Ecommerce

Opera: OLX, Letgo tracks you more than Takealot, Gumtree

New research from Opera Software found that over half of the top 60 Android shopping apps collect personal information via trackers. However, South Africa’s…

My Vodacom app now supports Mastercard’s Masterpass

South African telecoms giant Vodacom has announced that its customers can now “buy airtime, data bundles and SMS bundles through the My Vodacom mobile…

B2B companies must evolve or lose out on $1-tn market

B2B companies will need to adapt their thinking and delivery approach if they want to benefit from a B2B ecommerce market that is fast…

Takealot wins big at PriceCheck Tech & Ecommerce Awards

The 2016 PriceCheck Tech & Ecommerce Awards concluded last night with Takealot.com snagging the overall win. The PriceCheck awards celebrate businesses doing innovative things…

Yuppie Gadgets speaks out over Yuppiechef trademark dispute

After years of dispute, local online store Yuppie Gadgets, has won two legal cases against fellow ecommerce store Yuppiechef. The ongoing battle between the two companies came…

SNAPnSAVE hits 150 000 downloads, R1m in cash returns

South African loyalty shopping app SNAPnSAVE today announced that it has reached a new cash-back milestone of R1-million given to shoppers subscribed to its…

Rocket Internet to launch Nigerian Amazon clone [Report]

German-based cloning giant Rocket Internet is set to open up an Amazon-style ecommerce site in Nigeria. The company made its first big forays onto…

SA entrepreneur grabs top job at Visa

Fundamo co-founder and CEO Hannes van Rensburg is set to head up the Sub-Saharan division of Visa — the world’s largest debit and credit…

China to spend 350bn online by 2015

Half a billion internet users and an economy which, although not immune to international economic pressures, is still on the up means that China…

Spaaza: The glue that brings together online and offline shopping

eCommerce changed everything, but beyond the convenience, choice and financial savings yielded by armchair shopping, there’s an armada of disgruntled brick and mortar businesses…

The benefits of customer reviews on your ecommerce site

By now, unless you’ve been spending the vast majority of your time hankering around the Gobi Desert, sans internet, you’ll have noticed the abundance…

Tencent set to expand into search, other markets

Chinese internet giant Tencent is already a dominant player in the online space. It owns a number of chat properties, microblogging sites, social networks,…

Fabhunter: The new visual bookmarking startup with big dreams

Tastemakers. Trendsetters. Fashionistas. Fabhunter aims to become a nexus where these fashion aficionados collide. Launched in January of this year, Fabhunter is a new…

Body Thrills: doing eCommerce the natural way

Natural Body product company Body Thrills launched recently launched its eCommerce play. The site, formerly a blog with a basic ordering form, has rebranded…

We are on the verge of an eCommerce revolution

If you have recently spent any time in the United Kingdom or United States, you will no doubt be aware of the vast difference…

SMS and its role in the future of mobile marketing

Today, mobile marketing is the fastest and most effective way to reach your audience and is an area of intense fascination for marketers and…

3 reasons NOT to start a group buying site

The group buying industry sprang to life with very little warning. Groupon began a trend and soon everyone wanted a piece of the action….

What the web thinks of eBay’s Magento buyout

When auction giant eBay announced this week that it was buying out the well-known ecommerce platform Magento, reaction was varied. In announcing the buyout…

The African ecommerce opportunity [NetProphet]

Ecommerce is on the rise around the globe at a rapid pace, driven by the huge successes of online retailers in the US and…

6 eCommerce steps to online profit

You may have just launched an eCommerce site, or perhaps your business is considering the advantage of the massive online market space. Don’t underestimate…

Snaply: Taking the ‘exclusivity out’ of eCommerce site building

As society moves more into the online sphere, the need to do practically everything online grows. eCommerce sites are growing bigger and adding more…

Fastest fixed internet providers in South Africa revealed for Q4 2021

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POA closes $28M funding round to expand internet service

Fintech review and predictions for 2022 by premier SA fintech investor

Periculum launches in Nigeria to build credit assessment infrastructure

Microsoft announces plans to acquire Activision Blizzard

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