Providing customer support via live chat has become nearly as essential as a payment gateway for an ecommerce operation today, for two main reasons. Firstly, scores of online buyers are coming to expect this sort of support mechanism when they are shopping online and secondly, this can lead to a significant boost to the sales volumes.
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Shopify is the heavy hitter in today's ecommerce world but at one point Yahoo! was the only reasonable option when it came to selling products online without much development experience. Therefore, it's time to match up Shopify vs. Yahoo Ecommerce and see which one comes out on top.
As the publisher of an ecommerce industry blog, I am somewhat nostalgic and emotionally charged to be reviewing the Yahoo Ecommerce ecommerce platform. Yahoo! happens to be the first company that brought an ecommerce store building platform out to the masses in a big way, back in 1998. They did this by way of acquiring a company called Viaweb that was founded in 1995 by Paul Graham, Robert Tuppen Morris, and Trevor Blackwell.
Viaweb was actually the first-ever web app that allowed users with little technical chops to create and host online storefronts.
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If you have an appealing e-commerce store, but its conversion rates are at the lower end of the scale, there is a problem. What could be the reason behind its abysmal conversion rates? Frankly, there could be many reasons, and you’ll be hard-pressed to find the right one. However, commonsense says that maybe your e-store fails to provide a memorable user experience.
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Over 40 percent of all internet users have, at some point, purchased items via online platforms on their phones, tablets or computers.
You want in on the action, right? If you’ve turned to the Shopify ecommerce platform you are on the right track, because Shopify is known as one of the standout ecommerce platforms for getting your site up and running fast. If you want more info please read my full Shopify review.
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This is a guest post by Matthew Neal of Out To Sea. Most marketers know that email marketing can deliver serious results if you know how to utilize it properly. Optimizing our clients email newsletters and triggered email strategy is a high priority at my agency Out To Sea. It is a fascinating aspect of digital marketing and for the retailers especially, it is a channel that needs to be firing on all cylinders if you are serious about generating revenue from your store.
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The first thing I say to every new ecommerce entrepreneur is you will need to invest time in setting up an analytics tool. While I would really recommend analytics tools to be the first tool any website owner should install on their site, there are certain features that make them an absolute must on ecommerce sites. In this article, I have found the top seven best ecommerce analytics tools.
As an entrepreneur at some stage of starting or updating an online storefront, you already know that an online payment gateway is an indispensable component of any ecommerce operation. Authorize.Net is one of the oldest, leading and trusted payment gateways today. Here is my review of this gateway.
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Google Analytics has recently launched a new feature for ecommerce store owners, named “Enhanced Ecommerce”. As a matter of fact, it’s a lot more than a simple feature. It’s the opening to a whole new world of statistics, insights, and conversion optimization opportunities for ecommerce sellers.
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