tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084Fri, 25 Oct 2024 08:49:43 +0000Australiaonline retaildomain namesecommerceonline publishingAustralian ecommerce statisticsNick BoltonauDAetailingonline retailingAIMIAAMBER awardsAustralian-retailersBT Projects Pty LtdBankingBasics CardBottle DomainsBuysterCBACSN-StoresDaniel-PetreEFTPOSFinanceICANNIntabillInternet retailingKordaMenthaMastercardPRPayPal paymentsProductivity CommissionRetail DecisionsSupreme CourtSydneyTenderTvetzkoffausbuyscustomsdStoredark blue seadevelopersdomain 8eBayeVolveecommerce awardsecommerce companiesecommerce jobsecommerce-reportecommerce.com.auecommerceauecommercereporteducationelancegate13governmentonline card fraudonline importsozdirectpaul albrightpayment fraudpayment gatewaysphotonsecurepayshopping.comsmart-cardstaxtrainingtwitterPlease comment on my ecommerce postings from down under. And don't forget to visit www.ecommercereport.com.auhttp://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)Blogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-7792036391511757103Tue, 18 Feb 2014 23:36:00 +00002014-02-19T10:36:35.465+11:00 Selling leatherwood honey online - the experiment continues. Yes, I've revived my online honey shop at www.tastyhoney.com and so the experiment continues. Its proving to be a somewhat frustrating experience. Three main reasons are behind that frustration. 1, First, relatively few people buy honey online anyway. This is hardly surprising, because grocery is one of those categories that has beenhttp://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2014/02/selling-leatherwood-honey-online-great.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-956578817423192178Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:46:00 +00002011-12-09T15:58:43.503+11:00customsonline importsonline retailProductivity CommissiontaxAustralia’s Productivity Commission has recommended no change to the minimum $AUD1000 tax and duty thresholds for online imports. The long-awaited Commission report was released this morning - Friday 9th December and contains 13 recommendations. No doubt the most significant of these is its recommendation that Australia’s comparatively liberal tax and duty thresholds should remain unchanged. http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2011/12/productivity-commission-recommends-no.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-9104045810597464153Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:26:00 +00002011-12-08T16:05:39.858+11:00Will Australians buy honey online?I'm asking the question because I've listed some honey for sale at ebay.com.auIts fine Australian honey from both a leading brand - Beechworth honey - which is in all the supermarkets, and a boutique supplier - Des O'Tooles - that you won't find in any supermarket.You'll have to search very, very hard to find the listings at ebay.com.au because, unlike at http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2011/12/great-ebay-online-honey-selling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-4605981973884497394Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:53:00 +00002010-03-12T21:49:35.706+11:00ausbuysozdirectpaul albrightshopping.comHow long do dead onlineshops live on in Google?Thats become an interesting question because of the story I published at eCommerce Report last week.The story reported that online merchant -www.ozdirect.com.au - had finally been found guilty of taking peoples money and not supplying the goods.Ozdirect's websites closed down some months ago however, and authorities report that the whereabouts of http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2010/03/google-gives-ozdirect-zombie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-843769625177731596Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:33:00 +00002009-10-16T18:41:57.659+11:00ecommerce jobsWhat does an ecommerce job mean to you? Is it a technical job, where someone has skills in HTML programming? Or is it just about any job working in an online business.This week I've been asking myself just what people mean when they advertise an ecommerce job.The question has become quite pressing now that I've added an ecommerce jobs page to my www.ecommercereport.com.au web-site.I find that thehttp://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-is-ecommerce-job.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-2086769005046074872Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:28:00 +00002009-10-09T14:43:57.148+11:00dark blue seadomain 8photonDark Blue Sea's chief executive, Greg Platz, has just told me that yes, the expired domains business they've bought is Domain 8.And yes, he confirmed the purchase price is potentially worth as much as $1.5million if all the earn-out conditions are satisfied.However he also confirmed that DBS has only bought Domain 8's expoired domains business. It hasn't bought the entire Domain 8 company, and ithttp://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/10/expired-domains-business-worth-up-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-1097229011331995282Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:16:00 +00002009-09-04T17:40:54.175+10:00Australiaecommerce awardsonline retailingThis week I've been looking at some new ecommerce awards down-under. Industry association, the Australian Interactive and Multi-Media Associations (AIMIA) AMBER awards and Smart Company's web awards.Regrettably, some of the AIMIA awards, such as best online retailer, are unlikely to produce credible results. A flawed process of nomination has produced a list of 20 contenders, probably half of http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/09/ecommerce-awards-just-publicity-stunt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-1029740002484387944Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:28:00 +00002009-08-26T13:24:32.079+10:00Australiaecommerce companiesonline retailThere were more than fifty companies and businesses exhibiting at the trade show for the Online -Retailer conference in Sydney earlier this month (18-19 August).Most enjoyed strong and even enthusiastic interest from the more than 2,600 people who attended.And indeed the whole event suggested something of an industry finding and recognizing itself for the first time.