Archive for August, 2011

30 Aug

International Ecommerce Merchants Can Learn from Groupon’s China Mistakes

Ecommerce

In this 8/24/11 WSJ article, “Groupon Stumbles in China, Closes Some Offices,” reporter Loretta Chao sums it all up in the first paragraph: “Groupon Inc.’s joint venture in China has closed offices in some cities and laid off hundreds of employees, according to people familiar with the situation, raising questions about the online coupon company’s [...]

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26 Aug

Adobe Scene 7 Integration for Yahoo! Stores

Ecommerce

FastPivot’s Yahoo! Store developers recently launched MaineCottage.com’s new Yahoo! Store. In addition to programming a world class Yahoo! Store, FastPivot’s Yahoo! Store developers were also responsible for installing an advanced, top of the line, Adobe Scene 7 configurator. This product color scheme selection and zoom configurator is the Lamborghini of configurators-It’s not cheap, and very [...]

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24 Aug

Right Development Team Reduces Ecommerce Earthquake Risk

Ecommerce

Earlier this week, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake gave U.S. east coasters a little shake (A few of us at the Fastpivot headquarters in Asheville NC even felt tremors hundreds of miles from the epicenter). It’s always good to have harmless reminders like this to help us remember the importance of good infrastructure. The same is [...]

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22 Aug

301 Redirect Softens SEO Landing During Yahoo! Store Transition

Ecommerce

The theory around the 301 redirect is that you can move from a non-Yahoo! Store to a Yahoo! Store and protect where you sit in the search ranking world (Yahoo! Store urls and naming conventions are different than what your non-Yahoo! Store’s would be). If you’re a non-Yahoo! Store merchant and want to migrate to [...]

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19 Aug

NovelGiftBaskets.com : We Love You Guys Too!

Ecommerce

NovelGiftBaskets.com: We Love You Guys Too! Warm regards! The FastPivot Team RE: “The FastPivot team did a phenomenal job transforming my website from a template blog into an extremely professional looking, full service web site. Their team is thorough and courteous, extremely helpful throughout the entire process. From the initial sign on to each and [...]

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