Category: Online shop & ecommerce

Checklist for more visibility on the net

Just like with brick-and-mortar retail, the requirement for strong sales in ecommerce is that an adequate number of customers find their way to your store and enter it. In this article, Ines Maione from clickworker provides helpful tips for this.

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How delivery and return options affect the decision to buy

This year’s “MetaPack Consumer Research Report” investigated the role played by delivery in ecommerce and what merchants can do to fulfil their customers’ expectations. The report is based on an online survey of 3,589 consumers in the US, the UK, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and Italy. Read more

Building trust in your shop with your “About us” page

In conjunction with detailed product descriptions and high-quality images, an effective “About us” page can provide users with important information as they decide whether to buy from your online shop. This article describes how to create a personal page of this type and thereby gain the confidence of your customers. Read more

Need hosting advice you can trust? Check out HostingAdvice.com

Last month, we had the pleasure of meeting HostingAdvice.com at HostingCon in New Orleans.  The team, based in Florida, have long been regarded as an expert source of buying advice for anyone needing a web hosting or cloud related solution.  Their staff attend product launches and industry expos worldwide in order to bring their audience news on the latest innovations.

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ePages and Sage offer fully synchronised accounting for UK online stores

ePages has just signed a global deal with Sage, the market leader in cloud accounting software, to offer fully sychronised online orders and accounting processes for ePages merchants.  As a first phase, UK online shop owners can now benefit from greater digitalisation and efficiency by using ePages and Sage One software combined for their retail business.

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7 best practices for high converting e-commerce sales promotions

Grant Thomas from Justuno gives insight on how to make the most out of your online store promotions.

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4 reasons to use e-commerce promotions to convert traffic and sales

In this guest article, Grant Thomas from Justuno explains to you the advantages you get from running promotions in your shop.

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SaaS or Open Source? Discover the differences between the two main e-commerce solutions

SaaS (Software as a service) or Open Source? Installable or hosted in the cloud? If you have been in the e-commerce world for a while, you are probably familiar with these concepts, but … do you really know what they mean or what their differences are from one another? If, however, you are considering opening an online shop and have not decided yet which system suits you most, knowing the differences between SaaS and Open Source solutions will help you understand what is most convenient for your business idea.

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Is it time to pay for social media advertising?

One of the biggest benefits of social media is that it’s free. This is true from a monetary perspective, but often what it doesn’t cost you in money it will cost you in time. What I mean is; if you really want to achieve success on social media with unpaid (organic) content alone, you’ll need to share relevant updates on a regular and consistent basis.

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European Commission proposes new cross-border e-commerce regulation

The European Commission proposed a package of measures today to allow consumers and companies to buy and sell products and/or services online more easily across the EU. The main three measures are: tackling geo-blocking, making cross-border parcel delivery more affordable and promoting customer trust through better protection and enforcement.

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Translating your online shop in 4 simple steps

The team from e-Translation Agency by Milega presents this guide to translating your online shop.

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5 of the best apps to boost your e-commerce success

With our apps you can boost the success and revenue of your online shop. We present you 5 of the most helpful apps.

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