E-Commerce Blog

Practical eCommerce counts over 300 different shopping cart platforms. In this ongoing “Cart Of The Week” feature, we profile—but not evaluate—a specific shopping cart, asking about its strengths and weaknesses.

For this installment, we asked Taunia Kipp, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Officer at Mountain Media, a hosted shopping cart, to explain the benefits of her company’s cart. We then asked Palen Conway for his evaluation of it. Conway is COO of Georgiamills.com, a retailer of area rugs that switched to Mountain Commerce seven years ago.

PeC: Please provide some general background on the cart.

Kipp: In 1998, while working to implement content management and ecommerce systems for Mountain Media’s clients, the deve…

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Cart of the Week: Mountain Commerce Emphasizes Search Engine Friendliness

We’re smack in the middle of the online holiday shopping season, and your in-box is practically overflowing with new holiday orders, right? Or maybe not. Here are seven things you can do RIGHT NOW if your holiday Web sales aren’t a-jingling.

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7 Tricks For More Holiday Web Sales

The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and if you haven’t already, now is the perfect time to tweak your online store to maximize sales from the influx of holiday shoppers. Often shoppers procrastinate making a purchase even when they have full intention of buying, and just need a little extra incentive as motivation to buy right now. These simple ideas for your online store can help you establish a sense of urgency and turn more interested shoppers into customers today.

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Is More Profit on Your Wish List? Motivate Shoppers For a Prosperous Holiday Season

Article discusses ways to increase online retail business in an economy that is in a downward swing. A lot of great insight and valuable information.

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Five Tips to Successful Online Retail in a Down Economy

Last year’s online shopping season surpassed $29 billion in sales, up a full 20 percent from the previous holiday. More consumers did their shopping online than any holiday season before, due to the convenience and increasing popularity of the Internet as a way to get too many things done in too little time. This year’s online sales have already been projected to produce another solid online shopping season, with many analysts predicting another 20 percent increase in online shopping sales. How many more will make their gift-buying decisions online isn’t the central issue.

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Online Customer Service: Mixing Live Talk With Automated Tech