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Interspire Shopping Cart 5.0 Review

9 months ago I was asked by the CEO of Interspire to review their shopping cart software. I was provided with a copy of the software for free and set about doing my customary review process. Now, for those who do not know, I do not merely play with a demo to do a review, [...]

Beware the Wells Fargo Merchant Account

I’ve twice had a Wells Fargo merchant account. I should say the old adage holds true, fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame of me. But I allowed myself to be fooled. Never again, nor should anyone else be fooled. Let me state clearly and firmly, avoid Wells Fargo merchant accounts, merchant [...]

CubeCart Review Update

After using CubeCart on two sites for about a year I can definitely say the honeymoon is over. I was perhaps hasty in giving it the glowing recommendation I did, after only using it a short period of time. I really can’t recommend it to anyone anymore, it isn’t pay cart quality, it is free [...]

Avactis Shopping Cart Review

I had been hearing a lot about Avactis on various forums and I had seen how active the developers were on webmaster forums and so I decided to give it a try for my next ecommerce project.
Unfortunately, I can sum up the software in one word, amateurish.
Installation is a little abnormal as they really want [...]

One Product eCommerce, One Year Later

This blog post will be part rant. I get frustrated sometimes. I don’t necessarily think I’m anything special, what I do does not seem special to me, and yet examples repeatedly crop up and make me think I must be a genius compared to so many other people. Namely the fact that I can [...]

A Review of CubeCart 4

This review has been updated, please read the updated CubeCart review before making any purchasing decisions.
I came to CubeCart via a circuitous route, it was never my first choice, however the path I took to get there is a useful lesson, and so I shall share it.
I’ve been planning a new site selling only chainmail [...]

Find Suppliers for Ecommerce Sites

This question was asked what I solicited reader opinions on what to blog about, it has also been asked recently in PMs to me a couple times, so I decided to tackle it today.
When I first wanted to get into ecommerce I did what I’m sure many of you have done and worked the Internet [...]

Trustmarks, and why I think HackerSafe is a waste of money

A trustmark is a badge placed on your site that gives consumers a feeling of security so that they will buy from you. It doesn’t mean actual security, just the perception of security. You can get a trustmark from your SSL provider, which means they verified your phone number and you paid for [...]

One Product Ecommerce Update

This is an update to my previous post on the topic.
My compost tumbler site is now profitable. My total development costs were $1000 almost on the nose, and my marketing costs were around $800. With a profit of $40-$60 per sale depending on specific product model I needed 36 sales to pass my original investment, [...]

Why Don’t You Have an Ecommerce Site?

Ecommerce is solidly about half my business. Right now I have big projects in the works on both the ecommerce and publishing sides, and the success of those projects could tip the scales further, but right now it is around 50/50.
I’m speaking of profit, in total revenue ecommerce wins by a long shot [...]

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