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Your website is like your shop front and needs to be both secure and accessible to help attract customers and increase revenue.  It is vitally important therefore that your website is open and informative and meets legal requirements. ...

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A recent survey of UK consumers claims that marketing e-mails they receive have become less relevant than they were a year ago.  However nearly two-fifths (39 percent) said they would be more likely to forward information they found useful onto a friend, according to new research.  ...

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Some of the biggest online retail sites have been identified as the most difficult to use according to a recent usability poll of consumers.  The cost of poor site performance is not just lost visitors, it's lost revenue.  Nearly three-quarters of online businesses correlate poor site perf...

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UK shoppers spent a staggering £5.46 billion online in December 2009 – nearly a fifth up on December 2008 – a figure higher than any of our European neighbours, a new report reveals.  ...

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Christmas 2009 looks set to be far better for retailers than many would have expected following a turbulent year for the retail sector.  ...

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Shopping cart abandonment affects nearly every online merchant.  A whitepaper produced by McAfee, the ecommerce and data security company, called Digital Window Shopping: The Long Journey to "Buy", cites a survey conducted by comScore, in which comScore attempted to determine why shoppers aband...

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Statistics suggest that 81.7% of potential customers are lost if you’re not in the top 30 ‘natural’ search engine results.  Therefore effective Search Engine Optimisation is vital to the success of your online store.  But getting listed on the first few pages of Goog...

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The standard rate of VAT was temporarily reduced to 15 per cent on 1st December 2008 and it will revert to 17.5 per cent on 1st January 2010.  For any sales of standard-rated goods or services that you make on or after 1st January 2010 you must charge VAT at the rate of 17.5 per cent.  ...

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PURENET – the rapidly expanding ecommerce solutions firm based in the York Science Park IT Centre are today celebrating after picking up the ‘Best Small Business’ Award at last night’s (26 Nov) The Press York Business Awards 2009. ...

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PureNet’s Stuart Duncan took the stage Thursday night (Nov 19) at The Duchess in York to perform for Mencap's York Idol.And on the night that put the business into show business, the big winner was charity with all the proceeds going to Mencap, the leading UK charity for people with a learning...

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Ride-Away, the equestrian goods specialist based near York is looking to improve sales with the launch of a new website, incorporating an improved online shop, designed and built by York-based ecommerce solutions provider, PureNet....

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Darren Rodmell, 35, a website developer for York-based ecommerce solutions provider, PureNet, is celebrating after completing the gruelling Great North Run half marathon for the seventh time on the weekend of the 20th September. ...

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Over half of the UK population will be shopping online by 2013 – according to a recent report by eMarketer.   The report predicted that the number of online shoppers will rise from 26.9m to 31.8m, a figure which represents a total of 72.5% of all web users, with this figure set to inc...

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PureNet, the York-based e-commerce solutions provider, issued a stark warning to online retailers, who may be disregarding the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) – ‘follow the standard or pay later’. The standard was created by the five major credit card compa...

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After four months of nail-biting tension, e-commerce specialists PureNet were today announced as a finalist in The Press Business Awards 2009 for the coveted Small Business of the Year award.  PureNet, who won the Best New Business of the Year award in 2007 have seen the business grow rapidly...

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In today’s recessionary environment wholesalers and manufacturers are trying to find ways to increase their revenue, reduce their dependency on retailers and find ways to improve the way they work. With a 13% increase in online retail sales in February compared with last year*, one route ...

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OK, so you’ve done it.  You’ve made the decision to invest in a new website in order to open up a new revenue stream by selling your products online.  BUT have you considered the legalities of it all?As with high street retailers, there are laws in place to protect consumers, s...

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Most goods bought on the Internet are paid for by credit or debit card. There are several methods for accepting card payments - each with different set up costs, pricing structures and technology requirements.This brief article covers some of the basic aspects of electronic payment and explains the ...

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Your e-commerce website is your shop window on the web.  Think of the web as the biggest shopping centre in the country and imagine how your shop window is going to fit in and compete with all the other shop windows similar to yours.  A big ask for what could potentially become a major sou...

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Whilst December 2008 was poor on the high-street a recent British Retail Consortium (BRC) survey states that non-food non-store sales online were up by 30% on a year ago*.This is hugely encouraging news for online and multichannel retailers.  November 2008 also saw a 16.6% increase in non-food ...

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With online Christmas spending predicted to top £10 billion between now and December 24th PureNet, the York-based e-commerce specialist suggests many ‘e-tailers’ would do well to make their websites more customer friendly. “There are five simple rules that will help reta...

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Birmingham City Football Club launches their new online store designed, built and managed by PureNet.   The on-line store is an effective way for fans to get their hands on official Birmingham City football kit and BCFC merchandise.  The site is built using PureNet’s WebPOS 2.0 e-commerc...

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Microsoft has today published its latest case study highlighting PureNet’s success in providing e-commerce solutions as a software as a service (SaaS).   With the help of Microsoft and hosting partner 7global, PureNet has created an attractive offering for new and existing customers. &nbs...

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PureNet walked away with an award at the prestigious Yorkshire Digital Awards held at the Royal Armouries Museum on the 8th May 2008. “It is really amazing to have won this award and is welcome recognition of the hard work everyone at PureNet has put in over the past months to build a strong and re...

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