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Network Merchants Inc. (NMI) Launches Mobile Processing Solution

March 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Network Merchants Inc. (NMI) today announced the launch of a mobile processing module. A simple, fast, and secure application for the iPhone/iPad/iTouch to process credit cards anywhere in the world over a cellular or WIFI connection.

“Mobile payments is an emerging technology growing exponentially while more and more merchants enjoy the versatility of processing with a secure solution for their business,” said Matthew Schmidgall, NMI’s Chief Technology Officer.

The mobile processing module will process keyed or swiped transactions using cutting edge hardware encrypted card readers, geo-tag locations on the receipt where the transaction occurs, e-mail receipts, capture digital signatures, and perform partial or full refunds within the transaction history log. The application is free to download and incurs no additional per transaction fees.

About NMI

Network Merchants, Inc. builds e-commerce payment gateways for companies that process retail and online transactions in real-time anywhere in the world.

With an exceptional team of software engineers, NMI created, maintains and delivers a substantial suite of payment solutions through a unique channel of distribution. This channel is comprised of financial institutions, ISOs/MSPs, payment processors, VARs, e-commerce developers and hardware manufacturers interested in retaining their existing merchant-customers and acquiring new business. With an easy to integrate transparent and private-label program, Affiliate Partners maintain their own look and feel while providing merchants with efficient and secure payment processing solutions. For more information, please visit www.nmi.com.

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Buy.com® Expands Retail Marketplace With Popular Gift Card Brands

January 19, 2011 By 5 Comments

Buy.com, The Internet Superstore™, today announced that Buy.com shoppers now can enjoy access directly on the site to hundreds of popular gift card brands from dining, entertainment, fashion, home improvement and sporting goods stores.

“Redeemable cards are a great gift solution for time-strapped online shoppers,” said Neel Grover, CEO and president of Buy.com. “Whether searching for friends, family members, colleagues or other important people in their lives, shoppers now have convenient access to a large selection of popular retail-branded gift cards without ever having to leave the Buy.com site.”

Consumers looking to save time while shopping for multiple friends and family members will benefit from the vast selection of cards from Build-A-Bear Workshop®, Regal Entertainment Group®, Sephora® and more. Shoppers can search by category, brand and a range of denominations. Gift cards can be used online or at issuing retailer locations.

Buy.com‘s robust Marketplace features more than nine million products from thousands of qualified third-party retailers. The Buy.com Marketplace has been a major driver of the company’s overall growth, with sales on Black Friday and Cyber Monday of the holiday 2010 season up by more than 100 percent, compared to the same periods last year.

The Buy.com Marketplace spans more than 20 product categories, including games, apparel and shoes, books, bags and luggage, fragrance, home and outdoor, software, sporting goods, jewelry and watches, toys and baby goods, wine and more.

“Buy.com continues to aggressively add qualified new sellers and categories, though the company limits Marketplace participation to retailers offering strong customer service and fulfillment excellence.”

To shop for top branded gift cards on Buy.com, visit http://www.buy.com/loc/gift-cards/68808.html?sellerId=28613877.

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New Absolute Auctions on AuctionTime.com

December 26, 2010 By 8 Comments

AuctionTime.com is the latest online source to move or buy construction equipment, farm equipment, and trucks and trailers at auctions values.  There are no buyer’s fees, free bidder registration, and no hidden reserves with AuctionTime.com.  Once a bidder registers, they are able to view the seller’s contact information and make contact with the seller if needed. AuctionTime.com features motor grader auctions, excavator auctions, tractor auctions, combine auctions, planter auctions, heavy duty truck auctions, commercial truck auctions, tractor trailer auctions plus much more.

