Author: Joe Warnimont

Joe Warnimont

Joe Warnimont is a Chicago-based writer who focuses on eCommerce tools, WordPress, and social media. When not fishing or practicing yoga, he's collecting stamps at national parks (even though that's mainly for children). Check out Joe's portfolio to contact him and view past work.

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X-Cart Review: Ecommerce Power Like No Other (But Development Skills Required)

Joe Warnimont 4
Articles

Since 2001, X-Cart has provided ecommerce and multivendor tools for over 35,000 online stores. The X-Cart brand is synonymous with creative control and complete oversight, considering it's a self-hosted, high-performance solution. This might sound like a dream to some online business owners, but for others, it's not exactly what they need.

The good news is that it's rather easy to figure out if X-Cart is the right ecommerce platform for your business, since it mainly has to do with how much experience you have with coding and building websites as a developer. Or, you might want to pay a developer to do the work for you. In this X-Cart review, you'll learn about all the features offered, along with what expenses you'll encounter.

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Intercom Inbox Review: Cross-platform Lead and Customer Service Management

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Ecommerce Reviews

At some point in your ecommerce professional career, you're going to feel like you're overwhelmed with leads and customer support requests. Current users, customers, and potential clients are constantly trying to converse with you and your customer support/sales team. That's a good thing, right? Well, sure, if you can handle the load.

The problem is that the leads and user requests come from all over the internet, into your email inbox, on your website, and through social channels–making it difficult to check-in on all platforms. In this Intercom Inbox review, we'll talk about an excellent solution to this problem.

Intercom offers a suite of products for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers. It brings together several modern tools for marketing, sales, and customer support, and you're able to pick and choose which of the products you want for reasonable pricing.

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HubSpot CRM Review: A Strong CRM That’s Forever Free

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CRM Reviews CRM Software Ecommerce Reviews

A good CRM software (Customer Relationship Management) is essential for ecommerce.

If you’ve ever used a tool like Pipedrive or Salesforce in the past, then you’ll know how valuable they can be when it comes to enhancing and improving the sales process. After all, with a CRM system, you can do a lot more than keep hold of customer contact records. You can also automate things like lead scoring, follow up, or tracking deal storage.

The only problem?

We often find that there are some cookie cutter CRMs that don't have that many customizable features for the wide variety of ecommerce businesses out there. However, sometimes all your company needs is a user-friendly contact management dashboard and a way to log and send out interactions with your customers and clients.

In this HubSpot CRM review you'll learn that you can have all of that for free.

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SellerBooster Review: An Automated Drop Shipping Platform That Does Everything For You

Joe Warnimont 4.5
Ecommerce Reviews

Dropshipping has become all the rage in the ecommerce world, but dropshippers are often stuck with slow shipping speeds, higher pricing, poor return policies, and more. SellerBooster is working to change all of that. In this SellerBooster review, we'll talk about how this revolutionary dropshipping platform allows you to sell name-brand products without the poor delivery times and messy product descriptions.

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IXOPAY Review: A Powerhouse White Label Payment Gateway

Joe Warnimont 4.5
Ecommerce Reviews

If you've ever wondered whether or not you're leaving money on the table with your current payment gateway, the answer is probably yes. The world of online payments is rather cluttered and filled with complicated information that makes it difficult for you to understand which rates are best for your company.

Sometimes you might be better off accepting through one payment processor when the customer is from India. On the other hand, a completely different processor might have lower rates for customers in the United States. In this IXOPAY review, we'll talk about how this revolutionary payment engine and enterprise gateway is designed to help you configure different payment routing strategies.

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Ucraft Review: A Wonderful Mix of Creativity and Ecommerce

Joe Warnimont 4.5
Ecommerce Reviews

Sometimes you want more than the standard eCommerce website look. Imagine if every website had the same layout as Amazon. That wouldn't be that intriguing, now would it? Luckily, some ecommere platforms are trying to move past the standard eCommerce build and allow for you to get far more creative than what we've seen in the past.

For instance, Ucraft is an excellent solution if you're more interested in making a visual eCommerce site, with artsy portfolios, beautiful templates, and ecommerce tools made for all skill levels. In this Ucraft review, we'll talk about how Ucraft has some excellent pricing plans, along with unique features for designing an online store with more visual appeal.

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CS-Cart Review: A Solid Self-hosted Platform with Tricky Pricing

Joe Warnimont 4.5
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With CS-Cart, you receive a self-hosted ecommerce platform with marketplace functionality, excellent design tools, and a wide variety of marketing features. Started in 2005, CS-Cart is part of the Simtech conglomerate, and it's been known as a solid solution for those who want to sell on a self-hosted platform.

CS-Cart is great for designing, and you may have the opportunity to keep your costs low (since you only pay once for the downloadable software). However, there are some add-ons, upgrades, and customer support fees that you may end up paying for. Keep reading our CS-Cart review to learn more.

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LiveChat Review (2024): Clean Live Chat and Lead Generation with an Excellent Price Tag

Joe Warnimont 4.5
Ecommerce Reviews

When customers are waiting on your website, they shouldn't have to find your contact page to get the information they need.

Live chat boxes are so beneficial to both ecommerce companies and customers that you'd be leaving money on the table if you didn't have one.

LiveChat is a powerful solution for getting a live chat module on your website, with lead generation tools, agent rating options, and more.

In this LiveChat review, we'll talk about the best features to look forward to, what you can expect to pay for the program, along with some other information on how LiveChat stacks up in the customer service department.

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