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Shop.org : Statistics

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Here is a great resource for statistics of online shoppers, online shopping, and shopping cart / ecommerce in general.  
Link to Shop.org : Statistics

 
If you are a web store owner, check out this magazine for a resource on search engine optimization, customer conversion, legal issues, shopping carts, user interface design, Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising, and product sourcing. Online and print versions available. 
 
Link to Practical eCommerce: Articles, resources, strategy and a community
for internet retailers, online business owners and ecommerce developers.

If you’re like me, digging deeper into your online store’s analytics is always on your incomplete to-do list. I’ve been following a blog by Ian Lurie for about 6-months now. I’m really impressed with his approach to web marketing. Recently he has created online videos tutorials detailing Google Analytics. These tutorials are especially helpful for e-commerce store owners. With Ian’s help, you’ll […]

Fresh Start BV by Promotion Sickness

I’ve had an opportunity to do business with Cliff Spence of Promotion Sickness, so I have no problem spreading his gospel:
Fresh Start BV

So I’m deep into another storefront project…. Every project I work on I become increasingly sensitive to page load time. I’ve kept an eye on the statistics from stores I’ve built for a while now and am starting to notice trends in the importance of a quickly loading page. I knew it was important all […]

What brought WebTrends to my attention was a case-study on Motorcycle Superstore. I have a personal interest in this company, so it was really engaging to click the link-trail to find out more about the relationship between WebTrends and the very successful Motorcycle Superstore. Near the end of the trail, I came across a white […]

Get your Data Out of ‘Dem Tables

I’ve heard over and over again from store owners that they need to get their customers’ names and email addresses out of their database. Now, there are many ways to do this, such as using Enterprise Manager, Web Data Administrator, MS-Access connection to their SQL server database, just plain ol’ MS-ACCESS export, and more. But […]

Keeping your ASP.net-built web site alive can be critical to your site user’s experience. Let’s face it, not all of our online stores are getting hits every minute of every hour of every day. If your site hasn’t received a visitor in say an hour, the compiled web code from memory in an ASP.net web […]

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