ecommerce: March 2008 Archives
It must be something to do with the long weekend, but I've been getting emails about special offers and sales all morning ...
Anyway the latest one I've got is from CD Wow who are running yet another sale for the next few days
Enjoy :)
Anyway the latest one I've got is from CD Wow who are running yet another sale for the next few days
Enjoy :)
Cancelling a PayPal subscription if you are a buyer isn't that hard, but if you are a merchant it's far from obvious.
We ran into the issue a few times in recent months, so we contacted PayPal's support team. They happily informed us that the only way a subscription could be cancelled was if the buyer cancelled it from their end.
Of course a lot of buyers either don't know how or simply forget to do it, so we were still getting calls about the issue.
I called Paypal again this afternoon and spoke to a very helpful guy in their Dublin offices who walked me through the steps to cancel a subscription from the merchant's end.
It's quite simple once you know how.
Login to your Paypal account and click on the "History" tab.
In the "show" dropdown choose "subscriptions" and set the start date to some date in the past. You may need to go back quite a bit, as the history section only shows the subscription creation date and not any subsequent payments from the client.
Once you've found the subscription you want to cancel click on the "details" link. You should now see an option to "cancel subscription". Then click on it and confirm that you really do want to cancel the subscription.
You should receive a confirmation email within a couple of minutes.
Now if only they'd told us that when we first asked!
We ran into the issue a few times in recent months, so we contacted PayPal's support team. They happily informed us that the only way a subscription could be cancelled was if the buyer cancelled it from their end.
Of course a lot of buyers either don't know how or simply forget to do it, so we were still getting calls about the issue.
I called Paypal again this afternoon and spoke to a very helpful guy in their Dublin offices who walked me through the steps to cancel a subscription from the merchant's end.
It's quite simple once you know how.
Login to your Paypal account and click on the "History" tab.
In the "show" dropdown choose "subscriptions" and set the start date to some date in the past. You may need to go back quite a bit, as the history section only shows the subscription creation date and not any subsequent payments from the client.
Once you've found the subscription you want to cancel click on the "details" link. You should now see an option to "cancel subscription". Then click on it and confirm that you really do want to cancel the subscription.
You should receive a confirmation email within a couple of minutes.
Now if only they'd told us that when we first asked!
I don't mind admitting that I have a serious addiction to DVDs.
The only problem is paying for them!
Of course the beauty of the internet is that you don't have to restrict yourself to buying from your local shop. You don't even have to restrict yourself to Amazon or Play.
The downside with ordering anything online can be the shipping cost and possibly customs duty if you're unlucky enough to get caught for it.
Over the last couple of weeks I've been doing a lot of research into the various options for buying home cinema equipment, dvds, hd dvds and blu ray discs. If I get a chance I'll put some of what I've learnt into a coherent post, but in the meantime I thought I'd mention a couple of pretty cool sites I came across.
EzyDVD, which is based in Australia, carries the normal selection of DVD, HD and BluRay titles you would expect, but also has a really impressive selection of "Exclusives" (the link to them on my Godfather post was eaten by FF3 beta!)
DVD Therapy. UK based shop that carries a very eclectic selection of hard to find HD discs. From what I can gather the people behind the shop are film nuts! If you're serious about film this is one worth looking at. Pricing is pretty good on a lot of the titles as well. Shipping costs are based on weight. Pricing in Sterling.
Store4.They seem to have a fairly comprehensive selection of titles. Pricing in Sterling. Free shipping.
DVDi. It may not be the most attractive site on the internet, but the free delivery worldwide is a nice USP.They also have pricing in a variety of currencies including Euro, which saves a lot of flipping backwards and forwards to xe.com.
4CheapCDs. Very similar to DVDi. Free shipping to Ireland and pricing in Euro
SelectCheaper. Incredibly ugly site, but the shipping cost of 50p per DVD is hard to beat (unless you opt for a shop offering free delivery obviously)
Deep Discount. Nice selection of titles. The pricing on some items is good, but the shipping cost isn't that attractive.
AxelMusic. Very attractive site and easy to navigate (unlike some of the others). The really nice feature that makes this site a true winner is their region-free blu-ray section. They seem to have truly embraced the web and offer RSS feeds and even a Mac desktop widget. Pricing in Euro. Delivery pricing is based on weight.
If anyone has any other recommendations please let me know.
Now where did I leave my credit card?
The only problem is paying for them!
Of course the beauty of the internet is that you don't have to restrict yourself to buying from your local shop. You don't even have to restrict yourself to Amazon or Play.
The downside with ordering anything online can be the shipping cost and possibly customs duty if you're unlucky enough to get caught for it.
Over the last couple of weeks I've been doing a lot of research into the various options for buying home cinema equipment, dvds, hd dvds and blu ray discs. If I get a chance I'll put some of what I've learnt into a coherent post, but in the meantime I thought I'd mention a couple of pretty cool sites I came across.
EzyDVD, which is based in Australia, carries the normal selection of DVD, HD and BluRay titles you would expect, but also has a really impressive selection of "Exclusives" (the link to them on my Godfather post was eaten by FF3 beta!)
DVD Therapy. UK based shop that carries a very eclectic selection of hard to find HD discs. From what I can gather the people behind the shop are film nuts! If you're serious about film this is one worth looking at. Pricing is pretty good on a lot of the titles as well. Shipping costs are based on weight. Pricing in Sterling.
Store4.They seem to have a fairly comprehensive selection of titles. Pricing in Sterling. Free shipping.
DVDi. It may not be the most attractive site on the internet, but the free delivery worldwide is a nice USP.They also have pricing in a variety of currencies including Euro, which saves a lot of flipping backwards and forwards to xe.com.
4CheapCDs. Very similar to DVDi. Free shipping to Ireland and pricing in Euro
SelectCheaper. Incredibly ugly site, but the shipping cost of 50p per DVD is hard to beat (unless you opt for a shop offering free delivery obviously)
Deep Discount. Nice selection of titles. The pricing on some items is good, but the shipping cost isn't that attractive.
AxelMusic. Very attractive site and easy to navigate (unlike some of the others). The really nice feature that makes this site a true winner is their region-free blu-ray section. They seem to have truly embraced the web and offer RSS feeds and even a Mac desktop widget. Pricing in Euro. Delivery pricing is based on weight.
If anyone has any other recommendations please let me know.
Now where did I leave my credit card?
