Latest articles from eCommerce and Internet Marketing with Tim Apps (http://www.appsmarketing.com) http://www.appsmarketing.com 2008-11-23T14:08:02+01:00 text/html 2006-10-13T14:41:00+01:00 http://www.appsmarketing.com http://www.appsmarketing.com/10-compelling-benefits-of-a166.html Ten benefits of having your own third party merchant account to accept credit cards for any of your web sites. What you as an online merchant/vendor can gain. Besides you don't need a business bank account or have to pay for statements fees, payment gateways, and arrangement fees, excessive and costly monthly fees. Getting a third party merchants account, otherwise known as 3rd party processors, is very quick and simple with a very high acceptance rate. text/html 2006-10-13T14:41:00+01:00 http://www.appsmarketing.com http://www.appsmarketing.com/accepting-credit-card-payments-a165.html Being able to accept credit cards and other online payments is crucial to the success of your business and profits. Your customers are more likely to buy from you if you offer them a secure and convenient way to order goods and services online at your site. This is more preferable than relying solely on printing out an order form and sending you a check in the mail. This takes time and will put off those customers who are in a hurry and want to finalize their order right away.  Particularly if you are selling digital products and services which are normally available for immediate download after payment. Would you want to wait a week or more for the post to arrive, pay the check into your bank account and then the time delay for the check to clear and finally credited before sending out each order? Well read more information here... text/html 2006-10-13T14:41:00+01:00 http://www.appsmarketing.com http://www.appsmarketing.com/ecommerce-scenario-in-pakistan-a164.html This article will give an eye opener to the outside world about Pakistan's economy and opportunities... text/html 2006-10-13T14:41:00+01:00 http://www.appsmarketing.com http://www.appsmarketing.com/getting-started-creating-a-a163.html You're excited. You've come up with a great idea for an online business. Whatever it is that has influenced you to start your online business, be sure that you have a plan before you begin. text/html 2006-10-13T14:41:00+01:00 http://www.appsmarketing.com http://www.appsmarketing.com/how-measuring-key-performance-a162.html The problem with most e-commerce marketing strategy today is that companies don’t understand how they use things like web analytics. Most e-commerce directors or web marketers are given a budget and told to stick to it, and good analytics don’t usually come cheap. text/html 2006-10-13T14:41:00+01:00 http://www.appsmarketing.com http://www.appsmarketing.com/how-measuring-key-performance-a161.html The first article of this series discussed page views per session as a kind of early warning system key performance indicator (KPI) for your website. This article will discuss another KPI and why this is an important metric, the time your visitors spend on your website text/html 2006-10-13T14:41:00+01:00 http://www.appsmarketing.com http://www.appsmarketing.com/how-measuring-key-performance-a160.html The first article of this series discussed page views per session as a kind of early warning system key performance indicator (KPI) for your website. The second discussed time on site as another warning flag. Both of these articles show specific measurements used to forecast site problems. text/html 2006-10-13T14:41:00+01:00 http://www.appsmarketing.com http://www.appsmarketing.com/ecommerce-is-it-right-a159.html This articles covers the basics of setting up an online business. It covers different types of business and discussed whether it is right for you. text/html 2006-10-13T14:41:00+01:00 http://www.appsmarketing.com http://www.appsmarketing.com/7-key-steps-to-a158.html 7 simple steps to help reduce the number of refunds and chargebacks in sales. Practical tips to guarantee your customers will be satisfied with your products. text/html 2006-10-13T14:41:00+01:00 http://www.appsmarketing.com http://www.appsmarketing.com/the-census-and-the-a157.html The e-commerce wave is building it strength, with the online sales market growing at a pace considerable faster then conventional retail sales. If you are not selling online, just think, your competition is... text/html 2006-10-13T14:41:00+01:00 http://www.appsmarketing.com http://www.appsmarketing.com/shopping-cart-features-to-a156.html Often the simplest Web stores have the most success. But shoppers like special features depending upon the type of store you have, how you market and use them, and if you don’t overwhelm the shopper. Below I list as many features as I could think of, just to jog your creativity. text/html 2006-10-13T14:41:00+01:00 http://www.appsmarketing.com http://www.appsmarketing.com/is-clickbanks-popularity-drawing-a155.html ClickBank is the Internet's most popular payment processor for online payments but with many rivals appearing on the scene is ClickBank’s popularity drawing to an end?