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Online retailer Takealot says that its 2017 Black Friday sale will be the biggest its ever had, with almost every product category on the site expected to host sales. According to CEO, Kim Reid, over 15,000 products will be discounted starting on 24 November, with the majority seeing up 60% off the normal price tag, and some prices going as low as 70% and 80% off. The retailer has dubbed its Black Friday weekend sale as the Blue Dot Sale, which will run for five days: from Black Friday on 24 November, through the weekend to Cyber Monday on 27 ... Read more

World Wide Worx predicts SA's online retail market will be worth over R9 billion in 2016. Local retailers are seeing a steady uptick in online shopping numbers as more South Africans embrace e-commerce. In Pick n Pay and Mr Price's latest results, both retailers showed strong growth in online sales. Mr Price says its local online sales grew by 63.6% for the 53 weeks ended 2 April. Mr Price says the online business is now generating positive returns and all its MRP brands are now "full omnichannel retailers". This as the group saw total revenue for the year grow over ... Read more

The eCommerce store price comes down to functionality and size of the store: How Many Products Your Store Has: The number of products in your online store affects what kind of computer server you need. If you have a big store with lots of stuff, you'll need a special server just for your store. This is called a dedicated server. It can handle lots of space and lots of people visiting your store at once. A big store usually has more than 2000 products. Each product picture takes up space, so a dedicated server is perfect for this. Cool Features ... Read more

Mobile Smartphones provide the ultimate gateway for internet users across the world. They provide consumers with market transparency and the possibility of anywhere, anytime interaction. In China, it’s estimated that 88.9% of internet users chose to connect through their mobile phones. A recent study, conducted by the German Scientific Institute of Market Research (GfK), found that 26% of German shoppers compare prices using their mobile devices when visiting a store. When it comes to South Africa, mobile has also had a significant impact on the market. Mobile penetration within South Africa is huge and smartphones are quickly gaining market share ... Read more

To eliminate the financial security issues a lot of African e-commerce users have suffered from, Bidorbuy, Africa’s largest online market, began accepting Bitcoin payments on March 3. The integration of Bitcoin relieves e-commerce platforms from storing sensitive financial data on their local servers, reducing the risk of a data breach and leak of personal user information. By providing Bitcoin as one of its main payment methods, Bidorbuy aims to lead the growth of the e-commerce industry in Kenya and South Africa. Bidorbuy has more than 700,000 items listed on its online marketplace and generates more than 30 million page views ... Read more

Looking for the best shopping carts to create your online shop? Find the top 5 open sources of the shopping cart and e-commerce Content Management System Extensions. What is the top 5 free shopping cart software? Virtuemart is a shopping cart component for Joomla. Joomla is a powerful CMS platform Virtuemart has grown into the most popular and powerful shopping cart extension. Magento is an open-source eCommerce, that offers professional features, flexibility, and control over the look, content, and functionality of the online shop. Prestashop is a powerful shopping cart solution. It is an open-source platform, which means you pay ... Read more

Mobile commerce broke numerous records during the 2012 holiday shopping season and is well positioned for a repeat performance this year, thanks to the growing number of consumers who own a smartphone as well as increasingly sophisticated mobile retail strategies. “Right now, we are seeing 17.7 percent in terms of percent of transactions coming from the mobile device,” said Dave Haucke a strategist at IBM Enterprise Marketing, Armonk, NY. “Mobile E-commerce is going to continue to grow this holiday season in terms of the transaction channel. That is good news, but it also means that it raises the stakes in ... Read more

Get your Shipping Policies right for your e-shop The way you handle the delivery of your products plays a critical role in deciding the conversion rate of your store. It plays a direct role in the shopping cart abandonment rate of your store. This is what a recent research paper from a large courier company concluded. • While free and discounted shipping is a big benefit, there is more to online shopping and customer experience. In fact, many shoppers are willing to pay a nominal fee to receive the product faster if given an option. • Shipping and delivery timing ... Read more

Our eCommerce Store includes: We are a one-stop shop we setup your complete e-shop: Domain Registration Dedicated free hosting for the first year 24×7 support We teach you via Skype how to update your own store and all the administration of changing prices, uploading new products. Integrate your website to a payment gateway for automatic payment processing Our web store integrate with online payment gateways. Subscribing to these third party online credit card payment gateways save you the trouble of applying for an Internet merchant account from your respective bank which can consist of a lot of red tape and ... Read more