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The Role of WordPress Ecommerce in the Coming Content and Commerce Era

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Achieve organic search visibility and decrease paid PPC costs, subsequently increased ROAS or testing new keyword waters with the saved money. Before 2010, ecommerce in WordPress wasn’t really viable. Integration with payment gateways was almost non-existent, with most people relying on Pay Now buttons from Paypal.

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

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Essentially, ecommerce (or electronic commerce) is the buying and selling of goods (or services) on the internet. 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.

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