Unless you have been living under a rock for the past decade, you must realize just how lucrative an online business can be. While these businesses can make you a lot of money, they also take a long time to build up clientele. Rather than having to build an ecommerce store from scratch, an often attractive option is to purchase an existing ecommerce store. Before you invest your hard earned money into an Ecommerce site,…
When sellers first started to shift to websites from their physical stores, the shift was enthralling and almost magical. There was a lot to learn and experiment with. Fast forward to today, the age of digital transformation. The internet has changed the way we live our lives. E-commerce has brought shops at our fingertips, and a whole industry has popped up, full of exciting possibilities. The best advice for the e-commerce business owner of today…
It might seem like the ecommerce space is completely dominated by giants such as Amazon, Alibaba and Overstock. While these are the sites that certainly get the most attention, especially since Amazon has been heading the charge of the so-called “Retail Apocalypse,” there is still room for smaller players to turn a profit in this busy space. Here’s how ecommerce startups can overcome legacy giants. Make SEO a Priority Search engine optimization (SEO) is the…
Need to top up your income? We’ve all heard the bedroom millionaire success stories: Facebook was set up by university students, and Netmums was started by three playgroup mothers. And it’s not only the digital entrepreneurs who successfully start something up on the side. Innocent smoothie makers famously made their own fresh smoothies, selling them at festivals whilst juggling a day job. Things went so well they quit their jobs to set up Innocent, later…
The world of web design has progressed much the same way that teenagers do when they get their first school lockers. In the beginning, everybody is so thrilled to have a space all their own that they go overboard with the decorating. The entire inside of the locker is covered in bling. As time goes on, however, the focus turns from how well (or not) someone has outfitted the locker with the functionality of the…
When you’re trying to decide what ecommerce software platform to build your store on, there are many important details to consider. While it’s tempting to just go with the best looking one, this is a case in which beauty really is only skin deep. If you’re serious about making a go of your online business, these six ecommerce software features are critical to your success. 1.) The software’s customer interface should be logical, intuitive,…