Category: Ecommerce Selling Advice

Smartphones and tablets have completely changed the game for the ecommerce industry. In the last few years, the strategies of large and small companies alike have shifted to become more mobile focused as consumers have rapidly embraced mobile shopping. For instance, 70 percent of consumers shopped via their smartphone this past holiday season.

A few years ago designing an app or a mobile site for your company was a luxury, but now it's becoming more and more of a necessity. Ecommerce business owners, take note. Following are the must-have apps that will make mobile business easier and more useful for both consumers and owners.

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Sure, there’s an unavoidable cost involved when you choose to accept credit and debit card payments. Why should your business have to pay to get paid? …It’s simple.

The benefits and revenue that will accumulate by doing-so will exceed the fees; there’s trend going around called, convenience and most consumers are jumping on.  Welcoming the use of credit and debit cards allow your goods and services to be available for purchase to target customers who may not utilize cash… ever.

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Building an ecommerce site from scratch is a relatively rare practice nowadays, as most technically inclined individuals have found their way around the old-fashioned coding that used to be required to build a site, and are now instead using user-friendly site creation and management platforms to get their online stores off the ground faster than ever.

While finding a tool that will let you create a robust ecommerce site is usually very easy, it's worth noting that not all of these tools are created equal, and there are some key features you'll want to look for if you want the best start for your online store. With that said, let's take a look at three built-in capabilities and features every good ecommerce platform should provide access to:

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