Ecommerce

If a picture is worth a thousand words, a stunning product picture is worth a thousand website visits. Although I don’t have data to back up that statement (yet), product photography can be extremely valuable to your ecommerce website strategy. To reach your target audience members whoprefer buying online, you…

There’s a frustrating truth that every business deals with early into its growth: More money, more problems. It seems counterintuitive — if sales and revenue are up, isn’t that a good thing? How are bigger profits a potential problem? Put simply, it all comes down to the fact that the…

We’ve talked a lot about the customer journey — how it impacts sales, service, and marketers. But one segment that feels a little different is the ecommerce customer journey. The customer journey is different from service based companies, because it can be much quicker (buying from Amazon or an Instagram…

All humans — including your customers — are emotional creatures. That’s why it’s so important to make sure every interaction customers have with your company a memorable one — so memorable that they’ll want to recommend your business to a friend, family member, or colleague. That connection between your business…

The ecommerce industry is booming. These trends are showing no signs of slowing down in the foreseeable future. In fact, the global ecommerce market is expected to eclipse $6.54 trillion in sales by 2023. That’s up from $3.53 trillion in 2019. Whether you’re interested in starting a new ecommerce business…

“Business is personal — it’s the most personal thing in the world.” These are famous words by Michael Scott from the TV show, The Office. And although this quote conflicts with the universal belief that business isn’t personal, Michael’s point of view is perfect when learning about a business’s fixed…

You’ve heard the term “break even.” It’s a popular way to describe a time when you spent exactly as much money as you made. “We gambled $200 at the casino and won $200, so we broke even.” But in a business context, it’s not that simple. Your break even point…

Ecommerce is a rapidly growing industry — in fact, online sales grew at almost four times the rate of total retail sales in 2018 and accounted for over half of the retail industry’s growth. As demand for ecommerce increases, so does the number of software tools and platforms designed to…

Ecommerce is predicted to account for 17% of all U.S. retail sales by 2022. As ecommerce grows, so does competition, making it hard to differentiate your website from everyone else’s. It isn’t enough to have a one-of-a-kind product: to attract your ideal audience — and more importantly, to turn that…

The first ecommerce sale was made in 1994 … and can you guess what it was? It was a Sting CD. Dan Kohn, a 21-year-old who ran a website called NetMarket, sold Sting’s Ten Summoner’s Tales CD to a friend who purchased it with his credit card for $12.48 plus…