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December 4, 2007:
The Paypal Storefront Widget, The fastest, easiest eCommerce solution for blogs
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The Paypal Storefront Widget which launched today is pretty darn close to the blog eCommerce solution of my dreams. There's a reason for that… which is that I worked closely with the development team that created it. Back in August,... Read full article
August 3, 2007:
Blogs as Stores: A Comprehensive Overview of Ecommerce Solutions for Bloggers
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When I started TypePad Hacks, one of the things I most wanted was a simple way to integrate e-commerce into TypePad blogs… at the time, probably 30% of my income came from blogging. This year, that number is more like... Read full article
July 11, 2007:
The Ultimate Guide to Blog Commerce Coming Soon
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I had a revelation not too long ago which has sparked some interesting conversation with the folks at TypePad about integrating ecommerce into blogs. This has been one of my long-running areas of interest here since I make most of... Read full article
September 27, 2006:
Amazon aStores… An Almost Amazing Alternative (or Addition) to Blog Advertising
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And an awesome excuse for annoying alliteration, as well! Heh. But I promise I'll stop that now, since what I really want to post is a review of the pros and cons of Amazon's aStore program. Note: Adding an Amazon... Read full article
June 3, 2006:
Shopify Is Live! (and Much More Blog Store News)
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Okay, I'm geeked… I just got my invite to beta test Shopify, the closest thing going to my idea of what a blog store should be. Go check them out and take a look at their blog as well. The only problem I foresee is that I've sold so many fire bowls over my art blog this week that I'm going to be in the studio way more than at the keyboard this week. So it's likely that a full-on review of shopify will take a while.... It sounds like they're pretty close to full launch.
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May 31, 2006:
Shopify Is Coming Soon
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TypePad Stores
Okay, I'm geeked… I just got my invite to beta test Shopify, the closest thing going to my idea of what a blog store should be. Go check them out and take a look at their blog as well. The only problem I foresee is that I've sold so many fire bowls over my art blog this week that I'm going to be in the studio way more than at the keyboard this week. So it's likely that a full-on review of shopify will take a while.... It sounds like they're pretty close to full launch.
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April 11, 2006:
More Thoughts on Blog Stores
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JHill left a comment on my recent post So Who Wants Blog Stores, asking: I'm not sure why it needs to be blog focused... There's some infrastructure that could be leveraged, but I think that Amazon/Ebay/Yahoo could probably acheive the... Read full article
April 3, 2006:
So Who Wants Blog Stores?
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So who would use a blog-based storefront if it were available? I just got off the phone with one of my closest friends who's been following the Hacks story offline… She's 53 and has never used a computer on a... Read full article
March 27, 2006:
TypePad Store Demos
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TypePad Stores
I've been promising and promising to go into depth on what a TypePad Storefront would look like… I realize now that this is really going to require multiple posts to cover, and I'm going to start today by showing you... Read full article
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