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E-Coupon Trend Grows at Rapid Clip
[June 26, 2009] The online coupon category experiences huge growth as whole new demographic discovers digital coupons.

Shopping Cart News: osCommerce, CRE Loaded, Zen Cart
[June 25, 2009] New osCommerce Project develops an all-new e-commerce cart, CRE Loaded adds PCI compliance and Zen Cart plugs a security hole.

eBay Sellers Prep for $25K Challenge and Policy Changes
[June 10, 2009] This week in eBay news the company announces a Seller’s Challenge that awards entrepreneurs with $25,000 grants. Also, the auction site’s latest policy changes roll out next week.

EBay Listing Tips and Seller Promotions
[June 3, 2009] This week HammerTap dispels the myth that Sunday is the best day to end listings on eBay, and the auction giant announces June promotions to save sellers listing fees.

Found in the Forum: Advice for Beginners
[June 2, 2009] Just starting out in e-commerce? You’re not alone. One new forum member asks for advice from the small business e-tailers who’ve paved the way.

IMshopping Adds a Human Touch to Online Shopping
[June 1, 2009] With human-powered shopping advice, IMshopping offers benefits for consumers, ad opportunities for retailers—and it’s available on Twitter.

Ebay Watch: eBay and Online Marketplace News
[May 27, 2009] This week eBay wraps up user agreement revisions and iOffer launches a new bulk uploader. Plus we take a look at a new niche site for buying and selling used medical equipment.

Facebook Attacks Seek Passwords to Other Web Sites
[May 18, 2009] Using the same password for multiple Web accounts puts your personal data and your money at risk.

Does E-Commerce Rest in Mobile Hands?
[May 15, 2009] ComScore says the future of online sales may depend on mobile commerce and social networking sites.

Shopify Buys into Power of PowerReviews
[May 14, 2009] PowerReviews Express lets merchants, and now Shopify customers, benefit from user-generated content.

Tips to Cut E-Commerce Costs, Boost Sales
[May 12, 2009] A Gartner report provides five strategies, including SEO and open source, to save money and increase online sales.

A Flat Q1 as E-Comm-Sales History Repeats Itself
[May 11, 2009] Recently released data from ComScore shows e-commerce sales mimic last year’s first quarter results.

E-com Report: The 8th Annual Merchant Survey
[May 8, 2009] While most anticipate Internet revenues to be down or flat this year, investing in e-commerce and tweaking Web site are still on most merchant’s to-do lists for 2009.

E-tailers Focus on Customer Retention to Cut Costs
[May 7, 2009] Study indicates the down economy has online store owners paying closer attention to marketing efforts that include social networking and customer retention.

Amazon Ups the Payment-Services Ante
[May 4, 2009] To counter eBay’s bid for PayPal global dominance, Amazon adds 25 new partners to Amazon Payments its own online payment solution.

eBay Says: We’re Committed to Marketplace Model
[April 30, 2009] The auction company’s CEO attempts to distance eBay from Amazon citing different business models.

Survey Shows Growth trends in E-commerce, Web 2.0
[March 30, 2009] Sitecore, the leading provider of .NET web content management system (CMS) software, has identified three key web content management trends from its second annual customer survey.

Google Goes for Pixazza's 'Photo-Based AdSense'
[March 26, 2009] Pixazza's new tool taps the masses to "do for images what Google's AdSense did for Web pages."

iPhone Competitor's App World Store Ready to Rock
[March 23, 2009] RIM executive confirms the company's BlackBerry App World store is on track to go live this month.

Google Ups Checkout Fees
[March 13, 2009] The search giant's online payment system is moving to a tiered fee structure.

Facebook Opts for Oodle for Social Classifieds
[March 11, 2009] Facebook announced a new partnership with an online classifieds ad vendor.

eBay ProStores to Begin Using Online Customer Reviews
[March 6, 2009] eBay’s ProStores selects PowerReviews to provide small e-commerce site owners with online customer review technology and management.

Yahoo Using Search Behavior to Target Display Ads
[February 27, 2009] Yahoo announced it will employ dynamically generated display ads tied to user's activity on the Web.

Open Source E-Commerce: Survey Rates the Best in OSC
[February 26, 2009] This year the upstart New osCommerce Project was crowned Best Open Source Commerce program by respondents in Kerry Watson's Second Annual Open Source Commerce survey.