AuctionTime.com has 507 auctions ending December 29th, 2010.  Proxy bidding for these items will open on December 22nd and live bidding on December 28th.  There are 160 absolute auctions with opening bids at $100-$1000. The following links are a few absolute auctions in the sale:

Farm Equipment

Tractors

Harvesters

Construction Equipment

Trucks

AuctionTime.com is powered by TractorHouse.com, MachineryTrader.com, and TruckPaper.com so buy with confidence.   Register to bid for free at AuctionTime.com and pay no buyers fees.  Auctions are ending every Wednesday.

[SOURCE: AuctionTime.com]

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Thousands of Knockoff Pillow Pets™ Brand Products Seized in New York

December 19, 2010 By 9 Comments

CJ Products, LLC, the manufacturer of Pillow Pets™ brand products, today announced that law enforcement officials impounded approximately 18,000 counterfeit Pillow Pets™ plush foldable stuffed animals from a Queens, New York, warehouse earlier this week. This marks the largest seizure of fraudulent Pillow Pets™ brand products to date.

Pillow Pets™ brand products are among the most popular gift items for children this holiday season, landing on the Toys”R”Us “hot holiday toy” list. Pillow Pets™ plush foldable stuffed animals are manufactured and distributed by CJ Products, LLC, and Ontel Products Corporation and are available for sale nationwide at retailers such as Walmart, Target, Walgreens, Kohl’s, Toys”R”Us, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Rite Aid, Kmart, Sears, JC Penney, Kroger, Hallmark, mall kiosks and specialty stores. Unauthorized “knockoffs” of these trademarked products have been offered for sale by unscrupulous vendors online, at mall kiosks, in small retail stores and at flea markets. CJ Products and Ontel are making a concerted effort to stop the sale of unauthorized and often inferior quality goods through the filing of lawsuits against counterfeiters and by working with law enforcement to confiscate products that are not authentic.

Jennifer Telfer, CJ Products’ CEO, said, “Pillow Pets™ plush foldable stuffed animals are a great toy for children and are compliant with children’s safety laws. Knockoff and counterfeit products may not have undergone the required testing procedures and may not be safe for children. Parents should make sure that they purchase authentic Pillow Pets™ brand products made by CJ Products and Ontel.”

Authentic My Pillow Pets® and Pillow Pets™ labels are found on the rear right foot and the hang tag of each Pillow Pet™ plush foldable stuffed animal. If consumers purchase online, they should be sure the website clearly states it is selling the authentic product.

“We are aggressively pursuing sellers of knockoff products. This week’s events send a clear message that fraudulent behavior will not be tolerated and those who engage in it will be held accountable for their actions,” said Ontel President Chuck Khubani.

Made of ultra-soft chenille, Pillow Pets™ plush foldable stuffed animals are much more than a stuffed animal. With a strap that closes underneath to transform the pillow into a friendly pet, they are an ideal travel pal, naptime buddy and all-around cuddly friend. Pillow Pets™ plush foldable stuffed animals are available in jungle animals, farm critters and sea creatures – 36 different animals to choose from – and are just one part of the Pillow Pets™ family of products, which also includes books, blankets, slippers, and backpacks.

About Pillow Pets

Since 2003, My Pillow Pets® brand products have been bringing smiles to the faces of all ages. The concept for the snuggly companions was the brainchild of a San Diego-based mother of two, who had grown tired of picking up stuffed animals strewn across her children’s rooms. What began with the simple goal of transforming a stuffed animal into a functional item for children has grown into an amazing jungle of popular retail and wholesale products including plush foldable stuffed animals, books, backpacks, blankets, and slippers. For more information, please visit www.LoveMyPillowPets.com.

[SOURCE: CJ Products, LLC]

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Market America to Acquire SHOP.COM Business

December 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Market America, an Internet marketing and product brokerage company, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the business of SHOP.COM, a pioneer in online comparison shopping, creating a powerful, new social shopping destination poised to challenge the Internet’s leading shopping destinations. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

MARKETAMERICA.COM and SHOP.COM will continue to operate as separate websites through a transition period while integration of the unique benefits of each company will begin immediately. Market America’s headquarters will remain in Greensboro, NC, while SHOP.COM’s facilities in Monterey and Pasadena, CA and London, UK will continue without disruption. The combined entity will have in excess of 650 employees. The transaction is expected to be completed by year-end 2010.

