More and more shoppers are turning to social media sources before they make their holiday purchases in 2009. This step seems like a logical progression with the ever expanding online marketplace using Twitter and Facebook to communicate with their customer base, but the changes from last year to this year are more leaps and bounds [...]

Google search is going real-time. You knew it was coming as social networking sites began peppering the top search results pages and Bing struck a deal with Twitter and Facebook to go real time, but on those familiar white search pages, there was still a delay. News stories appear nearly immediately, like Michael Jackson’s death [...]

The big news at the beginning of this year’s holiday shopping season is not so much that brick-and-mortar spending is down — we’re all aware of the floundering economy  – it’s that online shopping sales saw a 13.7% increase over last year. And the news for WebLinc clients is even better: Sites that are running [...]

According to an article recently published by Forrester Research, 68% of the top 50 Internet retailers now use video content on their sites, compared with just 18% in 2008. The same article goes on to say that while only 16% of online buyers watch product videos on retailer Web sites, 64% of those consumers who [...]

WebLinc is happy to announce the launch of the all-new B2B eCommerce site for Thomas Scientific, which has been serving the worldwide scientific supplies market since 1900. Helping Thomas prepare for future sales through eCommerce presented several challenges that WebLinc met head-on. One of those challenges was accurately reflecting different pricing structures across their wide and [...]

WebLinc partner Bazaarvoice recently wrote on their blog about Free People’s strategy of highlighting the site’s top reviewers. By rewarding this group of dedicated customers, Free People gives other reviewers a spotlight to aspire to, and helps shoppers find reviewers whose fashion profile most closely matches their own, creating a new source for trusted upsells. [...]

Earlier this week, Smashing Magazine compiled a list of 15 of the most common mistakes that e-commerce sites make — and ways to avoid them. WebLinc client Free People, and part of the Urban Outfitters family of brands, was featured twice as an example of eCommerce done right. One common mistake is showing only one [...]

Earlier today, WebLinc launched the new eCommerce site for Island Moana, which brings together products from Hawaii’s best designers, artists, brands and collections. The site features a vast array of Hawaiian specialty goods, including foods, island jewelry, bath and body products, flowers and leis and unique Hawaiian wedding gifts. The founders of Island Moana met [...]

WebLinc is happy to announce the launch of its latest eCommerce site, Little Maven. The children’s clothing line is the vision of Beverly Hills 90210 actress and new mom Tori Spelling. “As a mother of two, I strongly believe that style should not be compromised when it comes to your family. But I realized that [...]

Check out the SLI Systems eCommerce podcast featuring WebLinc client Mighty Leaf Tea. In the podcast, Bliss Dake, VP of eCommerce and Operations for Mighty Leaf talks about his eCommerce platform, developed by WebLinc: …[We] wanted something that was also… We could be self reliant, but also scalable as well. So, we actually ended up [...]