(Certainly the industry backedhttp://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/08/50vendors-at-onlineretailer-trade-show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-4789406056556835224Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:45:00 +00002009-08-11T11:13:23.211+10:00AIMIAAMBER awardsBankingFinanceAustralia's Interactive and Multi-Media Association (AIMIA) has announced a new awards competition for ecommerce and online services.The awards are to be known as the AMBERS. Entry is free and larger companies, with more than 1 million users a month, will be entered automatically.Entries close on August 20 so make sure you get your site or service entered.If you can't find the link at the AIMIA http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/08/aimia-announces-ecommerce-awards.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-3783746457200806792Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:22:00 +00002009-07-10T15:39:54.024+10:00BT Projects Pty LtdIntabillKordaMenthaTvetzkoffJohn Parks, from KordaMentha, has confirmed that the business known as Intabill is, in Ausralia at least, dead and defunct.The controversial Brisbane headquartered business that provided payment processing services for some of the world's leading poker sites, has gone under.Reputedly, the business owes its creditors around $80million.Parks said that the administration is formally for BTProjects http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/07/intabill-dead-in-voluntary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-8362035494187993158Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:11:00 +00002009-06-26T14:46:23.211+10:00Basics CardEFTPOSRetail DecisionsTenderTenders for the Australian government's Northern Territory Intervention 'Basics' EFTPOS card are due to close next Thursday the second of July.A large cast of banks, card organisations and payments businesses will be trying to win the contract, which is expected to be awarded in September this year.The card was created following the Australian government's NT intervention, (which was prompted by http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/06/koorie-cardblack-card-tenders-closing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-4401072540774304026Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:51:00 +00002009-06-23T14:24:30.161+10:00Australian ecommerce statisticsonline retailPRLots of online news services have rushed to publish numbers purportedly showing that Australian online shoppers are "returning to the web in droves to peruse global e-commerce websites and make online purchases."Trouble is, the numbers come from a June 18 press release issued by a US online marketing services provider - CoreMetrics. And they look decidedly dodgy.For example, CoreMetrics claims http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/06/coremetrics-online-spending-numbers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-452841085874313337Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:52:00 +00002009-06-23T14:24:57.062+10:00dStoreelanceetailingonline publishingonline retailingMystery solved. Michael Hellwig, a marketing analyst at Brisbane based online department store dStore - has been flushed out as the person who advertised a bogus job at eLance.com.The job was for a journalist to write for a new Australian ecommerce blog, up to nine a hours a week. The ad attracted at least two responses from freelance journalists. But the job isn't genuine and Hellwig is just http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/06/mystery-solved-dstore-executive-behind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-5989519381923501107Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:38:00 +00002009-06-17T14:20:06.230+10:00ecommerce.com.augate13securepayIt looks like www.ecommerce.com.au is off the air, and I'm guessing thats because either its current owner or a new owner is gearing up to become an ecommerce publishing tycoon.Certainly a brand new member at eLance has requested proposals from interested freelance journalists to work part -time on a new Australian ecommerce news site.The invitation at eLance says "I am in the process of setting http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/06/ecommercecomau-mystery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-5440827018321383273Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:47:00 +00002009-06-16T12:12:42.053+10:00eBay Australia's new Certified eBay Educator programme is now up and running.Details of how to become certified are spelled out in a 17 page contract that must be agreed to before sitting the online exam.Developed by Sydney based market research company, Stokes Mischewski, the new programme replaces the former eBay 'Education Specialist' arrangement with PowerU university in the US.Any current http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/06/ebay-au-unveils-new-rules-for-certified.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-1227437872539516075Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:42:00 +00002009-06-04T11:31:15.323+10:00ecommerceInternet retailingonline publishingonline retailEarlier this year we started getting a new daily online newsletter in our email inbox called Digital Media. It styled itself 'Australia's journal of the new media revolution' and with a daily pdf edition, original stories written by respected IT journo - Natalie Apostolou, and a web-site featuring all the polish of publisher Reed Business Information, the future looked bright.But something seems http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/06/ecommerce-publishing-heats-up-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-8787853933156186327Fri, 29 May 2009 01:31:00 +00002009-05-29T11:46:55.296+10:00domain namesICANNSydneyICANN is arguably the Internet's supreme governing body.So its meeting in Sydney from the 21st-26th June is an opportunity to see the inner workings of Internet governance at close hand.And certainly there are some issues on ICANN's agenda whose resolution could prove very significant for the future of ecommerce and online businesses everywhere.A proposal to extend domain names into non Latin http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/05/icann-down-under-in-sydney-june-21st.