IIMCalcutta_consmprodotherstratmarrkt.png (899×408) Homeplus shopping mall: e-life is a plus. 10 Effective Mobile Ecommerce Designs. Smart phones are everywhere.
And — for many ecommerce merchants — it is not enough to have just an ecommerce website. They want an ecommerce mobile site, too. In this article, I have collected ten examples of what I believe are effectively designed mobile ecommerce designs, as viewed from a smart phone. I hope that reviewing these mobile ecommerce sites will inspire you as you open your own mobile ecommerce store. 1. A well designed mobile website should look different, but not necessarily require a separate platform or backend.
It is also noteworthy that Threadless does not just show you text and links. 2. The Cheapflights’ mobile website puts search front and center and makes great use of finger-friendly buttons. 3. Under Armour’s mobile site is a nice example of good mobile navigation and photography use. 4. eBay eBay, the auction king, knows a thing or two about presenting products on mobile devices. 5. 6. 7. 8. Neiman Marcus places an offer on the home page of its mobile site. Why NOT to Start an eCommerce Business – Part 1. You might be prepared to open an online retail business.
You have the funding, cash flow planned, inventory managed, and even a marketing campaign ready to launch. But there are some other things you’ll want to know before you start doing business. U.S. ecommerce sales grew 13 percent last year to some $289 billion, including travel, according to trend tracking firm comScore. In the first quarter of this year, online spending in the U.S. had already exceeded $78 billion, again according to comScore, making ecommerce the fastest growing retail segment. While it is certainly true that a significant amount of that growth came from large retailers like Amazon and Walmart, many small retailers selling items on marketplaces like Etsy or via nearly turnkey ecommerce solutions like Shopify or Volusion have also had an impact. 1. Ecommerce is a service business.
As an example, there is a retailer in the Pacific Northwest that recently received a customer request. Top eCommerce Features. There are hundreds of ecommerce platforms that online merchants can choose from.
The differences between these carts can be significant, so knowing what features matter is important. In this article, you’ll find a list ten “must-have shopping cart features” that either improve the shopping experience for the consumer or make it easier for the merchant. In truth, this probably should be a much longer list, since narrowing down shopping cart features to just ten important ones necessarily leaves out a lot of other important capabilities too.
This list is also something of a matter of opinion. But at the moment, in mid-2011, these are the shopping cart features that I could not live without. Finally, it may be helpful to quickly define “shopping cart.” You may also notice that features near the top of the list are relatively more important, in my view, and get a bit more ink, so to speak. Large, Functional Product Images Product Reviews Layered and Faceted Navigation Single-Page, Fast Checkout. Payment Gateways, Merchant Processors, and Bank Accounts. Editor’s Note: Contributor Phil Hinke is a veteran of the credit card processing industry.
He now consults with merchants to help lower their processing costs, believing the credit card industry is often unfair to them. His latest article, below, is “Part 1″ of a four-part series on strategies for lowering processing costs and the related contractual terms and conditions with merchant account providers. I have been writing articles for Practical Ecommerce for roughly 18 months. I have written these articles to educate ecommerce merchants on the complexity of the credit card processing industry, on the misleading tactics used by some in the industry, and on the important changes taking place in the industry. Most importantly, I have written these articles to help merchants obtain fair processing costs, favorable terms and conditions, as well as recognize more reputable merchant account providers and salespeople.
First, The Basics Beyond Visa and MasterCard.