Omnisend

JUNE 7, 2023

Reading Time: 6 minutes Many businesses wrongly believe that GDPR compliance is only required for businesses based in the European Union. The GDPR applies to any organization, regardless of location, that processes or collects the personal data of individuals within the EU. What about the consequences of non-compliance?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2021

It has been a year of momentous change for the payments industry. Years of transformation transpired in just a few months with rapid shifts in both consumer behaviors and merchant expectations for e-commerce. And how will permanently altered consumer behaviors shape online payment preferences?

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ESW

JANUARY 11, 2021

However, managing payments is so essential that large eCommerce brands typically outsource these financial, regulatory and chargeback concerns to a Merchant of Record (MoR). A Merchant of Record is an authorized entity that handles eCommerce transactions—and everything they involve—on your behalf.

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BigCommerce

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Or, you can use an app to automate much of the process. Payment gateways. There are many payment gateways available for ecommerce businesses. Don’t feel limited by the fact that many of them will have restrictions on specific products or services you may want to sell. The Power of Payment Choice. First Data.

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BigCommerce

MAY 4, 2018

From workshops and boot camps to hearing from industry leaders you often read about in the news, these are the IRCE 2018 moments that aren’t to be missed. IRCE 2018 is June 5-8, in Chicago at McCormick Place West. Here are IRCE 2018’s top events. Must-Attend IRCE 2018 Sessions + Pre and Post Events. What Is IRCE?

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Korona

MARCH 30, 2022

The payment industry has been anticipating drastic changes to its standards for several years now. These changes to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) are finally being implemented in the first half of 2022. This post aims to cover what PCI compliance entails, what the PCI DSS v4.0 What Is PCI Compliance?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 16, 2022

has grown by more than 300% per year since 2018, reaching 45 million active users in 2021. It’s clear this reverse layaway payment model is also here to stay. In BNPL, consumers receive the goods or services that they want to buy, but payment is staggered over monthly payments for a certain period of time with no interest.

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GetElastic

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As Gartner aims to prepare application leaders for the accelerated shift towards digital, they predict that, “ By 2024, leading commerce organizations will generate 10% of online revenue from services attached to physical products.”. Payment services. 56% of millennials rate convenience highly when shopping online.

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Ecommerce Platforms

DECEMBER 9, 2019

However, you won’t be able to pluck success from the ecommerce world until you’ve got one more thing right: your payment gateway. The payment gateway on your ecommerce site is how you accept and process payments from your customers when they visit you online. Stripe vs PayPal: Features and Services.

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GetElastic

AUGUST 1, 2019

At the end of 2018, ecommerce sales accounted for more than 14% of all retail sales across the globe. But as an ecommerce merchant, there is a lot of nuance to running a successful online store that brings in revenue. Here are two of the most common online payment challenges and how you can overcome them. Battery Pete.

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BigCommerce

JULY 27, 2018

In 2018, content marketing costs were gauged to be 62% of traditional marketing schemes while simultaneously generating three times the leads of traditional methods. Affiliate marketing is the process by which an affiliate earns a commission for marketing another person’s or company’s products. There is a 10.1%

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2023

What it didn’t have at that point was a streamlined, intuitive online checkout process — and that quickly became a major hindrance to the company’s DTC expansion plans. “We It was an involved, intense process. Once there’s a certain percentage of fraudulent orders, financial companies [can stop servicing you].”

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SellBrite

JANUARY 17, 2018

Businesses that are able to adapt to this demand and provide the most user-friendly mobile commerce experiences will stand out to buyers in 2018 and have a clear competitive advantage over less savvy sellers. This will help merchants prepare and know what they’re up against as they transition to m-commerce.

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GetElastic

JUNE 27, 2019

Though B2B suppliers are increasingly embracing digital — from ecatalogs to configure price quote (CPQ) and online checkout, supporting the diversity and complexity of B2B payments remains a challenge. B2B payments at-a-glance. Only 6% of payments were made by credit card. Credit cards lag in B2B payments.

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Ecommerce Platforms

OCTOBER 10, 2022

And given the prevalence of the modern digital ecommerce platform, it’s never been easier to start being a merchant yourself. Accepting credit card payments is as easy as signing up to the right platform. Setting Up Payments. Choosing a Fulfillment Service. A Note on CBD Compliance. Table of contents. What is CBD?

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ChannelAdvisor

AUGUST 31, 2022

Let’s take a look at the Amazon appeals process and how to write an effective action plan. . What Is Amazon’s Appeals Process? Amazon Appeal is a service Amazon provides to help sellers recover suspended accounts by identifying the infraction(s) and lifting restrictions to start selling again. . Still need guidance?

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FastSpring

MARCH 8, 2024

SocialBee , a social media management platform and SaaS based in Romania, first started using FastSpring in 2018. Co-Founder and Chief Executive Bee Ovi Negrean has used the word “flawlessly” to describe how FastSpring’s merchant of record use case has worked for SocialBee (more on that below!).

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Ecommerce Platforms

AUGUST 8, 2019

If so, you'll need to find and use a top-notch payment platform. This solution helps to simplify automated clearing house payments (ACH) and white label bank transfers for businesses. It’s especially handy for companies who want to use bank transfers as a cheaper, easier way to make payments. Dwolla facilitates ACH payments.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 29, 2020

Want to learn more about the five ecommerce payment trends shaping 2020? Push for smarter payment processing. What’s even more staggering is that online sales via smartphone are up 46% from 2018. A push for smarter payment processing. Keep reading to find out more. Multi-channel selling is a must.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 31, 2023

To help you choose between Stripe vs. Paddle vs. FastSpring, this guide compares: What areas of the payment lifecycle each one provides a solution for (e.g., payment processing, gathering and remitting taxes, and subscription management) and what additional software you’ll need to add to your tech stack.

