As mobile shopping gets safer, will more people purchase on the go?

… to see, but are consumers willing to risk purchasing big ticket items on their mobile devices? That is less obvious. … companies like Fandango are helping make the process of purchasing tickets on the go easier, purchasing larger items like electronics and …

Grand Central relaunches its website

… a strain on the eyes when booking tickets, but Grand Central has sensibly dropped this … I had problems booking just a single ticket (which didn't happen this time around … old and inferior version of the 'buy tickets' form, and making it easier for customers …

The future of digital marketing, according to the Twittersphere

… marketing will be digital. And eyeballs will be scanned. gregpower:  is it an event you'll be giving me a free ticket to, as a reward for the worst possible answer? tomhackett:  Increased personalisation, & more relevant targeting.Users will have more …

Can you make more money by adding CPA to your revenue mix?

… CheckoutFREE Fandango is a US-based online movie ticketing service. If you want to see a movie but don't want to pay for the ticket, you can complete an offer through CheckoutFREE to receive your movie ticket at no cost. Aeria Games & Offerpal Media …

Can IMShopping bring a little bit of the in-store shopping experience online?

… to an affiliate link, even though a better recommendation or lower-priced retailer may be available. When it comes to big-ticket items, such as consumer electronics, I think the in-store experience is often very critical to closing the sale. According to …

Wigadoo to close as European funding market flatlines

I interviewed Andy in February and he candidly discussed some of the issues the company ran into in starting up. I’m sure he’ll be back in action again before too long. The closure for me reflects two problems. The first problem is the lack of …

Signals split for online video

… be a fit as well. Can email videos be virally sent? Will users click through them for special offers or even tickets to a movie being advertised? Online programming: Running spots to introduce or even within online programming again needs to be treated …

Search trade group cuts revenue forecast

… from newspapers. It's hard to know how much revenue that will account for. Both newspapers and magazines are high-ticket budgets when compared to search. Although search, along with social media, has been the last bastion of exponential growth in …

Paramount to sell movie tickets through banners

… purchases without being able to see the product page, delivery information, T&Cs and so on. However, the technology seems well suited for movie tickets and other smaller items. Related stories: Banner ads build subliminal familiarity 

UK rail websites fail usability test

… of 11.9 minutes to book a train ticket, while the average booking time for a flight … up. Rail websites can't possibly have tickets available for all journeys on all days, but … % of people managed to book a rail ticket from the UK to the four European cities …

When is a paid link not a paid link?

… -followed? What about parent companies linking to subsidiaries and brands? Vendors linking to clients? Bloggers who get “review units”, free trips, tickets, etc. "If you are going to try to enforce rules tied to “paid links” you need to look at the very …

Ticket exchanges face backlash from bands

… that one before?) to prevent fake tickets being sold online. Viagogo CEO Eric … secure environment to trade second hand tickets. If these proposals ever became a … sold to eBay for $310 million Ticket reseller Seatwave attracts $8m in funding …

Is Google now playing favorites with brands?

… an interesting post showing how a number of big brands just started ranking for lucrative keywords such as 'airline tickets', 'auto insurance' and 'watches'. Wall states that these aren't anomalies: There are thousands of other such examples across …

Glam Monetizes Oscar Widget

… are, of course, a number of non-cash based compensation models a publisher such as Glam could consider going forward: access, tickets, product giveways being just a few. Glam may or may not have been compensating its Oscar tweeters, but my educated guess …

Interview with Andy Cockburn of Wigadoo

… year in the UK. Early on this year we're hopeful for major partnerships with some of the biggest companies in attractions and ticketing. We'll then be looking to roll out across all travel players. As well as the larger players, we're also looking to …