WebLinc just launched the brand new mobile commerce site for Free People, a division of Urban Outfitters Inc. The new site fully replicates the experience customers have come to expect from Free People, and now with the aid of their smartphones, shoppers can access the site from just about anywhere.
A few things make this site and WebLinc’s capabilities [...]

WebLinc is thrilled to announce the launch of Leifsdottir.com, the newest website from Urban Outfitters, Inc. This is the third site that WebLinc has launched for the fashion brand, along with Free People and Free People Wholesale. Leifsdottir is a young designer collection by Finland native Johanna Uursjarvi. Meaning “daughter of Leif,” Leifsdottir illuminates the [...]

WebLinc, the leading provider of scalable and customizable e-commerce solutions, today announced the January launch of four dynamic new eCommerce sites. The launches encompass both B2C and B2B eCommerce and represent a wide range of product offerings, from apparel to library supplies to DVDs.
Infinity Resources, Inc., already a leading online retailer known for their competitive prices and diverse [...]

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 disparate [...]

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.
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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 product [...]