The acquisition will combine SHOP.COM‘s strength in technology and merchandising, providing customers with the latest, high-tech online shopping, with Market America’s high-touch, personal shopping experience, including the industry’s only unlimited cash back program. It will expand the current people-powered, relationship-based shopping portal into a content rich destination that informs, entertains and guides customers in their shopping experience.

“Together, Market America and SHOP.COM are creating a new ‘social shopping’ movement,” said James Ridinger, President and CEO of Market America. “To date, no one has truly harnessed the power of technology to provide a high touch, personal shopping experience combined with the depth of selection available through instant search of the more than 43 million products in our database. Our business model rewards customers at every stage – by making their shopping easier and more efficient, and rewarding them with cash back for shopping with us. This unique strategy positions us for explosive growth and to compete head-to-head with the biggest, most dominant shopping sites on the Internet.”

Market America is a leader in one-to-one marketing, and pioneered ma CashBack; a revolutionary new shopping program that pays the customer up to 50 percent cash back on their purchases as well as one half of one percent on the purchases of customers they refer. SHOP.COM is the pioneer shopping portal in search, comparative shopping, shopping content, and created the patented OneCart technology that transformed online shopping from retail sites to retail portals.

“Market America and SHOP.COM are online shopping pioneers with distinct areas of expertise,” added Ken Goldstein, Chairman & CEO of SHOP.COM, who will depart his current role and become a strategic advisor to Market America as part of the transition. “By bringing our companies together, we are creating a game changing shopping experience with transformative potential to our customers, retailers, consumer brands and business partners.”

ABOUT MARKET AMERICA
Market America is a product brokerage and Internet marketing company that specializes in One-to-One Marketing. With more than six million customers and 180,000 Shopping Consultants worldwide, the company has generated over $3.4 billion in accumulated retail sales. Headquartered in Greensboro, NC – the company was founded in 1992 by president and CEO James Ridinger and employs over 600 people globally with international operations in the United States, Canada, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia and the Philippines. Through its revolutionary One-to-One Marketing concept, Market America combines the Internet with the power of people – creating the ultimate online shopping destination. More information is available at MarketAmerica.com.

ABOUT SHOP.COM
SHOP.COM is the comparison shopping engine designed to meet the shopping needs of the consumer and the business needs of merchants. Leveraging the features of its patented OneCart along with extensive partner marketplace integration, and thousands of pages of unique shopping-centric editorial, SHOP.COM helps customers “Shop Smart, Save Big” across thousands of online stores. The company also publishes ShopCompanion, a comprehensive directory of online and brick-and-mortar stores, as well as The Shopping Vine, a shopping blog network.

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Cyber Monday Surpasses $1 Billion in U.S. Spending

December 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

comScore, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 29 days of the November – December 2010 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $13.55 billion has been spent online, marking a 13-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. Cyber Monday reached $1.028 billion in online spending, up 16 percent versus year ago, representing the heaviest online spending day in history and the first to surpass the billion-dollar threshold.

The numbers are favorable and if you had any doubt about how much money there is to be made selling online (taking your business into cyber world) these numbers should remove any doubt…. Its all about you and where you want to be.

“Cyber Monday was a historic day for e-commerce as we saw daily spending surpass $1 billion for the first time,” said comScore chairman Gian Fulgoni. “The online holiday shopping season has clearly gotten off to a very strong start, which is welcome news. At the same time, it’s important to note that some of the early strength in consumer spending is almost certainly the result of retailers’ heavier-than-normal promotional and discounting activity at this early point in the season. So, while we anticipate that there will be more billion-dollar spending days ahead as we get deeper into the season, only time will tell if overall consumer online spending remains at the elevated levels we’ve seen thus far.”

