Ecommerce

Here’s how to address those common ecommerce conversion killers

Conversion is easily the driving force behind almost every ecommerce website. If your primary goal lies in turning browsing visitors into paying customers, you…

Takealot hits record highs despite Black Friday downtime

Although Takealot was inaccessible for a majority of shoppers on Black Friday 2017, the sales day became the biggest in its history based on…

Superbalist sees 143% spike in website traffic on Black Friday 2017

Black Friday 2017 was fashion etailer Superbalist’s “biggest trading day to date” the company announced. The South African company experienced sales growth of 118%…

Black Friday 2017 was the biggest ever in US history, stats suggest

Singles’ Day may have become Alibaba’s biggest one-day sales period raking in some US$25-billion, but Black Friday is still a force in the western…

Grey Saturday: the safest shopping day of the Black Friday weekend

What is the safest day to shop online during the sales season? That’s a question many a budget hunter should be asking over the…

Takealot CEO Kim Reid chats Black Friday, the ‘War Room’ and fidget spinners

“I think it’s grown over time” is how Takealot CEO Kim Reid describes Black Friday. And he’s not wrong. In November 2016, South African…

Uber debuts its very own credit card

Tech companies very rarely remain in their niche. Over time, we’ve seen Google become a hardware company, Microsoft transform into a creator of Android…

Wake up call: why mobile money should matter to the South African government

Speaking at The Economist Conference in Johannesburg, late 2014, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said, “There is a perception that financial inclusion efforts will necessarily…

Facebook introduces free payments on Messenger

Facebook has revealed that users can send money to other users using the Messenger app at no charge. Facebook Messenger payments will roll out…

Even if your business is online only, you need to make your call centre a priority

As we move further into the world of ecommerce, e-education,e-administration and even e-society, first (and second and third) impressions are increasingly made not by…

Cape Town startup throws its weight behind Cape fire rescue efforts [update]

As raging fires in the Cape’s Southern Peninsula continued today, rain finally brought relief to some of the firefighting efforts although it wasn’t enough…

Is South Africa ready for B2B-scale ecommerce?

Ecommerce in South Africa is enjoying explosive growth, with the total internet shopping spend in 2014 estimated to be near the R6-billion mark, increasing…

Upwardly mobile: the power of a united approach to African payment innovation

The growing use of banking services in South Africa is driven by a national rollout of social security debit cards and strong economic growth…

Google predicts massive growth in African ecommerce by 2017

Google South Africa is seeing considerable growth in Africa’s ecommerce space and expects 2015 to be another growth year. Luke Mckend, country director for…

Pargo’s pick up points hope to innovate South Africa’s growing ecommerce

Dutch founders Lars Veul and Derk Hoekert recently showcased their ecommerce solution called Pargo at the eCommerce Confex Africa. We caught up with them…

South African ecommerce won’t be a big force: here’s why

At each of the ecommerce conferences he’s attended over the last two decades the same lie was spread: ecommerce is booming. Massmart’s ecommerce executive Colin…

From powerhouses to peers: how the balance of power has shifted in ecommerce

The media has devoted enough columns that talk of disruption and disintermediation for the terms to be dismissed as mere buzzwords, but buzz aside,…

Amazon’s very busy 2014: more than five-billion items shipped

Amazon has revealed record figures for 2014. The ecommerce colossus shipped about five billion items in 2014, with more than 40% of those products…

5 SEO tips for optimising your Magento store

Since its inception in 2008, Magento has grown in popularity from a simple niche ecommerce platform into a universally-respected Content Management System for the…

We’re moving from electronic-commerce to ‘everywhere-commerce’

If we think back 10 to 15 years ago, we could not have imagined shopping online or the increasing importance of online retail in…

Mirror mirror on the wall: eBay to put interactive mirrors in fitting rooms

eBay wants to reach the brick and mortar world, and it is doing so with the flair that is to be expected of a…

6 ways retailers can own 2015

With the festive season already here, the retail sector is in the spotlight. How the sector fares is an indication of the economy’s health…

Amazon and publisher Hachette bury the hatchet over online book sales dispute

After months of bickering, pointing fingers, flinging accusations and calling each other names, it appears that Amazon, the international electronic commerce company, and Hachette,…

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