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-1864707858061621420Mon, 25 May 2009 03:09:00 +00002009-05-25T13:39:34.368+10:00Australian-retailersBuysterCSN-StoresDaniel-PetreAustralian retailers' ecommerce incompetence is part of the reason why News Ltd cash-box, Netus, has partnered with US online retailer, CSN Stores to set-up Buyster.So said former Microsoft executive and Netus co-owner, Daniel Petre, in the AFR this morning.Buyster is a local knock-off of CSN. It is using the exact same approach that, in just six years, has built the US company into a business http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/05/aussie-retailers-are-ecommerce-dummies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-1384864280349883334Thu, 21 May 2009 04:22:00 +00002009-05-25T13:58:22.842+10:00ecommerce-reportecommerceautwitterYou can now talk to us via our Twitter account - our Twitter name is ecommerceau.So you can follow us by Twitter if you like.We're not sure whether this will be useful to our readers or not, but we're keen to see what all the fuss is about.I plan to post ( or tweet, as they say) our latest weekly email update.And anything else that feels useful or relevant.Let me know what you think, whether it http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/05/ecommerce-report-now-on-twitter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-8780781421146541042Wed, 20 May 2009 05:40:00 +00002009-05-20T15:49:14.429+10:00CBAeVolveMastercardpayment gatewaysAustralian businesses connected to the Commonwealth Bank for the processing of their Internet credit-card transactions will not have to replace their existing payment gateways with the bank’s new eVolve service.Dominic White, the CBA’s general manager of merchant solutions said that the service is being offered to new merchant customers and to those looking to accept credit-card transactions http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/05/evolve-not-intended-to-replace-existing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-8327436401775255379Tue, 19 May 2009 02:59:00 +00002009-05-19T13:18:26.493+10:00Australian ecommerce statisticsonline card fraudpayment fraudOfficial statistics released last Friday show that Australian online credit-card fraud was significantly higher in 2008 than in the 2007.Overall credit and charge card fraud increased to a rate of 53.2cents in every $1000, up from 44.7cents in 2007.Most of this is believed to involve online credit-card fraud. But the publicly published statistics don't break down the figures into separate online http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/05/australian-online-credit-card-fraud-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-3683922204050304821Wed, 13 May 2009 05:02:00 +00002009-05-13T15:20:50.720+10:00auDAAustraliadomain namesecommercereportNick BoltonThe domain name smarties at Nick Bolton's Australian Style have done it again - stuffed up, that is.Over the weekend they attempted a bulk transfer of some twenty thousand customers domain names from one of Nick's accredited registrars to another.The move was no doubt pre-emptive, and intended to forestall any loss of customers when Nick's domain name registrar business - Bottle - loses its http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/05/nick-boltons-bottle-domains-in-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-3164693482998739492Thu, 07 May 2009 06:44:00 +00002009-05-07T16:59:56.936+10:00Australiaetailingonline publishingonline retailOnline retailers in Australia have been poorly served by local publishers and conference/event organisers.We found that out for ourselves a couple of years back with our Onlineshop2007 event.There just wasn't any single channel we could find to cost-effectively promote the event.And similarly, we found it difficult to find anyone who was writing or commenting on news and developments affecting http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/05/au-etailers-get-special-daily-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-2142489395661647841Tue, 05 May 2009 03:45:00 +00002009-05-05T14:16:40.418+10:00AustraliadevelopersPayPal paymentsPayPal has announced it will be launching a new Certified Developer and Partner Programme down-under.The announcement, dated 28th April 2009, released by PR company - the De Wintern Group, said that the programme would "recruit developers and solution providers to help meet the growing demand for online payments outside of the retail sector."I'm not sure what this says about the four local http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/05/paypal-to-launch-local-developerpartner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503084.post-2935907593923068120Fri, 01 May 2009 02:34:00 +00002009-05-01T13:07:52.390+10:00eBayeducationtrainingeBay Australia's new Certified eBay Educator program is a little late in starting. When the company announced the new program back on the 24th March, it said it would be launched in April."The exam, logos, certificates, contracts and other relevant materials will be available from mid April"Thats not happened but I'm sure the launch can't be too far away.Thats because whats going to be offered http://ozecommerce.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-certified-ebay-educators-cee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (stewart carter)1