[red_box]Important: The following new rules by Visa are mandatory for recurring payments starting April 18th, 2015, please make sure to comply by then.[/red_box] Do you run a subscription business and want to build trust with your customers while reducing the amount of chargebacks you receive? By selling products or services that are paid for regularly (e.g.…
DetailsCredit cards either get stolen or lost, and chances are it can get into the possession of somebody with the wrong intentions in mind. Fraud happens when the credit cardholder has not authorised the transaction. As a merchant, this can get fairly costly for your business with high chargeback fees and loss of sales revenue. But while…
DetailsHaving worked in e-commerce for the past four years, I’ve seen many arguments for and against 3-D Secure (Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode). The majority of these against focus on an apparent hit on your conversion with 3-D secure, which adds an additional step to your checkout and increases the friction experienced by your customers paying…
DetailsJust starting up, bootstrapped and looking for customers? Welcome to the world of every early-stage startup. So what can you do to get your startup in front of your target audience without having to spend a fortune on online advertising. Sure, you’ll get a boost for when you launch your product, but what about all…
DetailsIt’s quite obvious why you should consider your customer’s feedback. You want to take the right decisions and you want to know if you’re still on the same page as your users. Great! Of course there are a ton of ways how to gather your customer’s feedback: it can range from a survey to in-depth…
DetailsEditor’s note: This is a guest post by Thomas Peham, who is a Marketing Manager at Usersnap When it comes to developing an ecommerce site, everyone is aware of the importance of testing the web pages before going live. Due to a variety of reasons, the testing process isn’t well prepared and executed in a…
DetailsBeing at an online payments provider, we tend to come across many different online shops everyday. And it’s always refreshing when we come across something we haven’t seen before and concepts that significantly improve the buying experience. With so many online shops out on the web, shop owners can have a tough time standing out and…
DetailsNo matter what fast moving consumer good you’re purchasing – in most cases you can always find a subscription for it. The busy consultant, who gets new black socks every month (London Sock Company), the girl next door, that wants to try out cosmetics every month (LoveLula), the old lady whose subscription is filled with…
DetailsEditor’s note: This is a guest post by Edvinas Mancas, who is Business Development Manager of Lithuanian startup BatCrab. Who could foresee Lithuanian economy transformation from a post Soviet industrial era to a very efficient, fast-changing and extremely profitable startup ecosystem?
DetailsAnybody who thinks startups are all about fun and free Red Bull is deluded! Sure we manage to play a game of table football at the office, but it’s back to work after recharging our batteries. Startups are about growth! And that usually includes a massive list of to-dos, very little time and limited resources…
DetailsEvery year we publish a “Best of” series from the past year. We kicked it off last year with the Best Blog Posts Of 2013 – and with 2015 in full swing, it’s that time again to highlight the best from last year. Based on traffic and social media shares, here’s the best from the…
DetailsEditor’s note: This is a guest post by Marta Wadsworth who is part of the Marketing Team at Userlike The checkout is the most crucial moment for any online business, it is the focal point of all the marketing and business efforts. Nonetheless, there are still many websites that neglect their checkout page optimisation. There are many…
DetailsWhen you’re in a startup it’s very easy to get caught up in the thick of things – making time fly by so quickly and things easy to forget. This time last year we introduced Elektronisches Lastschriftverfahren (ELV) as a new local payment method for Germany. ELV is essentially direct debit, whereby merchants directly pull…
DetailsIt’s hard enough creating content without having to worry about finding the perfect image for your blog post, website, or presentations. And the big question is always, “where do I find free high quality photos?”. Ideally you don’t want to break any licences and have any watermarks spread across them. And you also want to have the flexibility…
DetailsA new security flaw was discovered yesterday which affects the SSL 3.0 protocol. For a brief summary, the POODLE bug – which is Padding Oracle On Downloaded Legacy Encryption for short – makes it possible for third-parties (MITM = man in the middle attack) to access private data while you’re browsing online. Internet Explorer 6.0 on…
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