Selling Globally? Tax Tips You Need Now
The advent of e-commerce brought global selling to the masses. Buyers across the globe can now easily find your products thanks to online selling. Although e-commerce removed many barriers to global...
View ArticleMake Your Submit Button Hard To Miss
As companies are able to analyze customer data more easily due to the propagation of analytic tools like Google Analytics and Omniture Site Catalyst, optimization of all aspects of the customer...
View ArticleRequire Customers To Create An Account – If You Want Conversion Rates To Drop
There are two types of customers in the world of e-commerce: first time buyers and returning customers. When talking about digital product sales, the vast majority of transactions involve either first...
View ArticleSelling Globally? Don’t Confuse Your Customers With Bad Date Formatting
When selling products internationally, it’s critical to be aware of the slight differences between regions. In a previous post, we examined the differences between U.S. sales tax and E.U. VAT...
View ArticleThe Best Ways To Present Payment Methods
Raise your hand if you’ve heard of Boleto Bancario. Raise your other hand if you know what Ãœberweisung is. Take the day off if you know what iDeal is! Just kidding about that last one, but people...
View ArticleSafety First: Security Standards For E-Commerce Solutions
Identity theft and fraud attempts are global problems. Since 2005, the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse estimates that more than 500 million records containing sensitive data have been breached. To combat...
View Article4 Ways To Improve The Checkout Process
I recently read Smashing Magazine’s State of E-Commerce Checkout Design 2012 which analyzes the usability of 100 e-commerce checkout processes, based on research from the Baymard Institute. I learned...
View ArticleE-commerce Eye Candy – Shopping Cart Abandonment Rate Statistics [Infographic]
In How Can I Improve My Checkout Process?, we noted that the average shopping cart abandonment rate is 66% in the overall e-commerce market. This means that 66% of the people who find your product and...
View ArticleCard Not Present? The Challenges Of Accepting Credit Cards Online
You might think it’s a simple process to start accepting credit cards for your e-store. All you need to do is sign-up for a merchant account with your local bank and the money starts pouring in, right?...
View Article3 Ways To Improve Cross-sell and Up-sell Conversion Rates
I recently bought a new Wi-Fi ready television. During the shopping process Amazon suggested that I might like to purchase a LAN adapter to connect the TV to my home network. In business lingo, this...
View ArticleCard Not Present? The Challenges Of Accepting Credit Cards Online
While it’s true that credit cards facilitate a large part of the several hundred billion dollar global e-commerce market, they can also eat up a lot of an organization's resources. Make sure that you...
View ArticleE-commerce Eye Candy – Online Orphans
By understanding the factors that lead to cart abandonment and what can be done to reduce abandonment rates, e-commerce professionals can make transaction easier to complete and improve cart conversion...
View Article8 Critical Capabilities For Global E-commerce [White Paper]
So what critical capabilities does a successful global e-commerce business require?The post 8 Critical Capabilities For Global E-commerce [White Paper] appeared first on Building Keystones.
View ArticleConversion Rate Killers Part Deux: Payment Methods
Consistency builds your reputation and allows your visitors to hear your messages and calls-to-action more clearly. Without consistency, a brand's image means very little.The post Conversion Rate...
View ArticleE-commerce Eye Candy – Spooky Scary Halloween Marketing Campaigns
Do you have any success stories of creating unique marketing promotions for special days? Leave a comment below to share.The post E-commerce Eye Candy – Spooky Scary Halloween Marketing Campaigns...
View Article8 Ways to Decrease Shopping Cart Abandonment Rates
This week’s post comes from Arun Sivashankaran, Chief Optimizer at FunnelEnvy, a conversion optimization, A/B testing and analytics consulting service provider. Do You Know Your Shopping Cart...
View Article3 Ways to Recover Abandoned Carts and Customers
This guest post comes from Arun Sivashankaran, Chief Optimizer at FunnelEnvy, a conversion optimization, A/B testing and analytics consulting service provider. It is a continuation of last week’s post,...
View ArticleFive Quick Tips For E-commerce Pricing Strategies [White Paper]
Download our informative white paper here: Five Quick Tips For E-commerce Pricing Strategies. The price of your product is an essential part of your business. If the price is too high, people won’t buy...
View ArticleManaging the Complexities of Payment Processing [White Paper]
Download our illuminating white paper here: Managing The Complexities Of Online Payment Processing. Creating an online software business means that you have to accept payments. They are the lifeblood...
View ArticleEssential E-commerce KPIs For Your Online Shopping Cart
There are several key metrics that the e-commerce manager of an online checkout process and shopping cart must pay attention to. These key performance indicators (KPIs) help you understand which...
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