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Volusion adds fraud detection to its e-commerce platform

The provider of online shopping cart software and services has launched Fraud Score, a new feature in its shopping cart platform designed to help merchants detect fraudulent orders before they process the payments.

Posted 02/24/2010Paul DemeryPost a comment

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LC E-Commerce introduces shopping cart widget in product display banner

LC E-Commerce Solutions introduced E-ComBanner this week as an on-demand application that lets online retailers deploy shopping cart-linked banner displays of products on any web page within their own sites or third-party sites, the company says.

Posted 04/23/2009Paul DemeryPost a comment

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U.S. Postal Service web site is still blocking delivery of shipping tools

E-retailers continue to experience problems using online shipping tools from the U.S. Postal Service, which blames “intermittent system interruptions” for the lack of services such as the presentation of shipping costs in online shopping carts.

Posted 12/16/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Shoppers check out to see shipping fees, often leave because they`re high

48% of consumers who abandoned e-commerce purchases after putting items in shopping carts say they hit the checkout button to see shipping fees and delivery dates, a recent survey finds. The most common reason for abandoning a purchase: shipping costs.

Posted 05/30/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Time Life digs deeper into its web pages to improve conversions

Time Life, which sells music CDs and digital entertainment products through TV infomercials and online, has used multi-variate web page testing to increase its web visitor-to-sales conversion rate by 5%.

Posted 02/22/2007Paul DemeryPost a comment

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How small changes made a big difference at CampingWorld.com

After analysis of the differences between customers who checked out and those who abandoned their shopping carts, CampingWorld.com implemented three minor changes in the checkout process, boosting conversions by 8.3%.

Posted 07/15/2002Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Why consumers abandon online shopping carts

High shipping costs and just browsing top the list of why consumers abandon shopping carts online, Vividence reports.

Posted 11/05/2001Internet RetailerPost a comment

With consumers weighing purchases carefully, e-retailers prioritize making it easy for them to pay

With the economy continuing to lag, merchants are focusing on improving the online shopping cart as a way to capture as many as possible of the dollars consumers do have to spend, a new study says.

Posted 07/31/2009Internet RetailerPost a comment