Global

PayPal’s 4 Holiday Sales Success Tips for Small Business

Amit Mathradas is General Manager, Small Business Group for North America at PayPal. He's on a mission to educate retailers and help them increase sales and revenue in their businesses. In a recent discussion, he offers these key tips for succeeding Amit Mathradas, PayPal head of Small Business online and offline during the holiday season and...

New Research Reveals Top Concerns for Retailers in 2016

New Research Reveals Top 20 Concerns for Retailers in 2016

The digital age of today’s world has seen the ever-increasing vulnerability of secure information. Between identity theft and credit card fraud, no information seems 100 percent secure. The same goes for large companies. As major retail branches like Target make national headlines for recent security breaches, it is no surprise that cybersecurity is a top...

EMV

The Switch to EMV Payment Transactions: What It Is & What It Means for Merchants and Customers

With the exception of operators of ATM machines and fuel pump payment terminals (who have until 2017 to transition to EMV technology), merchants who accept credit and debit card transactions now bear the liability associated with a payment security breach if they aren’t equipped to process EMV transactions. However, merchants who have updated their payment...

Crush It in 2016 With Your At-Home E-Commerce Business

Crush It in 2016 With Your At-Home E-Commerce Business

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]Start-ups are booming: more and more people are setting up an at-home business selling physical goods via e-commerce.  If you are considering starting an at-home e-commerce business in the year ahead, whether it's sourcing trending items on Alibaba, making one-off jewelry pieces or selling t-shirts with your own designs, below we have...

3 Essential Elements to Help You Nail Online Lead Generation

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]Online lead generation works wonders for small companies if it is executed strategically and methodically. All too often, small businesses jump into online marketing haphazardly and drift from one failed attempt to another. The first step in successful online marketing is to understand the big picture: this infographic, the “Internet marketing lead...

What Does eBay Have That Amazon Never Will?

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] “We Are eBay,” it was plastered on all the branding from your notepads and goodie bags to the hallway room signage. Was it there to remind me that they are eBay or was it there to remind themselves? I think it was both. After two days of being immersed in the hoopla...

Maximizing Online Sales: Tips from an Ebay and Amazon Seller and Coach

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Online sales are huge and growing every year. In 2013, there was $1.316 trillion in retail eCommerce sales worldwide, and that number is forecasted to grow to $2.489 trillion in 2018. The tremendous potential has many business owners, large and small, setting up shop online – but there are some big...