How To Place A Test Order in ShopSite
There are a number of ways to complete a test order in ShopSite. Here are a few options depending on how you process payments in ShopSite.
Is Your Web Host Costing You 32% Of Your Sales?
A recent Gomez study on website performance metrics found that 32% of consumers will abandon a website if it’s too slow. That’s almost one third of all shoppers!
A more alarming statistic: 37% of people surveyed said they would NOT return to a slow website. You could be losing more than a third of first time buyers if your site is not snappy.
Is your web host causing your site to be slow?
One Thing To Take Away From the GAP Logo Fiasco
Here’s one lesson we can all learn from looking at the GAP’s recent logo fiasco…
7 Reasons Why ShopSite Displays The Zip Code Prompt On The Cart Page
Ever wonder why the shipping zip/postal code is asked for on the initial shopping cart page in ShopSite? Here are the 7 reasons that would cause this to happen…
Stripping Is Good For Ecommerce
No, not that kind of stripping. I’m talking about taking out everything that is not essential to completing the sale on your checkout page.
You should always be asking yourself:
“What else can I remove to make the checkout process more streamlined?”
ShopSite 10 SP2 Tips, Tricks, And Gotchas
The latest version of ShopSite, Version 10 SP2, has been out for a while now. If you’ve recently upgraded, here a few tips and tricks that may be helpful when trying to integrate and use the new ShopSite features.
Top Ecommerce Blog Posts and Articles for September 2010
Ah, the start of Autumn. The leaves are starting to change colors, school is back in session for the kids, and the dog days of summer are fading away. It sounds so nice, except it also means the end of the golf season is fast approaching here in Connecticut.
I guess I’ll have more time to find interesting ecommerce articles like the ones below.
The Groupon Effect – More Is Not Always Better
Every business wants more. More customers, more sales, more blog readers, more clicks. More is a sign of growth and success.
Nobody knows this better than Groupon. They give businesses what they want – More customers than they often know what to do with! Unfortunately, this level of “more” comes with some pretty dire consequences for some…
Robots.txt File – It Doesn’t Do Everything
A robots.txt file is an important tool in telling search engines what NOT to index. However, it is not a 100% fool-proof way to exclude URLs from Google and Bing. We’ll explore some other options for when a robots.txt file does not work.
Are Your Shipping Options Losing You Sales?
Ecommerce store owners often spend hours agonizing over the flow of the cart, whether there are too many images / distractions, removing insecure warnings, and making the cart easy to read and easy to check out. Lost in all of this is how shipping options are actually presented to the shopper. And what options are actually included.
It’s possible that your shipping options, as they are now, could be losing you sales…
