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The Art of Minimalist Web Design

Reducing the design of a website can achieve minimalism, and make the website become nothing more than the barest elements.  However, doing this difficult task can also be intimidating and for some very hard to master.

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Retailers Offering E-Commerce Options

Something we are starting to see when we take the time to shop online is the “Buy online, pick up in store” option.  This option is very popular to all of the online shoppers that would prefer to shop online.  Once the shopper is notified their item is at the store, it can be picked

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GoDaddy’s New Acquisition – Media Temple

In less than two years, GoDaddy has made its 6th purchase. A hosting company by the name Media Temple is GoDaddy’s next venture. Media Temple is well known for hosting very large websites for Volkswagen and The Wall Street Journal. Media Temple also has over 125,000 customers and hosts more than 1.5 million websites. GoDaddy’s

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Yelp And Google Flooded With Fake Reviews

Millions of people around the world rely on reviews before making a purchase.  Reviews range from a small coffee shop to business’s where large amounts of money are spent.  The bad thing about reading reviews is the possibility you might be reading a review that is not only fake, but the person writing the review

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2013 E-commerce Holiday Predictions

As holiday season rapidly approaches, so does the holiday rush for retailers.  This year holiday sales are expected to exceed $61 billion dollars in November and December.  There are six trends to follow that are going to be what makes holiday season such a big time for small and mid-sized retailers. Here is a list

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Staples Is Seattle Bound

Seattle, Washington is a great location to expand a large company’s horizons.  Google Facebook, and Groupon have already made their presence known in Seattle.  Therefore the news that Staples will also be making their new e-commerce and engineering center.

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E-Commerce Sales Using Alternative Payment Methods

The rise of mobile commerce, non-bank payment options, and PCI compliance burdens is making many merchants consider new alternative payment options for all of their shoppers.  Therefore, the online payments industry is changing.  Changing payment options might seem like any easy task, but little attention has been given to the conversion aspect of these new

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Solution to ‘Unable to process payment’ Paypal Standard Error in Magento

The newest version of Magento in some cases has a problem working correctly with PayPal Standard payment option. After completing the checkout fields and clicking the buttons to process payment via PayPal, you can experience the error message ‘Unable to process payment.’ There is a trick to solve this issue. The error message looks like

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Online Sales Rose 15% This Holiday

This holiday season online sales increased more than 15 percent. Online purchases represent only 3.3 percent ($451.4 billion) of total sales. However, this Christmas the growth of online purchases is expected to surpass in-store sales.

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Zen Cart Developer’s Journal: Google Analytics Integration

You can integrate Google Analytics with your Zen Cart website very easily by editing only one file. First you have to have your Google Analytics account. If you do not have one, go to http://www.google.com/analytics/ and sign up. Let’s go to your Zen Cart files. The file we are interested in is located here: ../included/templates/YOURTEMPLATE

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