Uncertainty continues for online merchants who use Yahoo Small Business even as a major development in its parent company’s saga was disclosed on Monday morning: Verizon is acquiring Yahoo. However, merchants appear to have some breathing room until early next Read more
Remarketing to existing and potential customers can help convert them from browsers to buyers. Google’s AdWords recently unveiled its latest program to assist advertisers with this remarketing via Customer Match for Shopping ads. The program follows on to the company’s other Read more
Over 17,000 online merchants around the world use 3dcart to power their web stores, and this week, the company announced a major update to its shopping cart platform. Among the new features are new payment platforms through Vantiv and Amazon Read more
Ecommerce has come a long way since the 1990s – consider that Demandware, a company that supports online merchants, announced last week that it will be acquired for nearly $3 billion. Demandware isn’t alone in offering solutions to multichannel merchants, Read more
A company that helps big brands monitor pricing compliance has been sold. Market Track acquired Channel IQ for an undisclosed sum, the companies announced on Thursday. Headquartered in Chicago, Market Trackprovides subscription-based advertising, promotions, ecommerce and pricing intelligence solutions. Clients use Read more
Your emails may not be getting into the hands of your customers, and one email service provider has a new approach to trying to attack the problem. Return Path launched a new Deliverability Wizard as part of its “next generation” Read more
SixBit has officially released a new version of its software that supports the Amazon marketplace and has added additional features as well. SixBit founder John Slocum was the creator of the popular tool called Blackthorne that eBay acquired many years Read more
There’s big money in ecommerce, as evidenced by Salesforce’s agreement to acquire Demandware for $2.8 billion. Large retailers and brands use Demandware to power their ecommerce initiatives; clients include Lands’ End, L’Oreal and Marks & Spencer. Salesforce is a cloud Read more
Pinterest is opening up its Buyable Pins feature to more sellers, while at the same time, Twitter is backing away from Buy buttons that allow online merchants to use its platform as a selling channel. BigCommerce announced on Friday that even Read more
What if you could integrate email marketing with your ecommerce platform and Google Analytics to gain new insight into the effectiveness of your campaigns? Delivra has launched such a tool that even lets online merchants re-market to shoppers who have Read more
