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Identifying Conversion Problems from the Product Page

Identifying Conversion Problems from the Product Page

When vying to increase conversion rates, many storeowners mistakenly put primary focus on the checkout process. While a simplif... 2 Comments | Read More »

3 Ecommerce Personalization Strategies

3 Ecommerce Personalization Strategies

Personalized product recommendations may help shoppers discover products or services more quickly and boost ecommerce sales con... 0 Comments | Read More »

Increasing Conversions by Referring Consumers Elsewhere

Increasing Conversions by Referring Consumers Elsewhere

Zappos.com's customer service is legendary. It's been known to order pizzas for customers, to take special product photos for c... 0 Comments | Read More »

Using 'Quick Views' to Increase Conversions

Using 'Quick Views' to Increase Conversions

Editor's Note: Each month contributor Louis Camassa, a seasoned ecommerce developer, identifies a feature from existing ecommer... 0 Comments | Read More »

Can Spelling Mistakes Impact Ecommerce Conversion?

Can Spelling Mistakes Impact Ecommerce Conversion?

There’s little research on the impact of spelling and grammar mistakes on conversion. But Charles Duncombe, CEO of JustSayPleas... 1 Comment | Read More »

How to Test Multiple Variables on an Ecommerce Site

How to Test Multiple Variables on an Ecommerce Site

Ecommerce merchants strive to increase the number of visitors to their sites that actually purchase products. Increasing those ... 1 Comment | Read More »

Maxymiser President on Multivariant Ecommerce Testing

Maxymiser President on Multivariant Ecommerce Testing

Ecommerce merchants strive to increase the number of visitors to their sites that actually purchase products. Increasing those co... 0 Comments | Read More »

Website Showcase: Designing With the Fold

Website Showcase: Designing With the Fold

In “Designing ‘Above the Fold’ Necessary?,” I offered my thoughts as to how the 600-pixel top "fold" should be viewed today. I ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Admiring Apple's ‘Questions & Answers’ Feature

Admiring Apple's ‘Questions & Answers’ Feature

Editor's Note: Each month contributor Louis Camassa — a seasoned ecommerce developer, and the author of our "Tips for Newcomers... 1 Comment | Read More »

Designing Web Forms for Better Conversions; 5 Tips

Designing Web Forms for Better Conversions; 5 Tips

Web forms are the final hurdle shoppers and site visitors must traverse before registering for a newsletter or making a purchas... 1 Comment | Read More »

SEO: Convert More Before Driving More

SEO: Convert More Before Driving More

Many organic search marketers focus on increasing rankings and traffic to a site. What happens to that traffic once it hits the... 0 Comments | Read More »

SearchSpring Co-Founder on Improving Faceted-Category Navigation

SearchSpring Co-Founder on Improving Faceted-Category Navigation

Sophisticated site search helps consumers find products on an ecommerce site, and therefore increases sales. But site search can a... 0 Comments | Read More »

5 Tips for Better Landing Pages

5 Tips for Better Landing Pages

Landing pages are important online marketing tools and keys to conversion. So almost anything that a marketer can do to improve... 2 Comments | Read More »

Understanding Basic A/B Testing

Understanding Basic A/B Testing

A/B testing is a method for measuring the relative effectiveness of certain page content or marketing promotions. When properly... 1 Comment | Read More »

SLI Systems CEO on New Site-Search Developments

SLI Systems CEO on New Site-Search Developments

The need for sophisticated site search is becoming increasingly important for ecommerce merchants, who are all serving increasing... 0 Comments | Read More »

4 Ways of Capturing More Email Addresses and Increasing Conversion

4 Ways of Capturing More Email Addresses and Increasing Conversion

There is a very strong link between website conversions and email. A recent study by my firm showed that once traffic has gotte... 3 Comments | Read More »

4 Ways Video Can Drive Traffic and Conversions

4 Ways Video Can Drive Traffic and Conversions

Video is one of the fastest-growing content types on the Internet. More than 172 million individual Americans watched an averag... 3 Comments | Read More »

14 Customer Feedback Tools for Small Business

14 Customer Feedback Tools for Small Business

Feedback is essential to running a business. It tells you what’s working and what’s not. It provides you with fresh ideas on wa... 20 Comments | Read More »

Using the Return Policy to Convert Shoppers into Customers

Using the Return Policy to Convert Shoppers into Customers

It’s common practice to focus on trends, design and shopability to (hopefully) increase and maintain sales. For the most part, ... 5 Comments | Read More »

Emphasize Key Details for Effective Product Descriptions; 5 Pointers

Emphasize Key Details for Effective Product Descriptions; 5 Pointers

When describing products and services, remember that consumers want to know why they need those items. Use bullet points and li... 1 Comment | Read More »

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