Ecommerce

Instagram launches new @shop account to promote ’emerging brands’

Instagram launched its new @shop account on Thursday, the platform’s new dedicated space for small business promotion and sales. “The content on this account…

FNB’s banking app is now also a virtual eBucks shopping mall

FNB on Monday announced a new feature on its banking app that allows its customers to shop within its app. In addition to banking,…

9 tips for getting the most from your ecommerce SEO

Even after all its changes in algorithms, SEO is still seen as something as an after-thought for many industries. For the ecommerce industry, SEO…

Instagram’s Checkout feature lets you buy stuff directly through the app

Instagram has added a new feature that will let you buy things directly through the platform. Called Checkout, it will allow users to shop…

FNB credit, debit cards now support Samsung Pay

First National Bank (FNB) and RMB Private Bank customers who own a Samsung Pay-enabled device can now use the contactless payments system. Samsung Pay…

Superbalist phishing scam sneakily asks for your credit card info

Clothing retailer Superbalist on Monday alerted users that a new phishing scam is doing the rounds via SMS and email. In a tweet, the…

Instagram’s #InstaGiftGuide lets you shop brands by 2018’s trending hashtags

Instagram has launched yet another shopping tool in time for the festive season. Called #InstaGiftGuide, the feature gathers and lists products based on 2018’s…

5 ecommerce tips for the 21st Century artist

Being an artist, whether you make music, pottery, or kinetic sculptures set inside elaborate dioramas, has almost always involved an uneasy courtship with the…

What roles do domain names and hosting play in building an ecommerce site?

A domain name and a web hosting service both play a different, yet crucial role in the success of any ecommerce website. Before we…

4 reasons South Africans are still reluctant to shop online this festive season

Ecommerce is on the rise in South Africa. According to recent research conducted by Ipsos on behalf of FNB and Paypal, 22% of South…

Could cross-border transactions unlock SA’s ecommerce space?

According to a recent study conducted by Ipsos, cross-border shopping is a growing trend with around 80% of shoppers going international when purchasing goods…

6 top tips for safe online shopping this festive season

The holidays are here and this means online shopping for those Christmas gifts. This also means that cybercriminal scams are aplenty. Here are six…

6 online shopping tips for Black Friday, Cyber Monday sales

As South African consumers increase their use of online shopping and become part of the frenzied international Black Friday (27 November) and Cyber Monday…

CEO of Supermart.ng Raphael Afaedor on the state of Nigeria’s ecommerce

The last time I spoke to Raphael Afaedor in person, he was still the co-founder of Jumia, his face and that of Tunde Kehinde’s…

WeChat SA launches mobile wallet: includes P2P payments, SnapScan integration

WeChat South Africa on Tuesday announced the launch of WeChat Wallet, a mobile money offering that allows for peer-to-peer money transfers, the purchase of…

Merchant solutions could be the answer to mobile money’s last mile issue

In disrupting the traditional financial system, with its reliance on formal tellers and ATMs, mobile money and its agency model have taken off across…

3 elements every digital store needs

Customisation. Personalisation. Collaboration. According to technology research house Gartner, those are the three elements every digital store needs to succeed. “The digital store (see…

How safe is flying…on your credit card?

Air travel may be statistically safer than other forms, but what about the transactions that surround it? According to Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)…

Retail leading the pack in digital transformation

As the physical and digital worlds continue to merge, it is becoming clear that as a retailer it is all about that providing the…

Next-level personalisation for super-effective email campaigns

Personalisation. Everybody knows they should be doing it, but no-one is. That’s not an exaggeration: 94% of companies say personalisation is vital to current…

Let’s get personal: what you need to know about CEM in ecommerce

The days where it was possible to rule the ecommerce roost by virtue of being the only players in the market are over. In…

Forget contactless, this is how we’ll pay for things in the future

For decades, it was cash, cards and checks, but the way we pay has evolved massively in recent years. Internet shopping brought the high…

7 fast facts about the South African ecommerce space

While most of us take for granted the ability to buy and sell goods online, ecommerce still has a long way to go in…

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