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When shopping cart and eCommerce solution providers add PayFast as a supported payment method it says, at the very least, that we’re doing things right and that the South African (and international) market is happy with what we do.
The latest members on our ever-growing list of supported shopping carts are: CS-Cart, Jamroom, Squirrelcart and WPJobBoard.
Secure passwords are a good way to keep online accounts safe, but unfortunately there is still a chance that someone might get access to (or guess) your password (and therefore your account). Two-factor authentication keeps your account safe by requiring two things – your password and your phone – to gain access.
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Creating custom Pay Now or Buy Now HTML buttons is one of the easiest ways of integrating with PayFast. In a couple of minutes you can create a clickable button, which you can embed in your blog or website to allow people to pay you online for your goods or services.
We’re keeping busy with our designs, redesigns, additions and improvements over here at PayFast. Last week we updated our Cause index, which now looks like this:
We created Cause accounts three years ago to help registered charities, NGOs and many other charitable causes with their fundraising efforts. We provide them with a free webpage, hosted by us, and discounted rates on the donations they receive. It’s our little way of helping out and giving back where we can. We’re still providing this amazing service; it only got a little prettier and more useful.
In a single punch, Google sums up their Adwords digital advertising with the following ad they placed in a newspaper:
This was actually a witty little publicity stunt by them, since they were showing that traditional print media isn’t the best way to advertise (the irony of actually using traditional media to do so isn’t lost on us). Print isn’t necessarily something we think you should overlook, but that depends on your industry and location. What we do think, or rather what we know, is that ads on Google work. If someone is looking for a new pair of running shoes, a supermarket or a haircut, odds are pretty high that they’ll search for it using Google.
Whether you are selling goods or services or have any type of business, big or small, there is a really significant chance that your customers are already searching for what you’re offering. Are your customers finding you?
It’s been a big year for eCommerce in South Africa. More and more shops are moving online and an increasing amount of them are exclusively selling online. The eCommerce Awards is a local initiative – currently in its seventh year – to recognise and reward the very best South African eCommerce websites.
