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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.

eBay: Cool Competitors, Antique Aid, Hot Holiday Gifts
[October 29, 2008] Get a sneak peek of eBay competitor 4Sale4Now, opening Saturday, iTaggit helps antique sellers and we introduce our new eBay and Auction Alternatives Dictionary. Plus, eBay's list of "Most Prized, Despised" gifts on wish lists this year.

Find Holiday Profits with Revamped Google Product Search
[October 20, 2008] Two e-tailers say Google's re-branded, free comparison shopping engine will make sales surge. We offer five tips for using Product Search for a prosperous holiday season.

Web Analytics Primer: Five Metrics Demystified
[September 18, 2008] Don't know your Site Overlay from your Bounce Rate? Don't worry, Google Analytics evangelist Avinash Kaushik breaks down five basic analytics metrics that will help you boost the bottom line — just in time for the holidays.

If You Can’t Beat Amazon, Maybe You Should Join It
[September 15, 2008] Why and how e-commerce businesses of all sizes are using Amazon.com to increase their Web exposure and sales.

Automated Licensing, Rights Management for Digital Artists
[September 11, 2008] If you sell digital content — artwork, photos, music, video — and want to simplify the licensing, distributing and payment processes, LicenseStream may be the answer.

Shipping Tips and Free Tools for E-tailers
[September 8, 2008] In e-commerce, closing the deal is only half of the job — you've got to deliver. We offer tips and free tools for making sure your e-business is ship-shape.

Testing Your Web Shop Performance for Peak Profits
[September 2, 2008] The dreaded error page is every e-tailers nightmare, especially when it means losing holiday sales. We outline AlertSite's services for testing the performance of your Web Shop, as well as load time of your AdWord landing pages.

Ten Web Shop Prep Tips for the Holidays
[August 28, 2008] It's time to spruce up your site for the holiday season, so here's a 10-task checklist to get you ready.

Sell Overseas for the Holidays with Shipwire
[August 28, 2008] If you want to sell overseas this holiday season, e-commerce fulfillment firm Shipwire says its got the tools to turn visions of going global into a reality.

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.

Selling Travel Online: It's Not Just for the Big Guys
[August 18, 2008] Whether you run a boutique travel agency or book adventure tours, your business won't go anywhere without an online presence. The good news is you don't need William Shatner to market your small travel business, just a great e-commerce site. We showcase several successful ventures.

Search Engine Optimization Tips: Going Beyond Keywords
[August 14, 2008] There's two types of sitemaps? You can customize error pages? What's universal search? Keeping your search engine optimization humming takes more than keywords. Here's our expert's top 10 tips.

From eBay to Bidtopia: Bargainland's Success Story
[August 12, 2008] Bidtopia is born after high-volume liquidator Bargainland says bye-bye to eBay, which requested it to cut its business by 75 percent.

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.

International E-Commerce: Going Global Just Got Easier
[July 29, 2008] iShopUSA’s international e-commerce solution allows online businesses of all sizes to sell to customers in over 200 countries, without the hassles or risks.

The Plot, and Profits, Thicken: Online Book Selling Tips
[July 28, 2008] Whether or not you're passionate about books, there's bucks to be made selling them online. Our expert shares insider secrets for success.

Lycos to Offer Affordable, Interactive Storefronts
[July 18, 2008] With new drag-and-drop platform, Lycos wants to make it easy to build Web sites with social features, and will launch an e-commerce store platform in the fall.

Listing at Shopping Sites to Spur Sales
[July 17, 2008] We offer eight tips for getting listed on comparison shopping engine sites.

eBay Watch: iPhone Apps, Free eBay Alternative
[July 16, 2008] EBay delays mandatory shipping specifications and apps for the new iPhone debut. Plus, we take a look at the free eBay alternative selling site, Flippid.com.

eBay Watch: Agreements, Visibility and Trust Top the News
[July 2, 2008] EBay updates its User Agreement, offers a deal on the International Site Visibility listing upgrade, and eBay and TRUSTe partner for the eBay Developers Program.

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.

A New Chapter in Bookselling: Social Networking Sites
[June 24, 2008] Our veteran online bookseller reports on a new trend: combining book sales with social networking sites.

Shore Up Multichannel Marketing with New Baynote Platform
[June 17, 2008] The new Collective Intelligence Platform allows e-tailers to deploy peer-driven recommendations, social search and testing across multiple channels, including mobile and e-mail marketing.