Five ways to prevent fraud

Fraud is a growing problem for businesses operating online; but better than catching fraudsters is preventing them from plying their trade in the first place. Here are five strategies to beat them.

Fraud and cross-border expansion – part II

For part two of this series, Elie Casamitjana, Product Manager, Fraud Prevention Solutions for Ogone, considers merchant attitudes and the international landscape.

Fraud and cross-border expansion: resolving local issues

Elie Casamitjana, Product Manager Fraud Prevention Solutions for online payment company Ogone, looks at the scale of the fraud problem facing Europe and technology advances that are helping to combat the threat.

Phishing: advice for retailers

The majority of people probably won’t be familiar with the term phishing, but more than likely they will have been subjected to it.

Mobile trends 2014 – part II

The “year of mobile” concept is no longer valid: now it’s a case of how mobile is becoming the de facto way to get online and the key way that people shop. Paul Skeldon examines other key trends in mobile this year.

New Year’s resolutions for online retailers

Ecommerce has certainly been on the up in 2013, with figures from Deloitte showing that online sales were expected to hit £5 billion this Christmas, a 19% rise compared with last year .

Tips for quality content marketing in 2014

Beyond promoting goods and services and displaying them prominently on their websites, companies should offer consumers added value and benefits through good, inspiring content.

Nine social media sins

Social media is a crucial part of how online businesses communicate with audiences. When it is done badly, the effects can be severe.

5 steps to perfect product pages

Tim Pritchard of ecommerce and shopping cart software firm SellerDeck gives his advice for getting your product pages in tip-top condition.

SEO: how can businesses appear in more search results?

In terms of what lies behind the pretty facade of a site, it’s important for the back end of the site to be well structured and coded so Google can pick it up.