Shopify vs. Volusion – a review of e-commerce hosted solutions

Posted on March 9th, 2011

Looking for a catch all solution for your e-commerce presence is challenging. Did you realize that there are over 500 solutions out there? It’s enough to drive a business owner crazy. Today, I’d like to focus on two well-loved companies: Volusion and Shopify . I’d like to describe what they [...]

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E-junkie makes it easy to sell electronic products online

Posted on February 24th, 2011

Who knew ten years ago that we would be reading books electronically?  Access to E-books sales are increasing. Just late last year, Google opened up their eBookstore that sells e-books that accessible from any web-enabled computer or mobile phone. The next day Amazon announced that they expanded the Kindle for the web [...]

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Consumer Shopping Trends & Habits for 2011

Posted on January 6th, 2011

Need a good reason to try and sell products online? More and more folks are finding innovative ways to reach a variety of customers. I’d like to share some predictions on trends and habits of consumers that will make 2011 an amazing year to shop online!
1) Random Acts of Kindness
Following the path made by Zappos [...]

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Top Business & E-commerce Posts of 2010

Posted on December 31st, 2010

2010 is ending and 2011 is just around the corner. I’d love to share a review of some of the more popular posts Blue Deer Designs had in 2010. Wishing you a prosperous and wonderful beginning to your business New Year!
1) Top 3 Wordpress Shopping Cart / e commerce Plugins
(a great review of the pros [...]

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Selling on Facebook: Core Commerce vs. Payvment

Posted on December 8th, 2010

Sales results for 2010 are impressive! Black Friday saw $648 million in online sales, making it the heaviest online spending day so far, a 9% increase from last year. You know how it happened? Social networking, email, mobile marketing, websites, blogs, video and more!
Let’s take a moment to focusing on one of the ways stores [...]

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