Drop Shipping: finding the right supplier

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Drop shipping is a popular supply chain technique used by online retailers. It uses wholesalers which are able to ship any products that you sell on your site directly to your customers, eliminating the need for you to hold any stock and takes away the risk of having an inventory that doesn’t sell.

Big data: Uses for esellers

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If you believe the hype, big data does everything: increase sales, cut costs, save you time, walk the dog – you name it. But for ecommerce businesses, at least, you wouldn’t be far wrong (save for looking after your pooch but who knows what the future holds?).

Optimising your website for tablet computers

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Starting with the iPad and then the numerous tablet computers that followed, these devices have become a firm favourite with shoppers.

Online payments: picking the right system

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When you’re getting your ecommerce website up to scratch, arguably the most important factor is your payment processors – without this set up, you won’t ever receive a penny. So before you’ve finished designing your homepage and the rest, you need to get down to the nitty gritty of online payments.

How Twitter’s new ‘Cards’ can boost online sales

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At a developers conference on Tuesday it announced three new Twitter card types, one of which is directly aimed at online retailers (the initial three types were introduced in mid-2012). The social network also introduced mobile app deep linking.

Bitcoins: online payments for the future?

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There’s something of a revolution happening in the world of online payments. There’s a new currency on the scene and it’s got everybody talking: Bitcoins.

Chirpify: The start-up giving social commerce the boost it needs

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Despite a great deal of hype, social commerce has struggled to prove itself so far. Will this Portland start-up help to change the game? Back in 2010 Mark Zuckerberg said, “If I had to guess, social commerce is the next area to really blow up”. Some time later in February of 2011, Wired magazine lead [...]

Ecommerce apps, worth a punt?

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Mobile commerce is widely hailed as one of the biggest opportunities for online retailers this year. But does that mean we should all invest in mobile ecommerce apps?

Seven SEO myths debunked

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Understanding and implementing an effective SEO strategy is one of the cornerstones of success in online retail. But the guidelines and advice that is offered can all too often be clouded by misconceptions and untruths.

SEO jargon-buster

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At eSeller we’ve often heard of SEO being referred to as a dark art. It’s not hard to understand why. It is such an essential element to every website’s success and yet to the uninitiated it seems full of mystery, trickery and completely unfathomable terms.