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All the latest and most exciting news about eCommerce, Information Technology, Cloudmark, Fact Finder, eTracker and ePages. We will add new news as it comes to hand. If you have something news worthy please forward it to us at info@ecorner.com.au

6/02/09 - CLOUDMARK INTRODUCES CLOUDFILTER™

A NEXT-GENERATION EMAIL SECURITY OFFERING THAT LEVERAGES THE BENEFITS OF CLOUD COMPUTING

New Offering Enables Web Hosting Companies and Service Providers to Deliver Premium Email Security Backed by Cloudmark’s Industry-leading Technology Platform to SMB and Consumer Markets

20/03/09 - Online Businesses Are More Profitable

The results of the survey, conducted In November 2008 by Sweeney Research for the Sensis Quarterly Business Index on behalf of Netregistry and Nett Magazine, showed that online business promises to be far more resilient and should see substantial growth through 2009.

9/02/09 - Netregistry Chooses ePages for Hosted eCommerce

Netregistry, Australia’s leading domain name provider, has chosen the award-winning ePages ebusiness solution from eCorner as the platform for a range of hosted ecommerce offerings for its customers.

Netregistry CEO, Larry Bloch, said the new products, which have been selling since 19th January 2009, allow Netregistry to offer a tiered selection of hosted ecommerce applications to meet the needs of every business customer.

15/12/08 - Online Sales Enjoy Strong Growth Despite Economic Woes

Leading ecommerce solutions provider, eCorner, has experienced a 90 per cent increase in traffic volume for November year on year. eWay recorded a 69 per cent increase in transaction volumes in November compared to a year ago, as more companies shift online. PayPal Australia has noticed increased activity this Christmas, particularly amongst SME retailers. GetPrice said traffic to the site has almost tripled in the past 12 months from 700,000 visits in November 2007 to 1.96 million visits last month.

Read the full article from Computerworld

11/10/08 - PayPal Leads Payments in Australia Nielsen Report

With the increase in Australian Internet users connecting at home, the world wide web is now a marketplace for transactions, with four in five (80%) Australians now shopping online - according to Nielsen’s latest Online Consumer report.

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29/02/08 - Nielsens Report Trends In Online Shopping

Consumers across the globe are increasingly swapping crowded stores for one-click convenience, as online shopping becomes a safe and popular option. According to a recent global survey conducted by The Nielsen Company, over 85 percent of the world’s online population has used the Internet to make a purchase, up 40 percent from two years ago, and more than half of Internet users are regular online shoppers, making online purchases at least once a month.

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11/12/07 - Christmas Rings in Trading Boom for Online Retailers

Comparison shopping is leading strong growth of Australian online retailers. They are expecting high growth in sales in the weeks leading up to Christmas as busy consumers take advantage of the opportunity to shop from home and avoid crowded shopping centres.

23/11/07 - Dynamic Business Magazine - November 2007

From Dynamic Business Magazine November 2007 - Review the issues associated with multiple online channels, price comparison engines and shopping portals. 

21/10/07 - Dynamic Business Magazine - October 2007

From Dynamic Business Magazine October 2007 - Review some of the critical issues faced when promoting your new online store. 

22/09/07 - Dynamic Business Magazine - September 2007

There are some important issues that are faced when you try to start your online store. Be careful not to do too much!

3/09/07 - Dynamic Business Magazine - Creating Online Security

From Dynamic Business by Angus Kidman. Online security is the most important aspect to get right in order to build consumer comfort and safety online.

14/08/07 - Euro e-Commerce Hits $133 Billion

E-tailers looking to expand their footprint in Europe are finding a vibrant, growing market—$133 billion in sales last year, with annual 25 percent growth for each of the next five years, according to a report from eMarketer.

3/08/07 - Quarterly E-Commerce Sales Hit $47.5 Billion

E-commerce spending in the United States for this year's second quarter jumped 19 percent, to $47.5 billion, compared with last year's identical quarter, according to a statement released this week from ComScore. If you take travel out of that equation—in what ComScore considers the pure e-tail segment—the quarterly figure grew 23 percent to $27.2 billion.

22/05/07 - E-tailer's site for sore eyes

WHEN mums Linda Hattersley and Christine Thompson teamed up to create online retail store Urban Baby, their aim was to provide their products around the clock for shoppers' convenience.

24/04/07 - Internet World UK: ePages Presents Plug & Play E-Commerce Solution with big:interactive and Eclipse

ePages, a leading vendor of e-business software for providers and enterprise customers, will present its high-end e-commerce solution at Internet World UK, the top event for Internet and digital business (May 1 – 3, 2007 in London).

16/04/07 - Google Selects ePages as Partner for Google Checkout(TM) Launch in the UK

ePages Among First Supporters for Google's New Checkout Process

13/04/07 - Local security for other nations

Security experts believe Australia's geographical isolation represents an opportunity to offer secure online services to nations with poor reputations for security.

29/12/06 - Information Age - eCommerce Rings Up Sales

Caroline New reviews eCommerce growth and trends in Australia and New Zealand. She interviews some successful and inovatives businesses.

25/11/06 - m-net - online shopping mall ferrit gets a facelift

Ken Lewis  
Thursday, 23 November 2006


New Zealand's second most popular online shopping website ferrit.co.nz has undergone a total redesign, introducing a single, mall-wide shopping cart.

24/11/06 - News from Geekzone - Ferrit launch

Ferrit 2.0 is a completely new version of Telecom New Zealand?s online mall, ferrit.co.nz. The main change in the total redesign is the introduction of a single, mall-wide shopping cart. Consumers can browse through stores, search for items, compare prices, features and attributes, check on retailers? guarantees and returns policies, select products, load them into their shopping cart, arrange shipping, and then, when they?ve done, pay for them all by entering their credit card details once.

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24/11/06 - News from scoop.co.nz - Ferrit launch

Shop at many retailers, one simple payment

Ferrit 2.0: One Cart Fits All

Shop at many retailers, one simple payment

Auckland, Thursday 23 November 2006 ? Just launched, Ferrit 2.0 is a completely new version of New Zealand?s popular online mall, ferrit.co.nz. The biggest single change in the total redesign is the introduction of a single, mall-wide shopping cart.

To read the full article go to - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0611/S00418.htm

24/11/06 - Great article on spam

Filters One Way To Block Spam

Anne Krishnan, Staff Writer
Q: How can I block the increasing volume of spam I'm receiving? I have tried blocking the sender, the server and even the recurring content (the words "company," "symbol," etc.).
I've gotten better results by asking Outlook Express to block not the senders, but messages containing the names of the specific stocks whose offerings have been the most persistent pests. Can you help?

 

Full Story go to - http://www.newsobserver.com/104/story/513348.html

20/11/06 - eCorner December Newsletter

It's Christmas at eCorner!

Christmas is a time for giving, so eCorner is offering our existing customers one FREE licence to our leading anti-spam product (Cloudmark Desktop) for 12 months. So, if you're sick of logging on to your PC every morning and sorting through the SPAM, check out our feature story below.