Web Optimization
June 17, 2016 at 10:59 am
Most consumers shop online because they don’t want to go through the hassle of going to a local store. To that end, it’s crucial that e-commerce sites reduce customer confusion and make the shopping process as intuitive as possible in order to maximize conversion rate. This means that browsing, comparing items and checkout all need…
May 13, 2016 at 11:25 am
Not all product pages are created equal, but after examining thousands of them in hundreds of industries, and creating, testing and perfecting thousands more for clients, I’ve learned that successful product pages all have something in common. I call them the five habits of highly successful product pages:
May 13, 2016 at 10:12 am
“Details create the big picture,” said Sanford Weill, former chairman of Citigroup. In the e-commerce arena, this is most true at the pinnacle of your funnel: the checkout. Checkout is online retail’s make-or-break moment. It's the culmination of the customer journey — the moment when a shopper either feels comfortable enough to take out his…
April 6, 2016 at 9:53 am
Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson made it clear to Wall Street that he was looking to Seller Services to help monetize the site now that Etsy is a public company, and on Tuesday, announced a new offering that puts it in the store-hosting business. Pattern by Etsy is just like a seller's Etsy Shop, but hosted outside…
March 11, 2016 at 8:14 am
Amazon.com went down for some users on Thursday afternoon for approximately 20 minutes before being restored. Users trying to access the Amazon website as well as the mobile app at around 2:20 p.m. ET were greeted with error messages. During the outage, many users took to Twitter to vent their frustration.
March 10, 2016 at 11:51 am
From a revenue standpoint, what would you lose if your site was to go dark for 40 minutes? Where would your customers go? As we close the book on this past holiday season and look back on the e-commerce frenzy, I can’t help but reflect on this loss and how it might be avoided. To…
January 29, 2016 at 11:59 am
Everyone has already heard how important the cloud is to the future of business, but that doesn’t just apply to the Fortune 500s. E-commerce companies of all sizes can get terrific benefits — e.g., reduced costs and quicker recovery times — from moving their website and back-end to the cloud. Most important of all however is that the…
December 1, 2015 at 10:21 am
Holiday sales traditionally constitute a huge portion of retailers’ annual revenue, and there’s a lot at stake in the upcoming season. According to PwC, web sales for the overall retail sector will see a mid- to high-teens percentage increase over last year, with the leading retailers poised for a 40 percent to 50 percent increase.…
November 25, 2015 at 11:37 am
Cyber Monday is quickly becoming the antidote to what many dread about Black Friday — hordes of shoppers, long lines and amped adrenaline as the holiday shopping season officially kicks off. Americans are expected to spend $3 billion this Cyber Monday, a 12 percent increase from last year. Therefore, it’s vital that online retailers take…
October 23, 2015 at 4:35 pm
This webinar offers insights and tips on how retailers can leverage digital technologies to better engage and sell to consumers.
