What is Japanese sales tax? Japanese sales tax (shouhizei, 消費税) a.k.a. “consumption tax” is a value added tax generally applied to sales of goods or services by any business entity within Japan. The tax was first introduced in 1989 at a rate of 3%, increased to 5% in 1997 and increased again to 8% in […]
Read MoreIn July the Magento management team dropped a bombshell on their estimated 10,000 Magento Go users by announcing that in February 2015 the eBay owned online store network will go dark. They are recommending that users of their e-commerce service migrate to the competing Bigcommerce platform. But is that really the best option for […]
Read MoreNever assume that new users on your website will know what action you want them to take. As the owner of the site, you need to provide them with appropriate clues. If you have an e-Commerce site, you want them to click the “Add to Cart” button. If your site is there to generate sales […]
Read MoreE-commerce is growing at an incredible pace. In 2013 the worldwide value of e-commerce transactions was $1033.7 billion with the USA ($384.8B), China ($181.6B), UK ($141.5B) and Japan ($140.4B) the biggest markets. Global e-commerce is expected to increase another 28% by 2016. What these numbers demonstrate is that there are huge business opportunities awaiting for […]
Read MorePrestashop is a powerful, popular and easy to use open source ecommerce solution for small to medium size businesses. Out of the box it comes with many essential features that would be difficult and/or expensive to create from scratch. One of the handy tools available to website owners is the ability to create a table […]
Read MorePrestashop is a great ecommerce solution for most medium size businesses. It comes with more flexibility and features that can easily be achieved from CMS driven online shopping platforms such as WordPress/WooCommerce or Drupal/Ubercart. Yet at the same time it has a relatively lightweight code base and simple file architecture unlike more industrial scale solutions […]
Read MoreFor serious online vendors the choice of e-commerce platforms can be overwhelming. There are so many different proprietary and open source options available. The following list describes some key e-commerce platform features that you should use to compare your options. 1. Ability to administer multiple website domains from the same back end This could be […]
Read MoreThe search engine world is still buzzing following the recent decision of Yahoo to effectively shut down its own search infrastructure and outsource its search results business to Microsoft in the guise of its latest and hottest search interface, “Bing”. The deal represents an admission from both partners that they need to team up and […]
Read MoreWith the recession biting hard, people everywhere are becoming more cost conscious and more aware that online shopping can deliver significant savings. This article provides a comparison of two of the most popular online payment processing systems for small businesses. PAYPAL If you have just a small product range and want to keep it simple, […]
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