4 signs your relationship is going to end badly – tips for online store owners
You've got a "feeling" today. Not sure exactly what it is yet, but you're feeling that the relationship with your website developer isn't how it used to be. Maybe not yet on the rocks. Maybe just a whiff of something undesirable in the air, like when a gas powered bus...
Don’t panic, your website is just infested with worms and porn
If you're reading this article because your website is infected with malware and redirecting to porn websites, you've come to the right place. If you're a business owner and justifiably freaking out about the situation that's presented itself, let's get straight to...
When hacking and malware strike an online store
It's midday and we've been noticing some abnormal activity on a client website the past few hours. The website is "running hot", an internal reference we use, referring to the fact it's being severely throttled because it's continuously hitting the limits of the...
What you need to know about the pitfalls of hosting an ecommerce website
The pains of hosting an ecommerce store are not as straightforward as we'd like them to be, and sometimes the solution is not quite what you'd expect. In this article we explore these challenges. So you've got a brand new online store, or you could have been doing it...
BeerBud.com.au brings craft beer online
Run by three former investment bankers, BeerBud.com.au makes craft beer available online. Andy Williamson, 27, Alex Gale, 30, and Mark Woollcott, 35, all held high-paying positions at investment firm CMB Capital and all three loved trying different beer rather than...
Australian online shopping picks up again
After a brief lull, Australians are back to shopping online again. The NAB Online Retail Sales Index estimates digital sales in Australia at $15.6 billion for the year to July 2014, representing annual growth of 8.6%. This places online shopping at 6.6% of traditional...
Five tips for starting an online business
Fred Schebesta, founder of comparison website finder.com.au, which now averages 400,000 views per month, shares his top five tips for starting an e-commerce site. 1. Find your niche "If you want your business to survive, you need to find exactly where you'll sit in...
Woolworths’ online sales way up over last financial year
Woolworths announced recently that its online sales rose to more than AU$1.2 billion for the financial year ending June 2014. This is an increase of more than 50% compared to last year. Woolworths CEO Grant O'Brien said the latest results reinforced the company's...
Australian Government Portal Publishes Bitcoin Business Guidelines
The Australian government’s online business information portal has published a ‘Bitcoin for business’ page to advise operators of their tax and other regulatory obligations when using the digital currency. It contains a basic explanation of what bitcoin is and how it...