Category: eCommerce

What Is PayPal Instant Payments?

PayPal Instant Payments for Your Site

What Is PayPal Instant Payments?

What is PayPal? PayPal, an electronic payment system, allows online users to make payments for shopping, goods and services, sometimes using a credit card. Because PayPal is a secure method for paying for goods or services on an independent site, it keeps the payment account from being known. It is an instant payments system: The moment you hit transfer, funds appear in the online account. Payment also appears in the…

The Rise of eCommerce

The Rise of E-Commerce

The Rise of eCommerce

The trend has been steady and clear – e-commerce is no longer on the sidelines. Shopping online has become mainstream. If you’re aren’t attempting to build your business online, then you aren’t trying to build your business. The infographic below outlines the leaps and bounds that have taken place in the arena of e-commerce during the last five years. If you haven’t joined the movement yet, now is the time….

Selling Digital Coupons Online

Selling Digital Coupons Online

Selling Digital Coupons Online

A business opportunity that has gained significant traction is selling digital coupons online.  Several factors, including Internet growth, economic recession, the need to save and loss of jobs have led to a strong demand for digital discount coupons and the rise of new services such as RetailMeNot, Google Offers and LivingSocial. If you’re interested in selling digital coupons online, read on. What is a Digital Coupon? A digital coupon is…

eBay Alternatives

Selling Digital Products on EBay

eBay Alternatives

If you are one of the many people who decided against selling digital products on eBay because of limits on permissions, now is the time to rethink doing so. EBay recently granted more permissions to those wishing to sell intellectual property using the site. The guidelines are clearly posted with a check-off chart to use when you are ready to set up your listing. A benefit that comes with selling…

How PayPal IPN Works

How PayPal IPN Works

How PayPal IPN Works

IPN stands for Instant Payment Notification. It’s important to understand how PayPal IPN works, who should use it and why. PayPal IPN is an instant payment notification system. If you’ve used PayPal much, you probably have received email notifications regarding payments made to you or payments that you have sent to others. Maybe you’ve requested refunds or raised a dispute; all the emails notifying you about those transactions are part…

Online Shopping Cart

Essential Online Shopping Cart Features

Online Shopping Cart

E-commerce and Online Shopping Cart Features Your website for digital goods needs to have several features to make it easy for consumers to complete their online shopping. The shopping cart is just part of what your business needs. You need the right features to have the best e-commerce site possible. Product Images for Better Online Shopping Anytime you want to sell something online, you need to supply a picture. Images…

Digital Downloads - Games

Digital Downloads – Games Becoming Popular

Digital Downloads - Games

Why buy online instead of in a store? Before you start a company selling digital downloads, understand your target audience. Among digital downloads, games have grown in popularity since WOW (World of Warcraft) was launched. Note that this game also keeps coming out with new sections, like Mists of Pandaria. People can buy games as a download or as a collector’s edition CD. Most people purchase games as an online…

Top 10 Digital Music Artists

Top 10 Digital Music Artists

Top 10 Digital Music Artists

As physical copies of albums begin to go the way of the dinosaur, more and more people are purchasing their music as digital downloads. The following 10 artists were the top sellers of digital tracks in 2011, proving that the music industry sales model is evolving from the compact discs of a decade ago. 1. Katy Perry – She was the only artist to spend more than one year in…