Category: E-Commerce

Editorial fintech infographic showing how ecommerce merchants unknowingly process commercial card transactions at higher interchange rates due to missing Level 3 data submission.
Featured Article Level 3 Data: A Guide for eCommerce Merchants

How commercial card transactions quietly inflate your processing costs — and what you can do about it Learn what Level 3 data is, why your processing statement hides costly commercial card transactions, and how to stop overpaying on qualifying orders without overhauling your tech stack. TL;DR Your processing statement hides a costly blind spot – […]

Apple Pay for Small Businesses Apple Pay for Small Businesses – Getting Started with a Must-Have Payment Option for 2021 and Beyond
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Apple Pay is Apple’s proprietary electronic payment solution, working hand-in-hand with Apple Wallet, the company’s card storage platform. Its userbase is growing extremely rapidly, and the system is well on its way to handling one out of every ten card payments by 2025. To use Apple Pay, users program their debit and credit card information […]

Next-Day Funding in Merchant Services – The Advantages of Getting Your Money Faster Next-Day Funding in Merchant Services – The Advantages of Getting Your Money Faster
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Next-day funding is one of the most beneficial services a payment processing partner can offer to your business. The standard funding hold imposed by most merchant services providers can easily eat up two to three days between the time you make a sale and the time that money lands in your bank account. That’s valuable […]

Why Your Store Should Be Accepting Apple Pay – The Top 5 Reasons Apple Pay is a Must for Merchants in 2020 Why Your Store Should Be Accepting Apple Pay – The Top 5 Reasons Apple Pay is a Must for Merchants in 2020
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Successful retailers know two things: you have to give customers as many payment options as possible, and you have to ensure they can make those payments quickly. That ensures happy customers in brick and mortar environments and ensures minimized cart abandonment online. All merchants understand the importance of accepting debit and major credit cards, but […]

Export Your Data From Stripe A Quick Guide on How to Export Your Data From Stripe
Read MoreA Quick Guide on How to Export Your Data From Stripe

There are a number of reasons Stripe customers might want to export their historic business data, not the least of which is a switch to a new payment processor. And while accessing and exporting that information is a straightforward process, some users are unaware of what they can access and where they have to go […]

What Does Volusion's Bankruptcy Mean for Your Business? What Does Volusion’s Bankruptcy Mean for Your Business?
Read MoreWhat Does Volusion’s Bankruptcy Mean for Your Business?

If you’re a merchant hosting an online store with Volusion, you’ve probably heard by now that the company has hit a rough patch. In late July 2020, Volusion quietly filed for bankruptcy. According to the company, the bankruptcy filing is meant to address an unstable capital structure that requires reorganization. But, regardless of why the […]

Cart Abandonment Tools Cart Abandonment Tools: Five Tools to Help You Get Shoppers Through Checkout
Read MoreCart Abandonment Tools: Five Tools to Help You Get Shoppers Through Checkout

Cart abandonment is the scourge of eCommerce. With over three-quarters of all carts abandoned, the amount of revenue that walks away from online stores each day is staggering. Thankfully, there are a wide variety of eCommerce tools designed to seamlessly integrate with your online store to help you reclaim that lost revenue. From email follow-ups […]

Apple Pay and WooCommerce Apple Pay And WooCommerce
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Why Your WooCommerce Store Needs Apple Pay and How to Get Setup WooCommerce powers well over a quarter of all online stores and the popularity is due to both the extreme ease of setting up and using the platform and the attractive, user-friendly shopping experience it provides to customers. But as well-designed as they are, […]

Apple Pay & BigCommerce Apple Pay and BigCommerce
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A Match Offering Major Benefits for Both Your Store and Your Customers BigCommerce is a full-featured and extremely popular eCommerce platform that brings all the infrastructure an eCommerce merchant could need into a single platform. If your store runs on BigCommerce, you also know that it offers a wide variety of checkout options designed to […]

Apple Pay Apple Pay Basics
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How Apple’s Growing Payments App Can Help Your Business Today We live in a world where convenience is king, and consumers expect as many payment options as possible. It’s also a world quickly trending towards a cashless economy in the wake of a global pandemic that has made contactless card payments the norm. Today, failing […]

6 WooCommerce Plugins to Help Turn More Visitors Into Customers 6 WooCommerce Plugins to Help Turn More Visitors Into Customers
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WordPress has dominated the content management space for a decade or more, so it’s no surprise that WooCommerce, the CMS’ native eCommerce platform, currently powers over a quarter of all online stores. Much like WordPress, one of the biggest strengths of WooCommerce is the number of third-party plugins available to augment and enhance the platform’s […]

Merchant Account What Is a Merchant Account, Why Do I need One, and How Do I Sign Up?
Read MoreWhat Is a Merchant Account, Why Do I need One, and How Do I Sign Up?

The world is digital, and whether it’s an in-store purchase or an online order, consumers expect to be able to pay quickly and easily, and that means cards. Cash is almost obsolete at this point, meaning more and more merchants are looking for new ways to accept electronic payments with the lowest possible cost and […]

Generate More Website Traffic Simple (And FREE) Ways to Generate More Website Traffic
Read MoreSimple (And FREE) Ways to Generate More Website Traffic

Web Traffic is like the fuel that keeps the engine of eCommerce running. Keep the tank topped up, and your store will roar along happily – let things get dry, and you might find yourself coasting to a stop. But unlike gasoline, it’s entirely possible to obtain web traffic completely free – and with a […]

How Delivery Apps Are Damaging Your Business and What You Should Do About It How Delivery Apps Are Damaging Your Business and What You Should Do About It
Read MoreHow Delivery Apps Are Damaging Your Business and What You Should Do About It

If you run a restaurant and use a delivery service then you NEED to read this.  Ask yourself the following questions: Do you still only accept deliveries by phone? Do you rely on a third-party delivery service like Grubhub or DoorDash?

Magento 1 Merchants What to do About Magento 1’s Upcoming End of Life
Read MoreWhat to do About Magento 1’s Upcoming End of Life

On June 30th, 2020, Magento 1 – one of the web’s oldest and most successful eCommerce platforms – will reach its end of life (EOL). The company’s new platform, Magento 2, offers improved architecture, faster loading times, better interfaces, and much more. As a result, many Magento merchants have already switched off of the old […]

WooCommerce over Shopify The Top WooCommerce Plugins for 2020 – How to Get the Most from Your WooCommerce Installation
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WordPress continues to dominate web publishing, and, as a result, WooCommerce now owns well over a quarter of the eCommerce space. With so many web stores running on WooCommerce, a sea of third-party applications have been developed to help those merchants get the most out of their online efforts. The following are four of the […]

Reduce Cart Abandonment Three Simple Ways to Reduce Cart Abandonment
Read MoreThree Simple Ways to Reduce Cart Abandonment

Online cart abandonment is one of the biggest problems plaguing eCommerce merchants, with up to 80% of all carts ditched by users before payment can be processed. The amount of money lost to cart abandonment each year is staggering, so it isn’t surprising that most merchants are constantly looking for ways to see their customers […]

Top Ecommerce Fraud Prevention Tools Five Top Ecommerce Fraud Prevention Tools for 2020
Read MoreFive Top Ecommerce Fraud Prevention Tools for 2020

With each passing year, bad actors find newer and more creative ways to scam eCommerce stores, costing merchants and payment processors billions of dollars annually. With that in mind, it’s extremely important that online businesses take the necessary steps to minimize the chances of falling victim to online fraud, including all-too-common chargeback fraud. The following […]