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In today’s e-commerce environment, merchants have a lot more options beyond selling their products and services through their own online storefronts. Platform provider ShopVisible has just introduced a set of seamless integrations that connects retailers to major marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay, Buy.com, Overstock and Craigslist.

Merchants using the ShopVisible e-commerce platform can manage their entire product catalogs at a granular level across these diverse channels through one management console. The platform provides a direct, two-way interaction where products can be selectively pushed to specific online marketplaces and comparison shopping engines, and orders are all managed and organized in a single user interface.

ShopVisible also enables retailers to automate the entire product approval process for all retail channels. Integrations are among the ShopVisible platform’s best features, connecting online retailers with valuable marketplaces, software packages and third-party applications that simplify the selling process. Merchants may visit the site to order a free demo of ShopVisible’s on-demand e-commerce solution.

More and more services are offering quick, easy and cheap ways of collecting money via your site. Martin Gill, director of HomeMade Digital, reveals who you can trust with your cash

Recession, global competition, busy consumers, fraud, investors seeking to reduce costs. Not since the early faltering steps of ecommerce has there been so much pressure to show tangible results and realise every last ounce of value. Every business with a sales presence online is aware of the old favourites, context and content, being king. In tight economic times, cash and conversion are also regal in their importance. For those already operating online shops, are there ways to focus on greater efficiency? For those looking to get into the market, what are the payment options available and what needs to be considered?

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E-commerce has become a vast ecosystem that pumps billions upon billions of dollars through the web and easily connects consumers what their objects of desire at a single click. On the backend of e-commerce sites, there is plenty of opportunity for tech giants and startups to help power retailers’ online storefronts.

Google, IBM, Microsoft and many others offer various technologies to help online retailers seamlessly sell their products on the web. One notable startup in the space, Shopify,  which provides a turnkey e-commerce technology that lets anyone create a storefront online, has acquired  MNDCreative,  the developers of StoreSync,  a mobile e-commerce management platform. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Unsurprisingly, Shopify’s acquisition of StoreSync aims to help expand its existing offerings onto mobile devices. StoreSync will be available exclusively to Shopfiy customers, and will be integrated tightly with its web platform.

StoreSync mobile application lets users tap into online store sales statistics, order processing, shipment status and product and customer information from an iPhone. Shopify’s web-based platform allows anyone to set up a store in moments, add items to sell, upload images, add tags and group items, and integrate PayPal or other credit card processor for payments. Storefronts and shopping carts can be customized and the platform assures security for all transactions. The startup has a staggered price range for various offerings starting at $24 per month.

The acquisition makes sense for Shopify; retailers will need to have mobile access to their e-commerce information and StoreSync provides this technology in a simple and efficient way. However, it will be interesting if the company will soon roll out functionality for the Android.