Think about where you are in your current ecommerce adventure. Maybe you’ve just setup a nice little shop to sell your new running shoe designs, or maybe your dropshipping business is building a solid customer base, and you need to bring on a few employees to manage all of the orders.
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Forget about ecommerce for a moment! Imagine trading one of your prized cattle for a piece of land to raise your family in 7000 BC. That’s how it was done back then. Boy how times have changed. Now think about the first ATM in 1972, and how remarkable it was for people to walk up to a magical machine that spewed out physical cash after a few button clicks.
The history of ecommerce is truly amazing, so we compiled a story of 11,000 years in 30 seconds, by using another modern marvel: animated GIFs. Have a look below and scroll down for the full infographic.
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Did you know that 73% of companies have no idea as to why their customers abandon their shopping carts without buying?
This is a troubling statistic considering the internet is filled with tools to help you understand why people don’t convert into paying customers, and most successful ecommerce stores run tests and reports to make changes for improving cash flow.
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There are plenty of inspirational fashion stores and these 60 were chosen for their clean design, great UX or creative products. While in a brick and mortar store the assistant can help people entering the store to decide what to buy, in the online world it’s completely different. 90% of visitors want to see great design paired with awesome products, easy-to-read fonts (but matching the overall design!), and so on.
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This is a guest post by Adrienne Dancer of Beat Bop Boom.
You might wonder why have an Etsy shop if we already have our own main e-commerce site. The reason is that Etsy has been a great way for us to reach out to customers all over the world in a very cost-effective way. Etsy is growing in popularity and a major competitor with eBay–and I prefer the design and product focus that Etsy offers compared to eBay. (I see eBay like a big yard sale, whereas Etsy has more of a boutique shop feel.) Plus, Etsy's fee structure and features are much more business-friendly compared to eBay if you are selling fixed-priced items and not interested in auction-style pricing.
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This started as a smaller round-up, but there were so many insightful and talented people to feature that it ended up this way. From ecommerce to digital marketing, from conversion to the latest SEO hacks, these people know their stuff. Bookmark their blogs and some of their most popular articles listed, follow them on Twitter (you can find us here), learn from the best.
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Every ecommerce store owner will tell you that finding the right theme that fits the needs of your store can be very difficult, there are a lot of things that you need to take into consideration, you also need to figure out which platform you will use. In this roundup, I have found some amazing ecommerce restaurant themes.
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Since continuous improvements of mobile phone and tablet technologies, the challenges facing the designer of an ecommerce website are ever-changing. While technological progress in this domain is popular with the consumer and constantly provides business-owners with new opportunities for reaching customers in ever more varied scenarios and locations, it most definitely creates some hassles for designers and developers. There are several basic principles that must be taken in consideration when designing for mobile, and in this article we will discuss and go through them.
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