Ecommerce

10 great merchant account providers (that aren’t PayPal and Google Wallet)

When your ecommerce dreams are new and you aren’t yet sure how to run an online store, it makes sense that you would use…

8 key factors affecting your ecommerce platform’s SEO

For each and every website owner, SEO is the most critical aspect. However, very few know its importance as far as ecommerce marketplaces are…

3 lessons learned from revolutionary changes in the ecommerce space

With ecommerce rates increasing each year and becoming such a large part of the economy, a tipping point is fast-awaiting many retailers. Ecommerce in…

4 Ecommerce strategies for reaching a newly defined middle-class

The Dot-com bubble at the turn of the century was part of a new focus on technology in the digital age. Today we take…

What are the benefits of ecommerce for your business

Ecommerce is the activity of doing business activities on the Internet. It refers to buying and selling products and services on the Internet through…

Nigerian online shopping portal DealDey acquired by Ringler Africa

Ringier Africa Deals Group has today announced its acquisition of DealDey, one of Nigeria’s biggest online shopping platforms. Ringier, a joint venture between Swiss…

How your ecommerce company can oust Amazon

Ecommerce is in vogue. According to eMarketer, it will account for almost nine percent of total retail sales by 2018, up from 5.9% in…

NetFlorist adds MasterPass wallet service to handle over 1.5k daily sales

South African online floral and gifting service NetFlorist has partnered with MasterCard to implement its digital wallet service, called MasterPass. This would enable the…

Daddy’s Deals site boasts 400k subscribers, offers website space to advertisers

South Africa’s daily deals website Daddy’s Deals now offers local brands the ability to advertise directly to its extensive audience of nearly half-a-million newsletter…

PriceCheck, SnapScan team up to take ecommerce offline

Online price comparison service PriceCheck has teamed up with mobile payments service SnapScan and ecommerce delivery outfit Pargo to bring ecommerce to those retail…

Building merchant-consumer trust is vital for ecommerce success

Trust: It may be a two-way street regarding interpersonal relationships, and challenging enough to maintain between human beings. But shift this intangible quality to…

Who will win the battle of Nigeria’s online classifieds?

First it was ecommerce with Jumia and Konga fighting neck-to-neck, then the attention went to the online marketplace space with the likes of Kaymu,…

Q&A: How Kaymu is helping thousands of Nigerian SMEs move to the cloud

Ecommerce is a big deal in Nigeria. Several SMEs are considering it as an option to reach bigger markets without expanding their office space….

50 of South Africa’s top ecommerce sites

South African ecommerce technology provider uAfrica has announced the top 50 ecommerce sites for the 2015 eCommerce Awards. According to a press release sent…

Supermart.ng: Nigerian ecommerce industry needs more players

Even though ecommerce platforms are springing up everywhere across Nigeria, an expert believes the country still needs more players in the indsutry. This notion…

SA’s Geek Crate delivers games, comics and merchandise to your doorstep

Brand new startup Geek Crate based in Cape Town, South Africa, looks to bring a range of geek products to the masses. It’s an…

7 ingenious merchandising ideas for your ecommerce site

Ecommerce conversions is a vast field of discussions with a mind-boggling variety of factors contributing to the eventual bottom line of a store. Store…

5 lessons on Nigeria’s ecommerce space from HouseholdMax

Last Friday, I attended the official launch of HouseholdMax Online, Nigeria’s premier domestic item ecommerce site. It was an entirely new experience for me…

Raru, Pargo deal lets you collect your online shopping from a store near you

Launching only a year ago, South African ecommerce store Raru continues to add more functionality and offerings to its platform, in order to find…

Magento, Shopify, WooCommerce: which ecommerce platform works for you?

Online portals are a must for every business model now. Being online can bring great benefits to new business owners who want to get…

6 tips for kickstarting your first ecommerce site

Joining the world of electronic commerce may seem daunting if you’re running a small business, but it is easier than ever to get up-and-running…

PriceCheck’s Andre de Wet proves that a door-to-door salesman can make it big

“Students all have money,” said PriceCheck‘s Andre de Wet, who sold denim jackets while studying Medicine in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Inspired by his father,…

uAfrica’s ecommerce awards celebrates 10th year anniversary

South Africa’s largest ecommerce competition, The South African eCommerce Awards, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. Founder of the event, uAfrica (previously known as Jump…

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