Ecommerce

Lawyers and domains: Rocket Internet and Konga to face off

We told you things in Nigeria’s ecommerce space were about to heat up and at the center of the brewing storm is Konga and…

Yola wants your business online, launches Website Buildathon Contest

By now you should know the benefits of having a business online. In an initiative to further promote these benefits, free website builder Yola…

5 top SA online retail trends for 2014

Online retailing has grown significantly in the last few years and increased online transactions are proving that South African consumers are feeling more and…

India spent US$16-billion online in 2013, up 88% from 2012

We know that India’s ecommerce industry is booming and lots of investment is flooding in, but how much are ordinary people actually spending online?…

Konga to host screening of ‘Crocodile in the Yangtze (The Alibaba Story)’

Konga believes that 2014 will be a promising and rewarding year for the Nigerian technology and business ecosystems, not only because there will be…

Popular ecommerce trends startups should know about [infographic]

Thinking of opening up shop in the cloud this year, or diversifying your existing services? In an effort to shed some light on where…

SA leading the charge in ecommerce though not for long, shows report

Market research publisher yStats has recently released a report on Africa’s B2C ecommerce trends of 2013. The report shows that the growing internet penetration…

5 popular open source eCommerce platforms

There are so many off-the-shelf web solutions out there, many website owners are asking: Why should I bother building it myself? When thinking about…

FNB announce host of PayPal features, plan to implement Rand

South African bank First National Bank (FNB) rolled into a crisp and windy Cape Town last night with a challenge to entrepreneurs to embrace…

Are classified sites in Africa profitable?

You’ve probably heard of these very popular online classified sites, Craigslist and Gumtree. Both sites offer buyers and sellers an opportunity to engage in…

Can SA expect a boom in ecommerce?

The ecommerce landscape in South Africa has historically been hampered by slow and expensive Internet access, but things are beginning to change for the…

Web forms: Get them right and make more money

A web form is like a solid wall between you and your customer. The customer wants to buy your product. You want to sell…

Not all traffic is created equal – a guide to ecommerce

While recently preparing a report on the annual traffic to a large corporate website, I had many opportunities to pause and reflect on the…

5 tips about the e-commerce gold rush

It’s a brave world out there for the intrepid that roll the dice in the hopes of cashing in on the ecommerce 2.0 goldmine….

Why PayPal sucks and Kwedit doesn’t

One of the biggest factors, apart from bandwidth and audience size, that’s restricting the development of the internet and the emergence of startups in…

SA study: More people banking with their mobiles than PCs

According to respected market research organisation World Wide Worx, the number of people banking from their cellphones has exceeded that of people banking from…

Survey claims 80% of SA users shop online

A survey by Master Card claims that 80% of South African users are shopping online. CDs, DVDs and VCDs” emerged as the most sought…

SA bank claims 1-million mobile phone banking users

Absa, the country’s largest retail bank, says it’s one of the first banks in the world to notch up a million cellphone banking customers,…

Scoop: New “Web 2.0” recruitment site launches in South Africa

Here’s a scoop for ya. I’ve just been alerted to what looks like a new and pretty serious “Web 2.0” entrant in the South…

The internet goes from free to fee

If only the internet had been invented by a businessman. It’s a common lament of internet publishers who are buckling and wheezing under the financial strain of running unprofitable websites

Dotcom dating dollars

When the internet arrived, people screamed let’s make lots of money. This new, interactive medium had the ability to deliver content to audiences in innovative ways and make money at the same time. Content would suck readers in, went the theory, and communities would form around these content genres. E-commerce areas would then be built around relevant content and wham bam thank you Ram, your community interacts and you have dotcom dollars.

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