Hi all,

I’ve blogged previously about business becoming more social, but given an ever increasing focus on social media in 2012, I thought it would be a good time to add a post on Realex Payments’s Facebook integration; obviously the more channels you can offer prospective customers to buy from, the better.

If you’re new to selling on Facebook, check out this nifty video on Social Commerce Today, which explains the basic premise behind selling on Facebook or Fcommerce. First and foremost when you’re starting out, it’s vital to launch a store with the right strategy and plan – like anything else in life!

Focus on not just recreating your existing online store on facebook, but providing an exclusive or special experience your Facebook fans/likes can’t get elsewhere. A [...]

Hi everyone,

We thought our first blog of 2012 should be some good ecommerce news, so we’re going to give you a sneak peak of our q4 infographic statistics! We’ll have the q4 inforgraphic ready in the next week or so, but in the meantime, I’ve highlighted some of the more surprising statistics below.

Having gone through some of the data one of the things that surprised me was the most popular day for shopping in q4 2011. It wasn’t in early December, as per previous years; in 2011, four out of the top five busiest days were in November! The busiest day was in fact Wednesday, November 30th.

Historically the most popular day whereby we would experience high volumes going through our systems would be the first or second Monday in December. However, 2011 demonstrated a new [...]

Hi all,

It’s that time of year again; as a thank you for your support during the past year, we are hosting our traditional (three times counts as a tradition, doesn’t it?!) Christmas drinks reception for our web developer partners and friends in the web development community in Dakota on South William Street on December 8th.

It starts at 6pm, so come along and say hi to the marketing and bus dev gang from the Dublin office. Unfortunately I wont be there – we’re running three events on the same night; we’re having partner events in Dublin, London and Paris! If I could teleport myself and attend all three events, I would

We’re really looking forward to catching up with you all over some nibbles and drinks. We will be there from 6pm for some food, drink and maybe even a [...]