Cyber Monday Sales Growth Driven by Increase in Spending per Buyer

Cyber Monday’s 16-percent growth in sales versus year ago was driven primarily by an increase in average spending per buyer (up 12 percent) while the number of buyers on Cyber Monday grew by a lower 4 percent to 9 million. The average spending per transaction grew 10 percent to $60.05, while the total number of transactions increased 6 percent to 17.1 million.

Buying at Work Drives Cyber Monday Spending

Nearly half of dollars spent online at U.S. Web sites originated from work computers (48.9 percent), representing a decline of 3.8 percentage points from last year. Buying from home comprised the majority of the remaining share (45.4 percent) while buying at U.S. Web sites from international locations accounted for 5.8 percent of sales.

Varying on product offered, Monday and Thursday and great days in sales for my online stores. Do you know what people like to shop online on Monday and Thursday? What day trends have you noticed?

[Source: comScore]

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Buy.com® Reports Best Black Friday Sales Performance in Company History

November 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Buy.com® today reported its best Black Friday performance in company history, with more than 45 percent year-over-year sales growth on the Buy.com site (as of 5 p.m. PST on Friday, Nov. 26). A major driver of the company’s overall growth included sales through Buy.com‘s marketplace, which grew by more than 100 percent compared to Black Friday of last year.

Consumers flocked in record numbers to Buy.com, which offers the e-commerce industry’s best 45-day return policy (with no restocking fees), free shipping with no minimum purchase on nearly 2.7 million products and the recently introduced free “Rakuten Super Points” customer loyalty program to award shoppers with points toward future purchases.

These incentives, combined with Buy.com‘s wide product selection and the industry’s best deals, spurred a strong opening for the 2010 holiday shopping season.

“Shoppers have come to know Buy.com as a one-stop destination for the best return on their dollar,” said Neel Grover, CEO and president of Buy.com. “Our initial holiday results point to a strong start of the season, as consumers responded favorably to the newest initiatives we put in place to create an even more wallet-friendly shopping experience.”

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Sears and Kmart Debut eGifting Solution for Holiday Shoppers

November 10, 2010 By 3 Comments

Giving the gift of a Sears or Kmart gift card has gone social as the retailers announced today the introduction of eGifting on Facebook®. The addition of eGift Social to the Sears and Kmart Facebook pages allows consumers to show appreciation for friends and family by giving affordable, yet meaningful gifts in real time. The eGift cards, which are available in $5 increments up to $25, will be posted on the recipient’s Facebook wall or personal e-mail account immediately upon transaction.

“eGift Social enhances Sears and Kmart customers’ shopping experience directly within our digital communities,” said Susan Ehrlich, president, Financial Services, Sears Holdings. “We’re making gift giving easier than ever this holiday season by offering our fans the opportunity to purchase gifts directly on Facebook from any computer or mobile device.”

Sears and Kmart are the first national mass merchant retailers to launch a Facebook gifting program using the First Data(SM) eGift Social(SM) solution. With more than 500 million active users on Facebook daily(i), eGift Social takes shopping at Sears and Kmart to the next level by allowing Facebook users to purchase and send gift cards to a friend or loved one’s Facebook account or e-mail address. The eGift card can be used in store or online at any of Sears and Kmart brands’ retail establishments.

To use the Sears or Kmart eGift Social application, shoppers simply visit the brands’ Facebook fan page (www.facebook.com/sears or www.facebook.com/kmart) and select one or multiple friends to which they want to send gifts; either by adding them from Facebook or by entering their e-mail address. The sender then selects the card amount they’d like to gift, adds a personal message and proceeds through a secure checkout process. Once the purchase is completed, the recipient will receive a Facebook wall post or an e-mail depending on the distribution method the sender selects, notifying them of the gift and instructions on how to use the gift card. With eGift Social, giving the perfect Sears or Kmart gift has never been easier or smarter this holiday season.