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Ecommerce Platforms

JUNE 8, 2020

The initial date for Magento 1 End of Life (EOL) was November 2018. However, in September 2018, Magento set the final end of life date to June 30, 2020. Joe Ayyoub, the Director of Support Operations at Magento, made it clear that the extension of the EOL is to ease the stress on their merchants.

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FastSpring

MAY 20, 2024

Moving some, all, or simply more of your software offerings from a one-time perpetual license model to a software as a service (SaaS) subscription model can be daunting, but it’s so powerful for building dependable, recurring revenue. Are you looking for a merchant of record that will partner with you to grow your SaaS business?

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BigCommerce

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

And if customers are worrying about it, you bet merchants are worrying right there with them. As of publishing this piece, UPS has released their dates: December 14, 2018 for Ground. December 18, 2018 for 3 Day Select. December 20, 2018 for 2nd Day Air. December 22, 2018 for Next Day Air. Package delays.

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BigCommerce

DECEMBER 20, 2017

That latter reason had me asking these crazy smart, crazy successful folks what was on the horizon for ecommerce in 2018. That focus on 2018 was important –– and asking them after Cyber Five even more so. In 2018, one thing is guaranteed, Facebook Ad inventory will go up in cost. Ecommerce Growth Strategies For 2018.

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RTP blog

AUGUST 19, 2019

Three out of four customers abandon their digital shopping carts before making a purchase, which makes it a trillion-dollar affair for e-Commerce merchants, according to a 2017 eMarketer. There are several reasons why a customer may drop their bag, but these four reasons are the most common, according to Worldpay’s 2018 U.S.

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SellBrite

DECEMBER 20, 2018

This post isn’t just us highlighting some product stats, like number of products listed to marketplaces or total GMV processed ($1.6B). What I want to share are the ways in which our SaaS (Software as a Service) company has grown and evolved, how we’ve transformed the business and positioned ourselves for an exciting future.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

And Wish, which held that top spot back in 2018, has now dropped out of the top 50 completely after having fallen to #35 as of last March. There are other troublesome indicators for the company: Q2 saw declines across the board at Wish. Doubling down on merchants outside of China. Reducing shopping and shipping friction.

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ChannelAdvisor

AUGUST 31, 2022

Let’s take a look at the Amazon appeals process and how to write an effective action plan. . What Is Amazon’s Appeals Process? Amazon Appeal is a service Amazon provides to help sellers recover suspended accounts by identifying the infraction(s) and lifting restrictions to start selling again. . Still need guidance?

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Ecommerce Platforms

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Rather than having to carry your wallet, credit card, and debit card wherever you go, you can use your google pay app as your payment method. This gives modern merchants more flexibility when it comes to offering customers the payment options they want most. In-store and in-app online payments. What is Google Pay?

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ESW

MAY 11, 2020

Consumers used physical currency in just over one quarter (26%) of transactions in 2018, according to research by the Federal Reserve. Debit and credit cards are now the most popular choice for consumers, but even these trusted payment methods are under threat. Electronic and mobile payment solutions are proliferating.

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BigCommerce

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

This year, Black Friday (November 23, 2018) will kick off a shopping season that comprises 30% of all sales for the year. Providing great customer service and easy return options can help earn a customers trust for future purchases. Boost Your Sales: $56.4M+ extra sales generated for BigCommerce merchants in past 2 years.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 25, 2019

Want to learn more about the 5 ecommerce payments trends shaping 2019? In 2018, Cyber Monday online sales totaled $7.9 Give your customers the flexibility to complete their purchase from any device, regardless of where they initially started the checkout process from. A push for smarter payment processing.

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Klaviyo

DECEMBER 5, 2017

You may be wondering, what’s on the horizon for ecommerce marketing in 2018? But first, let’s dive into a few data-driven predictions for ecommerce in 2018. If you feel like Facebook advertising really took off in 2017, influencers like Tracey Wallace from BigCommerce , are predicting it will skyrocket in 2018!

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BigCommerce

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Niche products are goods or services that serve a specific segment of customers. Taking this tack when generating ideas for a product or service is a reliable avenue to kickstart a successful business. Your product or service doesn’t necessarily need to be a huge, complicated endeavor. What things put a hitch in your giddyup?

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Blue Winston

JANUARY 22, 2021

But did you know that Google offers the same service? Also, customers don’t have to get their cards out of the wallet because Google saves the payment credential for an even faster checkout. But maybe the biggest difference between Google Shopping and Google Shopping Actions is payment. Manual payment.

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SellBrite

MAY 30, 2018

Starting as an auction site for small vendors with collectibles, eBay is now a marketplace with every type of product, merchants of all sizes, and multiple purchasing options. Here’s a roundup of eBay’s major 2018 updates thus far. Starting March 2018, the marketplace has released several new promotion features.

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BigCommerce

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

On the other hand, the holiday season is also cause for pain and headaches when it comes to inventory management, high-volume shipping , advertising cost planning , and of course, customer service. But this still doesn’t account for the significant lift in customer service volume during the holiday season.

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