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5 Simple Ways to Make Great Product Videos

5 Simple Ways to Make Great Product Videos

In "Learning from Infomercials for Product Demonstration," my article last month, I discussed the importance of product demonst... 1 Comment | Read More »

How to Choose Colors for your Ecommerce Site

How to Choose Colors for your Ecommerce Site

I often ask ecommerce business owners about the color choices for their stores. Most of the answers are similar to “I like thes... 4 Comments | Read More »

23 Tools to Test your Ecommerce Site

23 Tools to Test your Ecommerce Site

Does your ecommerce site need a checkup? Testing can help you gauge your site’s performance and your customers’ experience. Bes... 5 Comments | Read More »

22 New Ecommerce Themes for WordPress

22 New Ecommerce Themes for WordPress

WordPress is a content management system that’s popular for blogging. But with an ecommerce theme, you can use WordPress to lau... 2 Comments | Read More »

8 Ecommerce Galleries

8 Ecommerce Galleries

Looking for ecommerce design ideas? Browse through website galleries that showcase ecommerce sites. Find examples of beautiful ... 1 Comment | Read More »

10 Creative Contact Pages

10 Creative Contact Pages

Contact pages facilitate questions from visitors, and otherwise help prospects locate your business or connect via social medi... 2 Comments | Read More »

Understanding User Experience vs. User Interface

Understanding User Experience vs. User Interface

I’ve had many discussions this year with web designers and developers concerning user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) ... 1 Comment | Read More »

How to Take Gorgeous Product Photos

How to Take Gorgeous Product Photos

Editor's Note: We welcome Jason Lawrence as our newest contributor. He is a computer scientist, researcher, educator, and entre... 4 Comments | Read More »

20 New Free Commercial Fonts

20 New Free Commercial Fonts

Fonts are a great way to add style to your ecommerce site. For very little expense, the right font can lend a modern look, a fu... 1 Comment | Read More »

5 Ways to Enhance an Ecommerce Site for Tablets

5 Ways to Enhance an Ecommerce Site for Tablets

Online retailers must design sites that work well and look great on tablets as those devices emerge as a favorite for online sh... 2 Comments | Read More »

15 iPad-friendly Retail Sites

15 iPad-friendly Retail Sites

Apple's iPad tablet computer is changing the way that many consumers connect to the Internet, stay informed, and shop. A tablet... 3 Comments | Read More »

5 Sins of Retail Site Design in 2013

5 Sins of Retail Site Design in 2013

A great retail site design is aesthetically pleasant; it reflects current trends; and it includes the best and often latest in ... 1 Comment | Read More »

17 Websites with Video Backgrounds

17 Websites with Video Backgrounds

Video is an excellent tool to present a product or a brand, as well as engage an audience with a rich visual experience. And wh... 1 Comment | Read More »

29 New Tools to Develop Your Site

29 New Tools to Develop Your Site

Website owners interested in developing their sites can always find a variety of new resources online. Here is a collection o... 3 Comments | Read More »

17 Typography Resources

17 Typography Resources

Your customers spend time looking at your site's text, so you'd better make sure your fonts look the way you want. Here is a l... 1 Comment | Read More »

16 Responsive Ecommerce Themes on WordPress

16 Responsive Ecommerce Themes on WordPress

Responsive design allows a business to reach computers, tablets and smartphones from a single website. Here is a list of re... 1 Comment | Read More »

10 Tips to Freshen Your Ecommerce Site

10 Tips to Freshen Your Ecommerce Site

One important strategy to grow your ecommerce revenue is to keep your store fresh and vibrant. That includes your content, prod... 9 Comments | Read More »

Getting Started with Responsive Web Design

Getting Started with Responsive Web Design

Responsive design was conceived a couple of years ago to allow users to view websites across all devices — computers, tablets a... 9 Comments | Read More »

5 Mistakes to Avoid on Ecommerce Sites

5 Mistakes to Avoid on Ecommerce Sites

What makes great ecommerce-site aesthetics, layout, and even features are a matter of opinion. But there are some things that s... 10 Comments | Read More »

Integrating Google Analytics with Site Search to Drive Conversions

Integrating Google Analytics with Site Search to Drive Conversions

There are two broad types of data you can collect about visits to your site. "Behavioral" data is about what visitors actually ... 0 Comments | Read More »

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