James_Henry2

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Re:Shopify real-time orders on Friday November 29, 2013 @04:02PM (#6821007)

Looks like nobody in China, Russia or Africa are getting xmas gifts this year..

30 books to help entrepreneurs sell more (some hidden gems here)

Posted by James_Henry2 on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @10:45AM
from the shopify.com dept.

http://www.shopify.com/blog/7250594-reading-list-30-books-that-will-help-increase-sales

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'Done is better than perfect' + 5 other habits of highly productive people

Posted by James_Henry2 on Friday January 04, 2013 @06:11PM
from the markhayes.ca dept.

http://markhayes.ca/2011/11/26/6-habits-of-highly-productive-people/

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Re:How I ended up with so much Hacker News karma on Monday December 03, 2012 @10:39AM (#4865847)

Woah - I didn't even know a leaderboard existed!

Re:10 simple thins to do to protect your privacy on Sunday December 02, 2012 @01:32PM (#4862003)

These are all pretty standard. No surprises.

Living social fired 400 employees. Tis the season.

Posted by James_Henry2 on Saturday December 01, 2012 @04:19PM
from the internetretailer.com dept.

http://www.internetretailer.com/2012/11/30/livingsocial-lays-400-employees

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Re:Post mortem of a failed HackerNews launch on Thursday November 29, 2012 @11:23AM (#4848527)

This is really interesting, thanks for sharing. I love this kind of transparency.

Re:System infrastructure tweaks Shopify made to handle the load of Cyb... on Thursday November 29, 2012 @11:05AM (#4848417)

Im surprised how transparent this is. Halfing response time on a system that large is no easy task.

Why I don't recommend WordPress ecommerce plugins to anyone

Posted by James_Henry2 on Monday November 26, 2012 @04:34PM
from the youtu.be dept.

http://youtu.be/wEr9mX6vZQk

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Shopify ranks #3 US Internet retailers in terms of traffic

Posted by James_Henry2 on Monday November 26, 2012 @01:42PM
from the news.cnet.com dept.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57554048-93/so-where-will-people-shop-today-that-isnt-amazon/

- ahead of Walmart, Groupon, Target and Bestbuy?

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Re:Engineer Increased Sales and Happy Customers With Behavioral Psycho... on Thursday November 15, 2012 @01:34PM (#4789982)

Neuroscience and game theory are buzzwords in economics. Check out this lecture from Professor Ariel Rubinstein who argues that economics is a culture and not a science as espoused by his neuroeconomist colleagues. Link is here.. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/knowledge/business/rubenstein/

Google's new Toronto office (pics)

Posted by James_Henry2 on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @04:59PM
from the theglobeandmail.com dept.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/take-a-tour-of-googles-cool-new-toronto-office/article5220954/

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Re:Shopify turns into an iPad marketplace today by launching "Catalog" on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @02:56PM (#4780231)

...another article about the app. Looks like they're going to try and compete with Etsy, Fab, and Gilt. http://www.ecommerce-platforms.com/articles/shopify-releases...

Top Ecommerce Platforms By Alexa Rank

Posted by James_Henry2 on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @02:05PM
from the ecommerce-platforms.com dept.

http://www.ecommerce-platforms.com/articles/top-ecommerce-platforms-by-alexa-rank/

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Shopify turns into an iPad marketplace today by launching "Catalog"

Posted by James_Henry2 on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @01:10PM
from the shopify.com dept.

http://www.shopify.com/blog/6845306-a-preview-of-catalog-our-new-ipad-shopping-app

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Productivity Apps That Shopify Uses (Good List)

Posted by James_Henry2 on Thursday October 25, 2012 @11:46AM
from the shopify.com dept.

http://www.shopify.com/blog/6644078-16-productivity-apps-used-by-shopify

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BigCommerce's New Admin Panel, and Carousel Builder

Posted by James_Henry2 on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @10:37AM
from the bigcommerce.com dept.

http://www.bigcommerce.com/ecommerce-blog/new-design-now-live/

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The Rise of Mobile Commerce

Posted by James_Henry2 on Thursday October 18, 2012 @02:33PM
from the shopify.com dept.

http://www.shopify.com/blog/6704874-the-rise-of-mobile-commerce

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Re:Strategies for Increasing Profitability on Thursday October 04, 2012 @12:12PM (#4612999)

Very nice

Re:How to Ensure Your Merchant Account Application is Approved on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @01:50PM (#4571646)

Hacker News in particular loves Stripe

Re:How to Ensure Your Merchant Account Application is Approved on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @01:42PM (#4571596)

Good article, but the whole payment industry is moving toward all-in-1 solutions like Stripe. Much easier than messing around with finding a processor AND a applying (and locking into a contract) for a merchant account. IMHO.

Re:Using Behavioral Economics, Psychology, and Neuroeconomics to Maxim... on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @11:42AM (#4538688)

Why? You don't like making free money?

Re:Using Behavioral Economics, Psychology, and Neuroeconomics to Maxim... on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @11:02AM (#4538429)

My favorite behavioral economist is Dan Ariely - his TED talk "Are we in control of our decisions" is really valuable to entrepreneurs. Link here: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_o...