I'm exhausted by the incessant demands to rate every product I buy online, every ride I book, and every meal I order. It's time for work-to-rule. My demand is a credit of 50¢ for each rating and $5 for each text review over 20 words.
If companies don't think my feedback is worth that very-modest sum, then it's not worth harassing me for with notifications and emails
It's Saturday!
Got a message from a colleague I haven't heard from in a while. They're asking for a quote for hosting an e-commerce site they've built with a friend, who by the way sells products I love.
Offered them hosting based on FreeBSD and jails, and they're eager to proceed, trusting the technical solution. Starting right away with enthusiasm, looking forward to heading downtown. It's cold outside but thankfully no rain. Another good day! 😊
> A Canadian man who says he’s been falsely charged with orchestrating a complex e-commerce scam is seeking to clear his name. His case appears to involve “triangulation fraud,” which occurs when a consumer purchases something online [...] but the seller doesn’t actually own the item for sale.
Wie chinesische Onlinehändler den europäischen Zoll austricksen
Chinesische Plattformen wie Temu, Shein und AliExpress versenden einen Großteil ihrer Produkte zollfrei nach Europa. Es geht um Milliarden Päckchen im Jahr. SWR-Recherchen zeigen, wie Onlinehändler Zoll- und Steuerlücken ausnutzen. Von Julian Gräfe.
I am looking for recommendations for a #shop / #ecommerce software, preferably #foss for my #smallbusiness for #selfhosting (no service recommendations please, this is not a thing I can throw margins at)
It can be pretty barebone, but it should have cart, checkout, payment processing integration.
The thing I'd like it to have is an #api to create product, upload media, order handling and so on.
A client of my client (for whom I manage servers) ran a significant e-commerce business on #Magento for many years. They always used Magento OpenSource and saw substantial growth, evolving from a small online store to a giant, making the physical store secondary compared to their online volumes. They were happy, satisfied, and still growing. Then a salesperson showed them #Shopify, and they were persuaded to switch. I tried to explain that they would lose direct control of their e-commerce and data management (as the database would no longer be theirs but Shopify's), and complete control over their business and related costs. If Shopify doubles its prices tomorrow, they can't do anything but pay double. Despite this, the salesperson was convincing: my client will still manage the business, but they will abandon their efficient Magento servers for Shopify. Nothing against Shopify, but I see this as a defeat and a regression.
Unfortunately, people still fail to understand that data should be owned and free, not tied to proprietary platforms of others.