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Mar 06
2008

Australian Ecommerce Statistics

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The growth in online shopping is only set to continue in Australia and worldwide.

In Australia and worldwide, Online shopping is growing massively. Retailers that wish to stay ahead of their competition are well advised to start thinking about starting an online store today.

In the next five years, US$1 trillion will be purchased online or influenced by information found about products and

Mar 03
2008

Tips for choosing a Payment Gateway

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Payment gateways help make it easy to pay for goods and services using their credit card online. How do they work and how do you choose one?

If you want your customers to be able to pay for goods and services with their credit card in your online store, you can:

1. Use a payment service like Paypal IPN, Paymex or Paymate
2. Set up a merchant account and process credit card transactions manually

Feb 27
2008

How to order an ecommerce website

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Ordering an ozCart website is as easy as it will be for your customers to buy from you. You can buy online. Once you buy, we'll step you through the process.

Five steps online

When it's time to buy, what do you have to do to get your site up and running? Fortunately, the process is a simple and efficient one.

Step 1: Choose your base design

If you choose a web design or ecommerce package from

Feb 12
2008

How much disk space do I need for an ecommerce website?

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How much disk space will you need for your shopping cart website?

The amount of capacity you will need for your ecommerce website mainly depends on:

  • How many products you will display
  • How many images will be associated with those products
  • The quality of those images - in most cases, product images will be under 200kb to make them easy to download in customer's browsers if
Feb 07
2008

Where to sell online

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How to sell online: making the move from auction website to own website

Moving from auction website to your own online shop may be easier than you thought.

If you have been running your own site on an auction website, you will be familiar with the process of entering your products, uploading photos, setting prices and configuring your postage/shipping options. You will also be

Feb 06
2008

Increasing shopping cart conversion rates

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How do you increase your potential for high ecommerce conversion rates?

If you're going to be selling products and services online, you'll want to make sure that as many people as possible come to your store and then buy something from it. The process of advertising, promotion and search engine optimisation can help you get customers to your website. But how do you keep them going through