eCommerce Ecosystems Economics Theory (or EcoEcoEco 101)
eCommerce is one of those buzzwords that, unless you were under a rock for the last 20 years, you’ve no doubt heard and probably not thought twice about. But what is it? Is it a website, a shopping...
View ArticleeCommerce, Shopping Carts and QuickBooks
Technology has changed the way we shop and it continues to evolve at a dizzying pace. In my last article, I talked about eCommerce and all of the various components. This time around, I will take a...
View ArticleMerchant Services-Intuit and Beyond
Is it just me, or is merchant account processing way more complicated than it needs to be? Take for example, Intuit Merchant Services. If you look on their website at http://payments.intuit.com, you...
View ArticleWhat the Heck is EDI and Why Should I Care?
One of the backbones of eCommerce is EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), a standard method of exchanging files that has been around since the 1980’s. EDI is used in some degree in almost every industry....
View ArticleIn Search of the Perfect QuickBooks Shopping Cart Integration
In my previous blog article Ecommerce, Shopping Carts and QuickBooks I talked about how to choose a shopping cart. Now let’s take a deeper dive into some of the areas that should be considered before...
View ArticleGet Off of My Cloud
If there is one term that is overused these days, it has to be “the cloud”. You can’t have a conversation with anyone without the subject coming up. In fact, it has gotten to the point where it has...
View ArticleFinding the Best All Purpose QuickBooks Ecommerce Vendors
In past articles, we have talked about shopping carts, merchant services and other various components of ecommerce. In looking at all the pieces, wouldn’t it be nice if there were one vendor that you...
View ArticleHandling eCommerce Marketplace Payments and Fees in QuickBooks
One of the most tedious tasks when dealing with an eCommerce marketplace is dealing with the fees that come with every transaction. Every sale is generating income for you, but also generating a...
View ArticleIs Your Business “Open for Business”?
Intuit doesn’t provide eCommerce features in QuickBooks or QuickBooks Online, but there are many good products on the market that you might not know about. I want to take the next few articles to delve...
View ArticleShopping for a QuickBooks Shopping Cart?
When I talk with new or potential customers, the question I get asked most is “What shopping cart should I use?” My answer is usually “It depends”. Generally I try to remain unbiased as I work with...
View ArticleWhat’s all this talk about PCI Compliance?
One of the most misunderstood aspects of eCommerce is PCI compliance. It is a term that is often used, but rarely explained. In eCommerce, it is generally used to define whether your web store or...
View ArticleThe Marketplace Fairness Act: Is it Really Fair?
There has been a lot of talk about the Marketplace Fairness Act lately. For those of you that don’t know, it is a bill that has already been passed by the Senate and is now in the House of...
View ArticleHow to Build a Successful Ecommerce Business
I get many calls every week from people who started an ecommerce business only to find themselves in the position of having to manage the mess they’ve created. My purpose in writing this article is to...
View ArticleVend POS for QuickBooks Online
When I first heard there was a FINALLY a point-of-sale (POS) product – Vend – that will work with QuickBooks Online I was excited. A little apprehensive, perhaps, but excited. According to the Vend...
View ArticleMCommerce – Bathroom Stalls and Mobile Web Crawls
Today I want to discuss Mobile Commerce, or what has become known as MCommerce. To help with this, I enlisted the support of a friend of mine, Luke Jordon of DesignForest (www.mydesignforest.com) a web...
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