Custora has released a new report based on its “E-Commerce Pulse” data from over 100 online retailers, 70 million consumers, and $10 billion in transaction revenue. It says that mobile e-commerce has hit an all-time high, which is hardly surprising.…
New E-Commerce Benchmark Study Out
MarketingSherpa and eBay’s Magento have a new E-commerce Benchmark Study out, which utilized data from 3,000 hours of research, survey responses from 4,346 marketers, interviews with “key e-commerce leaders,” and a review of academic works related to e-commerce. It has…
eBay Now Lets Users Get Items Within An Hour
eBay is testing a new same-day shipping service called eBay Now in San Francisco. Presumably, if successful, it will expand to more areas. Merchants in the test group (which includes Postmates, TaskRabbit and Uber) can reportedly offer the service to…
Walmart’s Pay with Cash Online Payment Solution Ignites Consumer Spending
Walmart recently introduced a “pay with cash” option for all of its online shoppers. It’s really simple. Load up your online shopping cart, get the total, go to Walmart, pay the balance in cash, then, your stuff will arrive in…
Walmart Recognizes Mobile as the Future of E-Commerce
As the popularity of smartphones and tablet computers continues to increase, more and more customers are taking advantage of mobile devices to access online shopping and promotions. Last year alone, U.S. consumers spend almost $200 billion online. Walmart is no…
PayPal Teams Up with Comcast & TiVo to Offer E-Commerce on Television Sets
Get ready! Starting this Fall some cable TV subscribers will be able to donate money and buy products and services from their television sets. PayPal, EBay’s online pay service, has teamed up with Comcast Corporation and TiVo to bring the…
Facebook Outage Killed Some Retail Sites’ Performance
On Thursday night, Facebook experienced a major worldwide outage that lasted, in some cases, for a couple of hours. Things have been less-than-perfect for users since then, even after Facebook released a statement saying that everything should be a-ok. Users…
Fancy Hits 1 Million Users
New York startup Fancy, an online catalog and high-end Pinterest competitor, today announced that it’s hit 1 million users, presently sees an average of $50,000 worth of commerce move through its platform weekly, and has updated its iOS app. Fancy…
YouTube Gives Partners Opportunity To Sell More Merchandise
YouTube launched a Merch Store last year, enabling independent musicians to promote what they wanted to sell, be it music downloads, concert tickets or various merchandise, right from their channels. They could promote content from iTunes, SongKick, Google Play, Amazon…
How to Create a Fast-Loading E-commerce Site
You may have the most beautifully designed online storefront in the e-commerce universe, with a stunning array of desirable products – but if your website stalls when it loads, leaving shoppers tapping their fingers in frustration, the rest of the…