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eBillme ranks #1 in Customer Service

eBillme ranks #1 in Customer Service

Congratulations to the eBillme Customer Service Team.  A recent survey by North American Technographics ranks eBillme #1  for Best Customer Service for Alternative Payment Services.

The study surveyed US online adults, who have used or heard of Alternative Payments.  The results are:

eBillme: #1…

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Posted by: Charissa Cowart | August 23, 2010 ~ Comments Off

Choice at the checkout – A good thing for retailers, including Apple iPad sellers

Choice at the checkout – A good thing for retailers, including Apple iPad sellers

If you think about it, when people do most of their shopping off line, they pay with cash or cash like payment methods. According to First Data, in 2008, Cash, checks (cash like) Debit (cash like) Prepaid (cash…

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Posted by: Lesley Purtell | May 21, 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Where do you plan to spend your money? Pt. 1

Where do you plan to spend your money? Pt. 1

Over the next three blog posts I’ll be looking at the different ways that we all intend to spend our money when the recession breaks! Today we’ll start with the way we intend to spend more of our entertainment dollars. We all save up to do something over and above what we see as our necessary household purchases, let’s take a look at what our data has to say.

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Posted by: Lesley Purtell | April 30, 2010 ~ Comments Off

More Mother’s Day 2010 Online Spending Facts!

More Mother’s Day 2010 Online Spending Facts!

Here are some more interesting facts about Mother’s Day 2010! As greater portions of our society become more internet savvy, the facts about who is shopping and how much they’re spending is changing all the time. Here is a little more information about how the market is shaping up this Mother’s Day according to our research.

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Posted by: Lesley Purtell | April 27, 2010 ~ Comments Off

Scared to shop online?

Scared to shop online?

If you’re scared by the prospect of shopping online, you’re not alone! The possibility of succumbing to fraud or identity theft makes it prohibitive for a good percentage of people to do more shopping online. According to the eBillme

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Posted by: Lesley Purtell | April 20, 2010 ~ Comments Off

Mothers and Fathers Day Online Spending

Mothers and Fathers Day Online Spending

This quarter as part of our Q2 2010 online spending index consumers were surveyed about their spending projections for both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. In general the results where similar to last years results, but we do note a slight increase in online spending projections.

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Posted by: Lesley Purtell | April 14, 2010 ~ Comments Off

Online spending expected to rise in Q2

Every quarter we survey customers and ask them about their spending intentions for the upcoming 90 days. We partner up with Javelin Research who conduct the study on our behalf, and we report this data to online merchants, we named this study the Online Spending Index. The data is self is future looking and is intended only to give merchants an idea of consumer sentiment.

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Posted by: Lesley Purtell | April 14, 2010 ~ 1 Comment

What if your lost access to credit today?

In a stunning revelation today, the CEO of Chase mentioned in his letter to share holders that 15% of their customer base will no longer be issued credit.

“In the future, we no longer will be offering credit cards to approximately

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Posted by: Lesley Purtell | April 1, 2010 ~ Comments Off

When shouldn’t I use my Debit Card?

Confused about what when paying with your debit card is safe? Payment with your debit card has its advantages: when you pay with debit you’re paying with money you know you have. However, when you use debit in certain situations you are opening a direct pipeline to your bank account.

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Posted by: Lesley Purtell | March 24, 2010 ~ 1 Comment

5 Tips for Living Debt-Free, Part 2

Earlier this week, we shared five of our favorite tips submitted by participants of last week’s contest. Tips ranged from how to get more money in your savings account, to saving money at restaurants, and even how paying bills…

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Posted by: Lesley Purtell | March 23, 2010 ~ Comments Off