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Payment Processing For the Automotive Industry

Payment Processing For the Automotive Industry

/ February 28, 2011 9:47 am

Whether for routine dealer service or even covering the down payment on a new luxury car, automotive dealership customers have abandoned cash in favor of using a credit card or debit card. Therefore, it is crucial for car dealers to

Merchant Account Payment Gateways

Merchant Account Payment Gateways

/ February 16, 2011 11:44 am

A payment gateway is essentially an online point of sale. In a brick and mortar retail store, a customer goes to a counter and pays for his or her selection. In an online store, a customer ends up at a payment gateway.

Brandon Fisher, surprise State of the Union star

/ January 27, 2011 2:04 pm

Life as an entrepreneur can be exciting, but Brandon Fisher is really taking it to new levels: Not only did he help save the 33 miners trapped in a mine in Chile last year, he was prominently featured in Tuesday

9 HTML Codes that Ecommerce Merchants Should Know

9 HTML Codes that Ecommerce Merchants Should Know

/ January 25, 2011 10:13 pm

Running an ecommerce store can mean wearing many hats. Occasionally, that means dropping in some HTML code into your site. Just a rudimentary understanding of HTML can open new worlds for your website. This understand allows you to embed photos

U.S. Agency Official on International Commerce

U.S. Agency Official on International Commerce

/ January 20, 2011 9:59 pm

Many ecommerce merchants are attracted to selling products to consumers in other countries. But the complexities of international sales can include tariffs, customs and export laws. For United States-based merchants, the U.S. Department of Commerce can help. It has just

Take the Survey: How Effective Is Social Media in Ecommerce?

Take the Survey: How Effective Is Social Media in Ecommerce?

/ January 19, 2011 9:19 pm

Many articles have addressed the blending of social media and ecommerce. Retailers across the Internet are leveraging social sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to connect with consumers and provide multiple selling channels. We believe the fast-moving trend toward social

10 Mobile Shipping Apps for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android

10 Mobile Shipping Apps for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android

/ January 19, 2011 1:12 pm

Shipping, tracking, and calculating time and cost of shipments are at the heart of ecommerce businesses. Merchants are usually tied to a desktop to make all these choices for shipping their inventory. But there are several mobile apps that can

Notable Views: Adgregate CEO Rebuts Criticisms of Retailing on Facebook

Notable Views: Adgregate CEO Rebuts Criticisms of Retailing on Facebook

/ January 18, 2011 9:05 pm

Editor’s Note: “Notable Views” is a new series where we ask leading experts to address critical, ecommerce-related topics. For this inaugural installment, we corresponded with Henry Wong, founder and CEO of Adgregate Markets, a provider of Facebook-enabled ecommerce platforms. Social

Google Chrome Will Drop H.264 Codec, Impacting Future of Video

Google Chrome Will Drop H.264 Codec, Impacting Future of Video

/ January 18, 2011 3:56 pm

Google announced last week that forthcoming versions of its increasingly popular Chrome browser would drop support for the patent-entangled H.264 video codec, potentially making HTML5 more open and available, but also challenging competitors like Apple, which is closely tied to

Designing for the New Twitter Layout

Designing for the New Twitter Layout

/ January 17, 2011 3:59 pm

It won’t be long before everyone is subject to the new, wider Twitter layout. Up to now, the new layout has been optional and Twitter users could switch back to the old settings. Though no firm date has been announced