The online store for selling handmade goods has 875,000 active sellers who together sold more than $525m worth of goods in 2011.
Mobile Commerce
10 May 2012
09 May 2012
More than 33 million active customers have purchased 170 million Groupon deals as of the end of 2011, according to its CEO Andrew Mason.
It enables merchants to incorporate a PayPass checkout button into their mobile applications and websites to simplify the digital purchasing experience.
Belly is “the anti-Groupon: Groupon is doing lead generation through discounting; what Belly is trying to do is loyalty” said a partner at Andreessen Horowitz.
04 May 2012
Google said Wednesday that customers can now charge more types of Android content to their cellphone bill, including music, movies, books and apps.
Boku’s on-device payment allows consumers to buy online goods and services with their wireless phone number, eliminating the need to store personal financial data on their phone or tablet.
Thd upstart PayPal competitor that helps people accept money online for donations, events and stores, has raised the new funding round led by Ignition Partners.
NFC would allow you to make the transfer by simply tapping devices together. For sharing gifts with people you’re not standing next to, purchases could also be transferred via email.
03 May 2012
The infographic details the past, present and possible future of mobile commerce: from the m-commerce to the m-wallets, through different forms of mobile transaction (barcodes, coupons and self-checkout).
02 May 2012
For the author, Apple will include NFC in the next iPhone, embed a digital wallet as part of iOS, and enable tap to pay; third party developers will create innovative “spokes“ to plug into the mobile wallet “hub”.