Category Archives: ecommerce
3D Secure Might Bust Your Conversions
There has been a recent campaign in the UK for nigh on a year now for eCommerce merchants to offer 3D Secure along with their payment gateway settings. One of my clients insisted that 3D Secure should be running against … Continue reading
One in Three UK Shoppers Don’t Trust Online eCommerce
A new report released today by The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) focussed on the lack of trust still shown by UK consumers when shopping online. The main factors holding back these potential online shoppers were : lack of trust … Continue reading
Designing URLs For eCommerce Benefits
A recent eCommerce project brought about the challenge of re-designing the URL involved with the internal pages of the site. Straight away, my internal thoughts said, “Keywords present, dashes seperated, lowercase, nice clean URL’s. Simples!” But this nagging feeling inside, … Continue reading
Usability The Word That Strikes Fear in Most Web Designers
Back in 2002 I read an intersting article, of which the main theme was the introducion of usability techniques on web sites to help enhance a persons web browsing experience. The article spoke of designing sites where the end-user could … Continue reading
Why The 8th of December is an Important Date
Why is the 8th of December an important date? Well, it is historically the day, in the UK, when consumer spending will peak on the lead-up to Christmas. With the current slowdown hitting the High Street this year, expectation is … Continue reading




