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All ye merchants, wake up! Mobile commerce is growing way faster than you think

Performance marketing tech company Criteo recently released its Q4 2014 State of Mobile Commerce Report, critically looking into consumers’ mobile shopping behaviour and trends. Finding that...

Australian e-commerce software start-up Bigcommerce has raised $50 million in funding

E-commerce platform Bigcommerce has raised USD $50 million in Series D funding. This round of funding adds to the $75 million raised to date,...

Five e-commerce trends that you simply can’t afford to ignore

E-commerce used to be just an option. Back then, people bought their products from physical stores and flesh-and-blood salespeople - it was a real...

Posse and Beat the Q have merged into a single digital shopping platform

Just because you’re a fan of digital shopping doesn’t mean that you want to have a hundred of these platforms on your homepage. It...

20 years ago, the first ever online sale was made. Next year, B2C e-commerce...

Just 20 years ago, the first ever documented e-commerce transaction was made - someone in the US bought a Sting Ten Summoner’s Tales CD...

Is Twitter the key to growing your small business? Yes, it is, according to...

Australian tech start-up Bigcommerce, a software company that powers online retailers of all sizes, recently teamed up with Twitter to do a study into...

Criteo ads reach close to one billion unique Internet users per month, second only...

In a marketing/advertising industry increasingly focused on measuring ROI, one key question is: what type of digital advertising generates the greatest return; display or...

Is this new Sydney-based checkout platform the safest way to shop online in Australia?...

Thanks to Touch Payments, a new start-up determined to revolutionise how we shop online, Australians can now trial and purchase items from online retailers...

How to get first-time customers to come back for more and, bring their friends...

You wouldn't tolerate a rude salesperson in your store, would you? On that note, you shouldn't let your website get away with it either. Your...

This 27-year-old is a self-made millionaire thanks to her Facebook addiction and love of...

Jane Lu immigrated to Australia with her parents when she was eight years old. At 18, she started working at KPMG through a cadetship...

Why is this guy deliberately not selling directly online unlike his major competitors? And,...

We’ve all heard it a million times before: you have to sell online! However, for Prime Mover Workwear, the decision to resist online selling and...

Shoply triples customer base with acquisition of Your Home Depot

Shoply Limited (ASX:SHP), which is bidding to assemble an impressive portfolio of e-commerce companies, has announced the acquisition of Your Home Depot, a 35-year-old...

This venture capital fund is out to make sure Aussie tech start-ups never have...

These days, there are quite a number of grants and schemes to encourage Australians to create start-ups. There is no shortage of seed stage...

This is what you should be doing instead of bleeding profits in the name...

Experian is a global provider of integrated consumer insight, and according to their latest data, many customers are price indifferent. Basically, consumers have developed more...

There has never been a better time to be selling stuff online: online shopping...

As more of us embrace browsing the internet, shopping and paying our bills there on a day-to-day basis, the online economy in Australia is...

40,000 stores later, Bigcommerce is singing a happy song!

While there’s been a lot of talk about the big online retailers in Australia, barely a thing has been said about the small businesses...

How did this guy go from selling lollies on the school bus to conquering...

They say a true entrepreneur shows signs of potential right from a tender age. AussieCommerce CEO, Adam Schwab may not be selling lollies to...

BREAKING NEWS: The pot of gold has moved from the end of the rainbow...

If you have keenly been following the latest reports, then you are probably aware by now that online shoppers in Australia now make up...

eCommerce: Sorry Amazon, it’s still the next big thing!

Online retail, it would seem, has come a long way. But consider this: retail e-commerce is estimated to be $16 billion this year, a mere 6.3%, of the traditional brick-and-mortar business in Australia. Clearly, the biggest opportunities lie ahead.

Are you delivering a 5-star online user experience? If not, why not?

You launched a business website and then leaned back thinking, “Phew! Finally, I’m done!” Oh how wrong you were...
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New Zealand’s Xero eyes US IPO, further disruption as subscribers increase...

Xero recently held its annual meeting in Wellington, during which the company revealed some interesting details about its future. As has been widely suspected, the...

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