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CafePress Creates Cash for the Casual Online Seller
[November 17, 2008] If you want to sell your customized wares online but don't want to go through the process of setting up your own store and payment processing, try using on-demand services such as CafePress. We show you how.

Doing Business on eBay Alternative for a Buck a Month
[November 5, 2008] Online vendors listing on The SOC Exchange pay just one dollar a month or $10 a year to sell, with no other fees. Plus, eBay security updates.

Open Source: Noteworthy Newcomers PrestaShop, Ubercart
[September 23, 2008] While the Big Three of the old guard — osCommerce, Zen Cart, and CRE Loaded — continue to duke it out among themselves, new-generation open source e-commerce projects are nudging into center stage. Most noteworthy are Prestashop and Ubercart.

Review: Avail Intelligence eMarketing Suite
[September 4, 2008] The modules of the suite collect and analyze customers' actions and determine the information and products that should be the most relevant at each phase of the selling cycle.

Open Source: CRE Loaded 6.31 Released...for A Price
[August 25, 2008] To the open source commerce industry, the most startling change in this e-commerce program will be its new pricing scheme: the Standard Edition is no longer free.

Review: Interspire Offers Inspiring Storefront Solution
[August 11, 2008] Interspire excels at offering enough comprehensive features to keep you happy while you grow your business, while maintaining its ease-of-use.

BlueFuzzySlippers.com: A Cozy Site for Social Commerce
[August 5, 2008] This new e-commerce site aims to combine the best features of MySpace, YouTube and eBay for online sellers.

Bonanzle: The Best eBay Alternative We've Seen
[July 30, 2008] This snappy, start-up company created an online marketplace that's easy to use, affordable and includes awesome online selling tools. In fact, it's the best eBay alternative we've seen yet.

Web Shop Design: Plugging into Photoshop
[July 22, 2008] Our design doyenne Helen Bradley shows how to add instant functionality to Photoshop with free plug-ins that let you edit product shots and add aesthetic elements.

Review: Using inkFrog Auction Tools for Princely eBay Profits
[July 21, 2008] Third-party platform inkFrog integrates with eBay to help you list, showcase and manage your sales so you can leap ahead of the competition.

Glamour Shots: Inspiring Inventory with Free Image Editors
[July 15, 2008] Add pizazz to your product shots with the best five free photo editing programs on the 'Net.

Review: SearchFit Combines Storefront with SEO
[June 30, 2008] What if your shopping cart and e-commerce system could improve your firm's placement on search engines and attract and forward customers to your store? That's the idea behind SearchFit, which covers online catalog basics and lots more.

SalesGenius: E-Mail Marketing that Leverages Your Web Site
[June 19, 2008] E-mail marketing service SalesGenius offers an affordable way to base campaigns on real-time customer behavior.

eBay Watch: Feedback Frenzy, iPhone Apps, Free Ad Site
[June 11, 2008] Third-party sites emerge to cover eBay feedback, a new iPhone application and a review of a community-based, free classifieds site.

Review: WordTracker is the Key to SEO
[June 3, 2008] WordTracker helps you identify effective keywords and study the competition so you can optimize your site for search engines.

Letting Shoppers Have Their Say: Adding Customer Reviews
[May 27, 2008] We outline three affordable scripts you can use to incorporate customer reviews into your Web shop site.

Storefront Service IRUN Integrates with eBay
[May 14, 2008] Merchants who want to run their own Web shop in addition to selling on eBay should take a look at IRUN, a full-featured hosted Web site builder.

iStorez Ties E-Mail Marketing to Social Shopping
[April 8, 2008] This new company pulls products from your e-mail marketing campaigns and puts them into customized storefronts showcased at its shopping portal.

Three-for-All: Affordable Selling Services for Digital Goods
[April 1, 2008] If you sell digital downloads and have just been booted from eBay auctions, don't fret. We review three alternative marketplaces for new media merchants.

Targeted E-Mail Marketing with CampaignerPro
[March 18, 2008] Case Study: CampaignerPro offers dynamic personalization for e-mail marketing in 2.0 Workflows and boosts click-throughs.

Review: AmeriCommerce Is Superpower Storefront
[February 21, 2008] AmeriCommerce offers reliable hosting, first-rate shopping cart software and detailed management tools that let you oversee the entire process of online sales.

Review: Hoobly Ad Site as eBay Alternative
[February 13, 2008] Check out this online classified site if you're looking for other venues besides eBay for selling your stuff.

Sitting Pretty: Five Free Image-Hosting Services
[February 4, 2008] Using polished product shots boosts sales. We review five free image-hosting services to help you show off your wares.

Five Free Blog Tools Save Time, Spur Sales
[January 10, 2008] Blogs are a great way to expand your e-store marketing efforts, but they can take a lot of time to maintain. We provide five tools to help you maximize your efforts.