
Stripe Makes Move To Be The Prime Supplier Of Buy Buttons
Stripe is making a play to be the backbone of the buy button industry. The payments processing startup unveiled a new feature Monday to...

Early Report Shows Jet.com Driving Strong Sales Volume, Attracting Repeat Buyers
Jet.com launched with fanfare at the end of July as the deeply-funded Amazon rival that was going all-in on offering the lowest prices. A...

E-Commerce Conversion Rates Improve In Q2 After Several Declining Quarters [Report]
In a reversal of what was looking like a year-long trend, e-commerce conversion rates improved year-over-year in Q2, according to the...

The Psychology Of Clicking “Buy Now”
Just about everywhere you look, you see messages to buy now! What’s the deal behind the “buy now” method? Is it effective? What causes...

EBay Celebrates 20th Anniversary With “20 Days Of Deals” Promotion & Major Update T
Today, the site is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the release of eBay 4.0, an updated version of its mobile apps, as well as...

4 Reasons Brands Should Sell Directly To Consumers Online
Traditionally, brands sell direct to big retailers and use distributors to reach small and independent shops. It’s a model that’s worked...

Capitalizing On The Digital Trail To The Offline Purchase
As marketers, we hear it all the time: We need to understand the consumer journey. It’s impossible for legacy marketing metrics to keep...

59 Percent Of Retailers Have Already Started Their Holiday Promotions [Survey]
With September upon us, 59 percent of retailers in the US and UK have kicked off their holiday promotional campaigns, according to...

6 Conversion Principles You Can Learn From The Mere-Exposure Effect
Usually, the most effective “techniques” aren’t cute hacks about color or button size. They’re about the psychological underpinnings of...

3 Steps To Better Holiday Insights With Cohort Analysis
Holiday planning season is in full swing, which brings up some big questions around customer retention. How do holiday customers compare...

Adobe Flash Takes Another Hit As Amazon Moves To Eliminate All Flash-Based Ads
The e-commerce giant posted the following notice on its Technical Guidelines page, confirming its decision to remove Flash because of...

US E-Commerce Sales Jump 14 Percent, Account For 7.2 Percent Of All Retail
E-commerce sales in the US shot up 14.1 percent to $83.9 billion in the second quarter compared to Q2 2014 when adjusted for seasonality,...

XpressBuy Announces Integration With Four New E-Commerce Platforms
The e-commerce/buy button platform XpressBuy announced Wednesday its launch on four new e-commerce platforms: Demandware, IBM WebSphere...

StepsAway Solves The “Beacon Problem” For In-Mall Retailers And Shoppers
Earlier this month, Target announced a 50-store beacon rollout. This is a big deal; retailers have been testing and flirting with beacons...

Bigcommerce Launches Tool To Streamline Creation Of Facebook & Twitter Ads
E-commerce platform Bigcommerce has launched a tool to streamline the creation of ad campaigns on Twitter and Facebook. The Product Ads...

Amazon Retiring Product Ads, Offers New Text Ads As Alternative
Advertisers that use Amazon Product Ads will soon have to find other ways to get their items in front of Amazon shoppers. The company has...

The Biggest Myth In Online Retail
Myth: Selling online means competing on price. As the marketing director at an e-commerce agency, I hear some variation of this statement...

4 Tips To Ensure You’re Prepared For The 2015 Holiday Retail Season
This weekend my family and I went swimming in the Delaware River, so I can’t believe we’re already thinking about the holiday retail...

As Amazon Dominates Marketplace Sales, Online Retailers Express Some Concern Over Its Market Share
Amazon continues to dominate the marketplace landscape in terms of driving sales for retailers selling on marketplaces, particularly in...