Practical eCommerce is dropping its published magazine to focus exclusively on the electronic delivery of its editorial content. The business started in July 2005 with a mission to publish easy-to-follow articles and information that help companies succeed online. This editorial content...
Booklist is an occasional feature where we investigate Internet characters about the books they read, and why. For this installment, we’ve asked David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of the Ruby on Rails applications framework. Heinemier Hansson established Rails in 2004 while...
Since 1998 Really Old Records of Natick, Mass. has been supplying a group of”unusual and collectible records,” taking full advantage of the Long Tail idea. However, the store was slow to ship and did not talk at all with me after...
Many experts prediction that hosted software solutions will continue to grow. Software-as-a-service is merely another expression for these hosted solutions, and examples of larger ones are NetSuite.com, Salesforce.com and Google Apps. NetSuite’s solution includes an ecommerce component, and we have lately...
With the expansion in popularity of several different mobile devices using the Android OS, the mobile environment is growing increasingly diverse. AdMob, the mobile advertising network that tracks monthly usage statistics on mobile devices, reported in September 2009, the HTC Dream...
Rick Wilson is the president of Miva Merchant, the pioneering ecommerce platform. Like many ecommerce companies, Miva Merchant is evolving. It now offers its own hosted shopping cart, and Wilson joined us to discuss recent upgrades to that cart, along with...
Its September, and Christmas is coming. Like many current retailers Christmas is our busiest time of the year. Orders double, then triple, then go through the roof. It is a very hectic time of year. It is always better to plan...
Las Vegas-based firm duo Christopher Nelson and Tamara Leuty created patented designer bags with built-in lighting that let you learn what’s inside. Then they started a business — Glass Handbag — in late 2010. They got U.S. and international patents for...
Find out how to carry out a SWOT evaluation — strengths, weaknesses, alternatives, threats — is one thing many MBA college students perceive. Sadly, firms typically deal with SWOT evaluation like geometry — certainly one of this stuff it is advisable...
Internet users, and online shoppers especially, need robust and fast online experiences no matter if they’re using a desktop computer or the most elementary smartphone. Ecommerce companies competing in this age of the emerging mobile web must take action to provide...
