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Fresh Start BV
16 Nov
Posted by Jonathan as Online Customers
The National White Collar Crime Center and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have been preparing a report giving some data on Internet Crime. As a store owner, you will definitely gain some insight into the ill-side of the Internet. View their PDF report for 2005 here:
http://www.ic3.gov/media/annualreport/2005_IC3Repo…
15 Nov
Posted by Jonathan as Store Security
More information on Extended Validation SSL Certificates with a couple of screenshots.
Link to IEBlog : Improving SSL: Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates Coming in January
13 Nov
Posted by Jonathan as Store Security
Author Brian Krebs of The Washington Post has a decent article explaining the next generation of SSL Certificates to help authenticate legitimate sites, call Extended Validation SSL Certs…. Is this going to work? Or is it going to be yet another money maker for CAs?
Source: ‘Supercerts’ Aim to Highlight Legit Web Sites - Security Fix
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/mt/mtb.cgi/13071
Wow, it seems like two days ago ASP.Net 2.0 was released, and now .Net 3.0 is out the door. Hearing the news made me a little nervous about buying an e-commerce solution designed for 2.0. I am glad I found this link (below)
Link to Welcome to the MSDN Library
To cover the part that […]
12 Nov
Posted by Jonathan as Miscellaneous Stuff
Originally noted by an excellent programmer of e-commerce tools for popular solutions (Andy Miller of Structured Solutions | “Good find, Andy”), see this link for a review on the legal side of handling the pricing your online products incorrectly:
Link to Oops! The Legal Consequences of and Solutions to Online Pricing Errors
23 Sep
Posted by Jonathan as Online Customers
Take a look at Seth Godin’s quick post with a powerful message to online retail store’s: here. (Originally pointed out by Laura.)
They point us to the FAQ at FourPawsDesign (click the FAQ button near the top left corner).
Unfortunately, we can no longer take phone orders. Customers forget to tell us something and after the […]
How do you know when someone is trying to steal from your online store. In the physical, we have shoplifting sensors and tags that alert shop employess that someone is walking out the door with unpaid merchandise. On-line, what are our sensors and tags?
One of my best clients recently received an order from a buyer […]
Here is my ever-growing list of notable email marketing companies (providers and software):
Providers List
Mass Campaign
Constant Contact
Campaign Monitor
Emma
Intellicontact
Blue Hornet
Software List
Xigla
Interspire
Active Campaign
More as I come across it later…. Have a suggestion? Post it below.
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 […]