Earlier this month, StatCounter reported that Google Chrome had finally overtaken Mozilla Firefox in use in the worldwide market. Poor Firefox. Some of our developers have also said goodbye to Firefox, converting over to Chrome as their main browser on their home and work computers. As a tribute to the waning rule of Firefox, we created this comic:
What About You?
What do you think? Are you sad that Firefox is seeing a decline or do you think it’s about time that Chrome has become more popular? Have you ever used the Firefox’s useful web development add-on Firebug and do you like it? Share with us in the comments!
Infographic: Shopping Cart Abandonment and Tips To Avoid It
As we move into the holiday season, owners of ecommerce systems might want to make sure that they’re doing everything possible to make their online stores easy to use for the thousands of people browsing and purchasing online for this gift-giving season. Don’t let your shopping carts be abandoned on the verge of a sale! The helpful people over at Monetate have created this great infographic full of interesting stats and useful tips:
What is your take on this infographic? Do you agree with these shopping cart tips? Do you have any of your own to add? Please let us know your thoughts in the comments!
If you are planning on getting an ecommerce website setup soon, and were wondering how the whole gateway process works, below is an illustration of how payment gateways work and the process. To be able to process transactions online, you will need to have a merchant gateway set up. The gateway is like a virtual credit card machine that process credit cards online. The gateway then authorizes the card transaction and processes it through a merchant. Some popular merchant gateways are Authorize.net, ECHO, etc.
After the transaction is processed, the merchant gateway sends the money to your bank. After about 24 hours, the money will show in your bank account.
Setting up a gateway account is easy. There is just a form we have our clients fill out, and we take care of the rest. We integrate the system into your site and set it up to communicate with your bank.
