Mullen Pty Ltd http://www.mullen.net.au Software and Systems Engineering Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:44:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Trip Advisor Review Widget Plugin http://www.mullen.net.au/trip-advisor-review-widget-plugin/ http://www.mullen.net.au/trip-advisor-review-widget-plugin/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:54:25 +0000 manager http://www.mullen.net.au/?p=1527 [Continue Reading]]]> This is a alpha release of a simple Trip Advisor Review Widget Plugin for wordpress.

Its a really simple plugin that reads the review feed from Trip Advisor. As to what else it should do, tell me and I’ll have a look into it.

It only has one configurable field – simply paste  the entire url to your trip advisor review page and it will do the rest.

 

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]]> http://www.mullen.net.au/trip-advisor-review-widget-plugin/feed/ 0 No Shortage of Online Opportunities http://www.mullen.net.au/no-shortage-of-online-opportunities/ http://www.mullen.net.au/no-shortage-of-online-opportunities/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:03:20 +0000 manager http://www.mullen.net.au.dev/?p=1040 [Continue Reading]]]> According to research released by PwC and Frost & Sullivan about Australians’ online spending habits,  online shopping growth in Australia is expected to grow at least double the rate of the retail market over the next four years.

There are a number of really interesting details overlooked in the summary on the research.

Firstly, online sales currently represent just 5% of the retail market in Australia but have reached 12% in the UK; and secondly, only half of online sales are made domestically.

In other words, there are a good $30 billion in online sales being lost to Australian online stores for two basic reasons.

Offshore online purchases

Bricks and motar retailers have argued The lure of buying online from overseas

 

 

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