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Leading Social Discovery Network Brings Exciting Experiences to New Markets Across the U.S. and UK

November 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Today, Leading social discovery network LivingSocial (www.livingsocial.com) announced the launch of 9 new markets in the U.S. and UK including St. Paul, MN; Mesa, AZ; Eugene, OR; West Chicago; Columbia, South Carolina; Liverpool, UK; Brighton, UK; Bristol, UK and Birmingham, UK. LivingSocial is now live in 111 markets in the U.S., Canada, UK and Ireland, with more than 10 million subscribers.

“LivingSocial is all about discovering new activities in your neighborhood – whether it’s a gourmet cupcake shop you’ve wanted to try out, or a spa that offers the best massages – we are able to provide unique curated experiences at a great value,” said Tim O’Shaughnessy, CEO and co-founder of LivingSocial. “These nine new markets now have the opportunity to explore and take advantage of LivingSocial’s tailored adventures in their area or the places they visit.”

As the premier social discovery network, LivingSocial lets anyone experience the hottest restaurants, shops, activities and services in their area. The company has dedicated area experts on the ground in every market working directly with business owners, and constantly researching the best in local adventures to bring a savings of 50% to 70% for consumers.

Cashing in on LivingSocial Deals is easy: the site offers a new promotion every morning, announced through its website, daily email, Twitter, Facebook, iPhone or Android app. Live for 24 hours, the Deal is available to anyone who clicks on it. Additionally, LivingSocial‘s unique referral model gives users their Deal for free if they refer three friends who also participate.

With an audience of 10 million subscribers, LivingSocial is able to provide local merchants with the unprecedented ability to reach both local customers and a worldwide audience as well as introduce great local experiences at incredible values.

For a full list of markets where LivingSocial is live or to sign up your location, go to http://www.livingsocial.com.

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Stockn’Go Launches www.StocknGo.com

November 3, 2010 By 3 Comments

Announcing it’s official debut today, Ecommerce website StocknGo.com is ushering in a new standard in online shopping, with a focus on five-star service, safety, and selection — at the lowest prices online. Boasting a variety of top name brands in hair care, skin care, personal care, health and beauty, and household products (with plans of expansion into fragrance and other categories in 2011), StocknGo.com is designed to engage consumers in targeted, personalized ways- offering them an easy, intuitive shopping experience with the opportunity to partake in various price-saving efforts, from the site’s unique PriceBeat policy and daily deals to bulk price breaks and refer-a-friend incentives. Great for families, college students, small businesses for their own use or for reselling. 

[SOURCE: StocknGo.com]

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Stella & Dot Founder/CEO Jessica Herrin online Success Story

July 30, 2010 By 25 Comments

Stella & Dot Founder/CEO Jessica Herrin online Success Story. Jessica Herrin created the Wedding Channel.com which she enventually sold for $90 Million to The Knot. That did not stop her, she went on to start another business, direct-sales / online and continues to be succesful in her new jewelry business.  ~ Follow your dream  :)

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Sell with Caution on Bonanzle

May 19, 2010 By 8 Comments

Recently a friend of mine called to inform me that Bonanzle had closed his store. He contacted Bonanzle via email and received a timely response via e-mail. The email appeared to be a simple form letter. What was upsetting to him was that Bonanzle closed his account due to the IP address matching to another account recently suspended. No other explanation was provided and most importantly no information on the other sellers account or store name.

Its not fair  that my friends account was closed due to someone else logging in. I can appreciate how Bonanzle is trying to protect themselves and the “Buyers”, however, how can a seller in Good Standing make an argument when Bonanzle will not entertain any.

We concluded that it might have been a former employee that might have logged in using the business computers. This could have been devastating to his business if he did not have a store front or other sites where to offer his products.

Lesson Here: Always have other sites or your own webstore to sell your products and advise your team members to use Company PC and Internet ONLY to log in to business accounts.

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