For some reason there's a tendency in the IT industry to take the view that if you're not using Object Oriented Programming (OOP) methods, then you're not a “real programmer”. That is actually a somewhat silly stance to take, because there are many situations where OOP is not the most appropriate way to deal with a problem. This is the flaw in languages like Java which force OOP into every programming task whether you need it or not.
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Let's say a customer named Susan stops by your outdoor gear online store.
Susan purchases a gift to be sent to a friend. A month later she doesn't recognize the charge on her bill so she asks to have it refunded through her bank. This results in a potential chargeback for your ecommerce store.
The same goes for Steven, who comes to your site with fraud in mind. He buys a pair of boots, claims they were never delivered and asks his bank for a refund.
Now, one example is unintentional while the other is malicious, but both could end up costing your company big bucks if the chargebacks aren't handled properly.
That's where Charegbacks911 comes into the picture.
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If you have a slow site, probably on shared server that receives a lot of traffic, you may be able to speed things up a bit by hosting some of your content on a Content Delivery Network (CDN).
Unfortunately traditional CDN is often priced out of reach for a small business website, but the good news is there is a way to set up cloud storage drives to act as your own personal CDN systems. In this article we'll discover some methods for doing that.
Some commons problems often arise when ecommerce professionals look for payment processing:
There are too many fees. Payment processing may not be offered in your country or region. You can't sell to customers in some countries. Credit cards are the only payment option. Fraud is high. Chargebacks are common. Sometimes you can't process recurring billing or subscriptions.These hurdles make it a pain in the butt when researching for the best payment processing, but Alternative Payments has a new business model that attempts to get rid of these situations.
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Crowdfunding has become extremely popular in the recent past, allowing entrepreneurs and smaller companies to gain funding from regular people for their projects such as movies, smart coolers, interesting games and more. Crowdfunding works by asking people to contribute to the campaigns, who then receive rewards for their “investments.”
Sending an email to a client or potential customer is one of the easiest ways to show your professionalism and overall branding.
Although it's easy and free to setup an email with Gmail or Yahoo, you look far less credible. That's why a free business email address is required.
For example, a business email address looks something like this:
Therefore, people see that you're a legitimate company, and they can even view where your official website is located. Not only that, but Gmail, Hotmail and other free accounts often get sent to the spam box if you're using them for an email marketing service like MailChimp.
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If you've never heard of SEMrush, I would recommend you rush on over there. The website manages the complicated facets of spying on your competitors and understanding what they're doing right and wrong. This comes in play for all ecommerce stores, since SEO, backlinks and other referrals provide most of the traffic you receive.
Overall, the SEMrush program delivers an online search engine for you to paste in a website URL and see all sorts of metrics and reports about said website.
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If you've ever played Cards Against Humanity, at some point you had to have to figure out that the Chicago creators are not exactly your regular business people. They've shared their story with numerous publications, developed one of the most popular, and raunchiest, party games in the world, and most of the creators still hold their regular day jobs, even after selling millions of copies of the game.
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