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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

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From mobile shopping to online payment encryption and beyond, ecommerce encompasses a wide variety of data, systems, and tools for both online buyers and sellers. 1998 PayPal launches as an online payment system. 2011 Google Wallet launches as an online payment system. 2014 Apple Pay launches as a form of mobile payment.

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Best Merchant Services

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You want to look at what the payment processor offers in addition to credit card processing. Do they offer free POS systems, hardware, mobile payments, integrations, etc? Flagship Merchant Services cut the tape in 2001 and was acquired by iPayment in 2012. Cons: Confusing ownership Little information regarding price.