Tag: e-commerce
How to Buy an Online Business and Receive More Profit
Do you notice an online business you would like to buy? Before you make an offer, know how to buy an online business. Here are tips to receive more profit. Wondering how to make more money without doing more work? You might want to buy an online business. Every 30 seconds, over $1.2 million dollars… READ MORE
How to Claim a Domain Name and Secure Your Website URL
How to Claim a Domain Name and Secure Your Website URL Did you come up with your company name and are working on your website? Reserve your name before someone else takes it! Here’s how to claim a domain name and how to secure it. Coming up with a domain name for your website can… READ MORE
How to Sell Your Business: 6 Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Your Online Business
Did your online business receive success, and now major corporations want to buy your business? Before you agree, know how to sell your business and avoid these 6 mistakes. Do you own an online business that’s turned into a massive success over time? If so, you might currently be fielding offers from major corporations that… READ MORE
How to Prevent eCommerce Fraud and Protect Your Online Store
Half of eCommerce businesses fall victim to eCommerce fraud, costing up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Here’s how to protect your business. You think your e-commerce business is going well. You watch the sales roll in, your shipping process is running well, and you’re excited to check your bank account. When you do, though,… READ MORE
Is Someone Illegally Using Your Trademark? The 8 Factor Trademark Infringement Test
The trademark infringement test is an umbrella term for several factors that courts use to assess confusion. The court will analyze and weigh each factor, determining if consumers in the marketplace are likely confused by both brands’ marks when they compete with one another–marketplace context being key here because it varies depending on case facts!… READ MORE
E-Commerce Deceptive Pricing: What All Online Sellers Need to Know
In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is charged with protecting consumers in the marketplace. Section 5 of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a)(1) prohibits companies from utilizing “unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce”. This standard has been applied to protect consumers from deceptive pricing schemes. With retail… READ MORE
Importing Products From China: Beware FCC Regulations
There are many startup and already successful e-commerce entrepreneurs who are importing products from China and then make good profits by re-selling them on Amazon and/or on similar online sales platforms. However, special care should be taken with electronic devices because such must comply with the Communication Act of 1934, as amended, and with regulations… READ MORE
Update Your Browsewrap and Clickwrap Agreements
A recent California case reminds businesses and website owners that browsewrap and clickwrap agreements must be conspicuous for courts to enforce them. See Long v. Provide Commerce, Inc., 245 Cal.App.4th 855 (2nd Dist. 2016). It may be time to review your agreements to ensure they still comply with existing law. What are Clickwrap and Browsewrap… READ MORE
Why Businesses Need an Internet Attorney
There are very few businesses in existence today that can function without the Internet or an Internet attorney. The new technologies involving digital communications and the way they are utilized by business are constantly changing. With this emerging technology comes the need for laws to regulate the activities of companies conducting business online and around… READ MORE
Weebly Data Breach
According to reports, a February 2016 breach has caused Weebly, a user-created website service, to be the latest victim in the rising trend of data breaches. The data breach at Weebly, affecting 43,430,316 customers dating back to 2007, revealed email addresses and/or usernames, IP addresses and encrypted (bcrypt hashed) passwords for a large number of… READ MORE