12 +0000 2012-01-29T15:43:12Z http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/27/affiliate-marketing-for-ecommerce-businesses.htm <p>Despite all your SEO and PPC campaigns, there is a limit to how much traffic you can drive to your site. If you could harness the power of affiliate marketing, you would open up whole new audiences. There are many ecommerce setups that succeed solely because of the business that is brought in by affiliates.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/27/affiliate-marketing-for-ecommerce-businesses.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ecommerce.about.com/b/2012/01/27/affiliate-marketing-for-ecommerce-businesses.htm Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:48:40 +0000 2012-01-27T17:48:40Z