James_Henry2

72 karma · joined September 17, 2012

Ecommerce guy.

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James_Henry2··on Shopify real-time orders

Looks like nobody in China, Russia or Africa are getting xmas gifts this year..

James_Henry2··on How I ended up with so much Hacker News karma

Woah - I didn't even know a leaderboard existed!

James_Henry2··on 10 simple thins to do to protect your privacy

These are all pretty standard. No surprises.

James_Henry2··on Post mortem of a failed HackerNews launch

This is really interesting, thanks for sharing. I love this kind of transparency.

James_Henry2··on System infrastructure tweaks Shopify made to handle the load of Cyber Monday

Im surprised how transparent this is. Halfing response time on a system that large is no easy task.

James_Henry2··on Engineer Increased Sales and Happy Customers With Behavioral Psychology

Neuroscience and game theory are buzzwords in economics. Check out this lecture from Professor Ariel Rubinstein who argues that economics is a culture and not a science as espoused by his neuroeconomist colleagues. Link is here.. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/knowledge/business/rubenstein/

James_Henry2··on Shopify turns into an iPad marketplace today by launching "Catalog"

...another article about the app. Looks like they're going to try and compete with Etsy, Fab, and Gilt. http://www.ecommerce-platforms.com/articles/shopify-releases...

James_Henry2··on Strategies for Increasing Profitability

Very nice

James_Henry2··on How to Ensure Your Merchant Account Application is Approved

Hacker News in particular loves Stripe

James_Henry2··on How to Ensure Your Merchant Account Application is Approved

Good article, but the whole payment industry is moving toward all-in-1 solutions like Stripe. Much easier than messing around with finding a processor AND a applying (and locking into a contract) for a merchant account. IMHO.

James_Henry2··on Using Behavioral Economics, Psychology, and Neuroeconomics to Maximize Sales

Why? You don't like making free money?

James_Henry2··on Using Behavioral Economics, Psychology, and Neuroeconomics to Maximize Sales

My favorite behavioral economist is Dan Ariely - his TED talk "Are we in control of our decisions" is really valuable to entrepreneurs. Link here: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_o...