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To achieve success as a retailer in today’s world, you need to sell online. E-commerce has become standard practice. This is especially so in the world’s biggest economies. In 2014 alone, 8.2% of retail in Asia Pacific, 6.7% in Western Europe, and 6.3% in North America was done online. These figures are expected to rise to 18%, 10%, and 9% respectively by 2018. But even in lesser developed economies, e-commerce is becoming increasingly accessible and intuitive. Approximately $2 trillion dollars is spent in online sales a year. If you want to grow as a business, you need to start selling online.

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The Xsellco team has been on our radar for quite some time now, as you can see based on our review of the Xsellco Fusion system a while back.

It turns out that Xsellco has recently updated its user user experience and added quite a few new features, so we wanted to take a look at how things have improved over at Xsellco and show you a few screenshots of the clean new interface that customers are raving about.

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In the world of online payment systems, the two mighty behemoths are PayPal vs Skrill.  Everyone else is a dwarf by comparison, and dwell around the fringes of online payments, and yes that even includes the likes of Payoneer and Authorize.Net (and BitCoin isn't even on the radar for the vast majority of merchants right now).

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Many commercial websites are too product-oriented.  There's nothing really wrong with that up to a point.  You want to make sure that people understand what you are selling and why they should want it.  Unfortunately that's where many site owners get things wrong.  They display the product but neglect to provide sufficient detail about why the consumers would want it.  This is perhaps based on the assumption that their product is so great that it needs no explanation.

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There is an idea that if you want to be a success in an online business then the way to go is to head for the luxury market. The luxury market is a profitable sector, trading on its exclusivity to deliver quality products and services to a discerning few rather than the undiscerning multitude. But how do you position a luxury brand for ecommerce?

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Are you interested in boosting your skills for your ecommerce store? Have you thought of a cool idea that you'd like to sell, but you aren't entirely sure how to go about building and marketing your online shop? Why not consider enrolling in one of these killer business ecommerce online courses?

These classes are compiled online to guide you through the many opportunities and struggles you'll encounter as an internet professional. From courses that guide you through the intricacies of analytics to classes that are there to walk you through the complex arena of social media, we've put together a daring list of the top courses for ecommerce.

In fact, many of them are posted online for free.

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