Q&A: Bertie Stephens, founder of Flubit

With $1m investment and a $4m valuation Flubit – the online discount platform threatening to “change the face of buying online,” has made a name for itself since launch in September 2012.

Cost considerations for online SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises that operate online have a reduced cost structure compared to their brick-and-mortar counterparts. Despite this, it can still require a considerable amount of money to hang out a “virtual signboard” and set up shop.

Q & A: Liz Oram, co-founder of Love-Local Shop

Dan Matthews talks to Liz Oram, co-founder of Love-Local Shop, a new eCommerce website and winner of the Successful Liquidshop E-Commerce Award in 2011

Setting up online, part 2

With millions of active internet shoppers, the potential benefits of eCommerce are huge, in the second of this two-part series Darren Wilson, managing director of Streamline sets us on the right track to starting a successful online store.

Setting up online, part 1

Trading online has never been easier or more affordable for small businesses and with millions of active internet shoppers, the potential benefits of eCommerce have never been greater.

Introduction to eCommerce

eCommerce is fast becoming the preferred medium through which consumers buy their goods. Unlike on the high-street, business in the virtual world is booming and every year the eCommerce sector experiences double-digit growth. For consumers buying online and having goods delivered strips out the time and effort of shopping in the ‘real world’, for retailers […]