By Practical eCommerce's count, there are nearly 600 English-language shopping carts. These include hosted carts, licensed software carts and open-source carts. There are small ones with just a few clients, and large ones with tens of thousands of clients.But, as of July 14, only 40 of them were either PCI compliant (hosted solutions) or PA-DSS validated (licensed shopping carts). That date is important because the PCI Security Standards Council has long held that shopping carts, which are either "Payment Applications" or "Validated Service Providers" as defined by that organization, must affirmatively pass compliance standards by July 1, 2010. And it's easy to determine the carts that have been approved because there are two separate lists that contain them.
Not PCI Compliant? No Problem | Practical eCommerce
We don’t profess to be the world’s best eCommerce company. Probably far from it.But we have a lot of experience in online retail and development (10 years+) and we use that experience to help our clients in the best way possible.
eCommerce Cowboys, the ‘Yes’ Men. | magento commerce | Jack of All Trades
Internationally, ecommerce is a massive industry, for example in the UK alone it accounts for annual revenues of 48bn GBP and in the USA some $200BN USD with 90% of consumers thinking online shopping offers best value, 83% of consumers research a product for purchase online and 72% of them purchase as a result online.However when it comes to social media 51% of consumers find advertising on social networks annoying and half of advertisers branded pages on social networks attract less than 1000 friends, while the European average was 6,494.
Online Retailer Presentation – Facebook / Twitter The Big Yawn — Bendalls
Online retail is expected to grow by 40 percent by 2012 according to research released alongside the Online Retailer Expo and Conference in Sydney.Online retailThe ecommerce industry in Australia has seen rapid growth over the last year and is forecast to reach $33.8 billion by 2012 up from $AU24 billion last year.
Online retail to grow 40 percent by 2012 | Dynamic Business
The Australian Online Retailer Expo 2010 got underway yesterday at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. The exhibition runs to the end of the week and brings e-retailers, merchants, web developers and manufacturers together to showcase the booming Australian e-commerce offerings.
Aussie e-commerce expo kicks off: photos - Business - News
Social marketing can yield lucrative business conversions, but online retailers are still in the early days of adoption, according to a Forrester report.The Online Retailing in Australia 2010: Marketing, Merchandising and Customer Service report claims that “on the whole, Australian online retailers are focused on the start and middle of the purchase journey. In other words they have emphasised acquisition and conversion over retention, favouring performance-based marketing in general and search marketing in particular. This is a natural starting point for any online retailer, as all must acquire customers before they can retain them.”
Forrester: Online retailers lagging with social media marketing - twitter, Online Retailing in Australia 2010: Marketing, Merchandising and Customer Service, iPhone, Forrester, Facebook - ARN
NEWS Online retailers failing in customer retention Australian online retailers risk losing customers by failing to invest in customer loyalty and retention, while the country’s biggest players are still yet to commit in the online space, new research from Forrester Research has found.The research company’s Online Retailing in Australia 2010: Marketing, Merchandising, And Customer Service, revealed a majority of local online retailers are focusing all their attention on acquiring new customers and making sales, but are not putting into place effective measures to retain them past the first purchase.However the research showed 34% of companies surveyed plan to offer customer ratings and reviews for the first time in the next year, with 35% launching their first online community to drive loyalty.
Online retailers failing in customer retention
As we all watched more stores close in Australia's consumer electronics retailing industry last week, there was another spectacle happening elsewhere, setting the agenda for future retailing.
Photo & Imaging News: Ignore online and watch them leave
Appliances Online won a swag of awards last night at the inaugural Online Retailer Industry Awards (ORIAs) including the the highly coveted Best Pure Play Online Retailer award.Appliances OnlineThe winners of the event that recognises excellence in e-commerce retailing were announced last night at a gala dinner held at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre Parkside Ballroom alongside the Online Retail Conference and Exhibition.
Appliances Online scoops Online Retailer Industry Awards | Dynamic Business
Melbourne’s Ruslan Kogan is not your typical businessman. He wears hoodies and trainers and retains a healthy dose of boyish charm. But don’t mistake this for naivety or immaturity because when it comes to business, he is smarter than most.
Ruslan Kogan: Young, rich and growing two businesses. Fast. | Dynamic Business
Online Retailer Expo & Conference 2010 is one of the world’s largest e-commerce and digital marketing events for retailers. It’s the ultimate marketplace and annual gathering for online retailing. This year, the event took place in Sydney from 6-9 July.While attending, Myzerr CEO Slade Sherman had the opportunity to chat with Mark Freidin, COO of InternetRetailing.com.au. Mark is also actively involved with Catch of the Day and Scoopon, discount and coupon sites offering Australia-based deals.
Myzerr.com at Online Retailer Expo & Conference 2010 « myzerr blog
