The New York Times is reporting that Google will soon unveil a one-click payment system for content called “Newspass.” According to the newspaper La Repubblica, Google, a brand built on free apps for consumers, is creating the infrastructure for a system that would allow publishers to charge readers for content. “Later this year, Google will […]
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StartupNation is collaborating with Overstock.com to help connect your small business with the tens of millions of shoppers at Overstock.com through Overstock’s Main Street Store. It’s a brand new way for you to expose your products to a massive and targeted customer base, and to do so without having to take unnecessary risk or make
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The Wall Street Journal reports that a PricewaterhouseCoopers study found that in 2009, online ad revenues continued to climb to $24.2 billion, while print ads fell 28.6% to $24.8 billion. Online ads are expected to rake in $34.4 billion by 2014, which means print ads should dip below their online counterparts in a matter of
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Vendr seamlessly adds storefront capabilities to any website or blog with just a few lines of code. It does that by adding a “Store” button; when clicked, it dims the background page and overlays a brightly lit store that provides customers with an engaging and fluid shopping experience. Both physical and digital goods can be
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According to Website Magazine, online supplier of home appliances Number1Direct.com is one e-commerce company that has experienced firsthand the value of expanding its checkout options for a growing customer demographic: shoppers who prefer cash over credit. Since adding the secure payment option eBillme, the leading retailer has seen a 44-percent improvement in cart abandonment, a
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AppScout reports that research company ComScore released its Q1 retail e-commerce sales estimates and found that online retail spending neared $34 billion for the quarter, up 10 percent versus a year ago. That strong acceleration represented the first time growth rates reached double-digits since the second quarter of 2008. The report found that growth was
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According to AppScout.com, e-commerce site 6pm.com, a sister site to Zappos.com, accidentally priced all of its products at $49.95 on Friday, costing the company $1.6 million. “This morning, we made a big mistake in our pricing engine that capped everything on the site at $49.95. The mistake started at midnight and went until around 6:00am
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Here’s a selection of the many offers available on fiverr.com It’s a new web site that allows users to buy and sell services and products. Everything is $5. What would you do for $5? Here are some offers I thought were interesting. Photo by fiverr.com.
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From jewelry designers to musicians, from shop owners to authors, everyone is looking for a way to sell products or services online. How do you begin, and what do you need to know about setting up and managing an online store for your business? According to Jennifer Shaheen at Entrepreneur, your customers are looking for
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Small and minority-owned businesses have a chance to expand product sales through a partnership with Overstock.com, reports The Salt Lake Tribune. Dubbed the “Main Street Revolution Initiative,” the effort is intended to increase the visibility of small businesses that lack exposure to national markets, said Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne. “By joining our network, small-business owners
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