Free e-Guide: How Free Shipping Can Boost E-commerce Sales

Stamps.com has partnered with SCORE, America’s premier source of free and confidential small business advice for entrepreneurs, to sponsor a free e-Guide that shows how free shipping can help boost…

“Free Shipping” Holiday Promos Can Eat Web Retailer Margins

If there is one thing that online consumers respond to besides sales during the holiday season, it’s free shipping.  A 2008 survey by Forrester Research showed that 75 percent of…

Going Social: 5 Easy Steps to Build Your Ecommerce Social Media Program

Are you ready to start a social media program for your business? Or have you started using social media but you are not satisfied with the results? Social media provides…

Monitoring Your Web Presence With Google Local Business Center

To find local businesses or services, consumers used to open a phone book or look in a newspaper. However, the Internet has changed the way that people search for local…

Grow Your eBay Business with a SWOT Analysis

The most common complaint I hear from ecommerce sellers is that they don’t have enough time. But really the bigger issue is how you use that time. Have you ever…

Survey: 64 Percent Say Free Shipping is the Most Effective Promotion

For e-commerce retailers, the holiday shopping season is the most important time of the year. To increase profitability, many are recognizing the value of shipping practices and promotions. In its…

Free Webinar: Holiday Shipping Best Practices 9/22 at 11AM PT

EDIT: Thanks to everyone who joined our webinar!  If you missed the webinar, click here for a replay. Join Stamps.com for a FREE webinar to learn more about how to…

How Successful Small Businesses Use Twitter – Part 1

Twitter is a powerful communication tool for growing a small business. The service provides a great way to communicate with your customers and get instant feedback regarding how your product…

How Successful Small Businesses Use Twitter – Part 2

In the part one of this Twitter marketing for small business series, we covered how to choose a username, how to write your bio and the one tip that will…