e commerce

How reliable are Internet Speed Test and why do speed results differ This is written in response to all those calls agencies get telling them their clients sites are slow according to another websites point of view. Scenario Clients will run a lighthouse test or GT Metrix test see an "E" and send an irate

Exhibition Review: A Unique Blend of AI-Powered Innovations and Engaging Experience The exhibition I attended this year was a day trip to the NEC, conveniently accessible for visitors flying into Birmingham. Compared to their previous event, which faced challenges due to COVID, this exhibition featured fewer stands. However, the overall quality of the stands had

Enterprise Ireland’s €25K* Online Retail Scheme grant for retailers. The Enterprise Ireland (EI) online retail grant is worth up to €50,000 and can be awarded to any retailer in Ireland with more than 10 employees. The objective of this EI scheme is to help retailers transform their business so that their online and offline arms

The importance of using GTIN's on your products Introduction If you're selling products online, you've likely heard of GTIN's (aka UPC codes). But if you're like me, the acronym might sound familiar but you don't really know what it means. Do I need to understand the ins and outs of GTINs? How do they work?

Using AI in ecommerce is possibly the most exciting thing to hit since ecommerce was invented in the mid 90's This article has not been written by a Robot and you can knwo this by the typohs I have left in on purpose ! I like to refer to it as automated intelligence as all

E-commerce Abbreviations - been at a meeting and keep hearing abbreviations and afraid to ask what they mean. Every ecommerce manager needs to know what these are . One day you will be asked :  what your BI is on your LTV on PPC acquired customers using BNPL for the EMEA region,  and you are

In 2008 Google Analytics was introduced. For ecommerce it was used to measure sources of traffic and conversion rates etc. However data in ecommerce is more complex then before. Example a buying journey starting on a mobile phone and then finishing on a tablet or a PC or some other device. This is a lite

How to protect your business data on ecommerce ? Most business owners would agree that if their client list was given to a competitor that it would devalue their company to zero.  Yet many ecommerce sites we audit will be giving away 100% of their business intelligence and in 99% of cases paying to do

Revolut payments are now possible across many opensource ecommerce platforms. We can integrate : revolut for Opencart revolut for WooCommerce revolut for Prestashop Integrations are best done by a skilled company who can help you avoid pitfalls. How much does it cost to accept card payments? Opening a Merchant Account is completely free of charge.

The Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment has proposed a further call for Online Retail Scheme applications, aiming to encourage the retail sector in Ireland to develop a more competitive online offer that will enable an increase in their customer base and build a more resilient business in the domestic and global marketplace both online

eCommerce in a cookieless environment. Tracking cookies are becoming worthless as Chrome and IOS are basically not populating them nor handling them in their browsers. This has a dramatic effect advertisers and platforms like facebook who rely on pixel advertising to feed back targeting and customer advertising and tracking. Google and Apple say this is

The size of the Irish ecommerce market 2 million households 64% live in cities/towns. 80% have access to the internet and smart phones 75% connect on social media daily. 70% shop online at least 1 time a month 63% will research online before making a big ticket purchase 26% spend online 6 or more times

A useful black friday ecommerce checklist we have compiled based on our experience of managing ecommerce stores during black friday since 2002. Start this planning in June of the same year. Start with a retrospective look at what you did last year and what worked. Set your KPI's and targets for this year and then

Typically ecommerce stores collect lots of data and owners tend not to clear this down. This is a dangerous practice and can put your whole business at risk. Imagine some one gets access to your database. They have pretty much all your business intelligence and a way to leverage some extortion. Information is power and

The introduction of 3Ds and SCA2 on credit cards was intended to make transactions more secure for the shopper and the merchant. This was in reaction to a flood of fraud visited upon merchants where they had to do their own checks on the quality of the payment card being presented. 3Ds introduced the liability

EU Ecommerce Vat Rate Rules Removal of distance-selling thresholds EU distance selling thresholds are "removed" as of 1 July 2021. Previously, this meant VAT only applied to intra-community distance sales if annual turnover was more than €35,000 for sales to most EU countries, or €100,000 per annum for Germany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Listen to Sean Owens founder of Willows Consulting sharing the love and offering some tips for Digital Agency Startups. Interviewer :  Clodagh Higgins of the Agency Life Podcast.

So google has updated their index and your site that ranked no 1 for lots of words has dropped to page 2. First thing most will do is panic and hope the boss is not watching the stats carefully. If you have been engaging in Black Hat SEO, bad news you have been possibly nicked

Shopify to sage50 integration is possible using our shopify to sageline50 integration solution. Once you have this in place you will be able to  : Download orders from shopify to sagelin50 automatically including Order lines with seperate skus and vat rates per line Discounts on shopify recorded in sage Multicurrency posting ( if multicurrency is