E-Commerce

NetSource Announces Acquisition of ProductCart Shopping Cart System

April 15, 2013

Here at NetSource Technologies we’ve designed and developed E-commerce websites using ProductCart — premium E-commerce software developed by Early Impact — for more than eight years. Beginning April 15, NetSource Commerce, a new sister company of NetSource Technologies, is taking over development, sales, and support of the ProductCart E-commerce suite after acquiring the software and [...]

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Turn online traffic into customers

March 15, 2013

After putting in place a well-developed marketing plan and generating traffic to your landing page or website, the next step is to turn your online prospects into customers. Improving your online conversion rate is a two-part process. Improve targeted traffic Before you make changes to the conversion tools on your website or landing page, it’s [...]

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Don’t be surprised by customers

March 1, 2013

When you launch a new E-commerce web site above all else there is one thing you need to be ready to face: Customers. That might sound like a “Duh-uh” comment, but not every E-commerce operator is as prepared as they should be when their new store goes online and the first order (or ten or [...]

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Choice of hosting is crucial to E-commerce success

January 22, 2013

How important to the success of your E-commerce site is your choice of hosting service? Pause for a moment and consider: Without reliable and secure web hosting, you don’t have an E-commerce site in the first place. The standard talking points of uptime and cost aren’t entirely unimportant to your site’s hosting equation, obviously. Server [...]

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Get more power from standalone E-commerce

January 16, 2013

One of the big advantages to a stand-alone E-commerce solution is that a skilled developer can completely customize both the design and the programming to suit your specific business requirements. No two businesses are run exactly the same way. This means that they frequently have demands that simply can’t be satisfied within the limits of [...]

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The pros and cons of hosted E-commerce

January 9, 2013

When a small business owner makes the decision to enter into the world of E-commerce, the first decision that confronts them is usually whether they need to build a stand-alone E-commerce web site or sign-on with a hosted application provider like Magento or BigCommerce. Each approach has its advantages and disadvantages. What the small business [...]

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E-commerce requires budget planning

January 2, 2013

Translating your E-commerce idea from concept into reality requires an investment of time, money and resource. For the small-business entrepreneur, a first-time E-commerce project can generate a few unpleasant budget surprises. Some of your project’s budget elements may be self-evident, but a few are less obvious. An experienced and reputable E-commerce developer should work through [...]

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Choosing the right E-commerce solution for your business

October 12, 2012

Soon after you decide to add E-commerce to your small business, you may find yourself suffering from a touch of sensory overload. There are a lot of E-commerce engines, shopping cart systems and hosted storefronts vying for your attention. How do you sort through all of that to find the solution that best suits your [...]

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Beware the back alleys of E-commerce

September 14, 2012

Spend some time surveying a variety of E-commerce sites (without spending money on them, that is…), and chances are you’ll come across some sites that offer name-brand gadgetry at incredibly good prices. Sites like these often sell items such as air-conditioning components, portable power equipment or computer hardware. With a little bit of research you’ll [...]

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Who’s minding the store?

September 6, 2012

Just like a bricks-and-mortar store needs somebody behind the counter, an E-commerce web site requires somebody behind the scenes to make things run smoothly. Your E-commerce site is never going to be a fire-and-forget operation. Somebody has to process the orders. Somebody has to insure payment has been made. Somebody has to manage inventory and [...]

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The money is in the details

June 19, 2012

So you have a top-notch idea for E-commerce. You even have a well-considered business plan. Here’s a technical question for you: How are your customers going to pay you? It sounds like a silly ‘small picture’ question, I know. But it’s really one of the most important and most problematic details your brand-new E-commerce project [...]

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Five Tips for a Successful E-Commerce Website

June 11, 2012

Getting your new E-commerce store up and running is only half the fun. Once that’s done – then you’ve got to figure out how to efficiently run your store in order to maximize your bottom line. Very little of it qualifies as rocket science. In fact, most of it is nothing more than running to [...]

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