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Earlier this month, a conference was held with regards to Internet retail and has declared that online shopping will not be affected when the Australian dollar subsides. While there will be some overseas online transactions that are buoyed up by the strong Australian dollar, it would be highly dangerous for Australian online retailers to think that the whole thing will come to an end once the dollar subsides. Reliable sources have said that online items such as supplements and vitamins are not likely to be affected by the current dollar fluctuations. Australians are still twice as likely as Americans to shop for vitamins online. Another category that showed support of online shopping irrespective of the dollar’s strength was the cycling equipment category. It was also reported that last year, the overall revenues of nearly 2000 of the top eBay sellers increased by 38 percent, and with the soaring Australian dollar, cross-border ecommerce is now being encouraged as more and more shopper...

Today, shoppers in Shanghai are now turning towards online shopping for a whole variety of reasons, ranging from value of money to convenience and a lack of crowds. Surveys have shown that Shanghai shoppers are increasingly choosing this retail shopping option; more so than their European and American counterparts. A survey was released earlier this month and was conducted amongst 150 white collar workers in Shanghai. The study showed that nearly 25 percent of this group has either bought drinks, groceries or even personal care products from online supermarkets in the past few weeks, thus showing the rise in popularity of online stores. Online shoppers in Shanghai have said that one of the main reasons why they shop online is because it provides them with a better shopping environment because of the lack of crowds. It also provides them with a wider range of products to choose from, it is convenient and gives good value for money.

2010 was a great year for ecommerce businesses, what with consumers spending nearly $70 billion on products and services bought over the Internet. All signs have shown that this trend will continue to improve in 2011, as more and more entrepreneurs have been setting up their businesses online. Getting your ecommerce site up and running is much simpler today than it used to be, but it is very alarming how most online businesses focus more on visual aesthetics than on important things like how their customers will pay for products. When customers buy from a store, the first thing they do is reach out for their wallet or credit card and hand it over to the cashier, who in turn will hand them a receipt and that’s the end of the purchase. Ideally, it should be just as straightforward with online shopping. But there are still plenty of clunky and unprofessional looking websites with multiple checkout pages that are confusing for the customers. Research has shown that successful ecommerce bus...

This year, the competition online and in the ecommerce industry will be much stronger than in all the years gone by. And if you have an ecommerce business, then you can’t waste any time in falling behind. This year, there are better and newer ways to integrate ecommerce into your online business. It’s not only about improvising your checkout process or streamlining your site for customer convenience and safety; it’s about more than that! It is no longer enough to just include search engine optimization into every section of your site. If you are looking to truly stand out this year and maintain a successful future in ecommerce, then you have to be fully committed to ecommerce. Simplify the checkout process: As more and more people take to online shopping, it is very important for your site’s checkout process to be as simple as possible. Once your prospective shopper adds a product or two to his shopping cart, your chances of making a sale are higher. This is why your checkout process s...

Search engine giant, Google, has recently improvised and enhanced its ecommerce tools that it has been offering to retailers who are looking for safe online shopping options. Google’s Commerce Search Functions has been given a number of new features that users will already be familiar with from the company’s main search site. The feature helps you search as you type, which basically updates all the results in real time to let browsers see a list of products or services that they may be looking for, even before they are done with typing out the complete name. This feature is a key addition to the new tool. The new Commerce Search tool also allows users to use a spell check in cases where they do not know the exact spelling of a product or service or information that they are looking for. What’s more, product recommendation is also going to be added so that consumers can see all the other similar products to the one they are searching for. This helps to enhance the online shopping experi...

Many retailers have claimed that the rising fuel prices have made it more and more difficult for delivery companies and other retail outlets to function effectively, thus sparking off a debate that online shopping is fast becoming the preferred way of buying items today. Price is a huge concern for most people and today, with traveling becoming more expensive, people prefer to save their money instead of spending on fuel. The best alternative to shopping outdoors of course is going online and ordering products. Surveys have shown that nearly 65% of people prefer online shopping because they would rather go online to shop than visit a brick and mortar store because by shopping online, they are exposed to a lot more advantages from saving on fuel, getting better discounts, flexibility, convenience, easy-to-use, etc.