How To Take Advantage Of Retail Moments
With Easter having just hopped on by, a string of Bank Holidays on the horizon and a Royal Wedding nearing the alter, we thought now was the perfect time to look at ‘retail moments’ and how, as an eCommerce seller, you can use them to your advantage. What Are Retail Moments? Retail moments are excuses […]
Voice Search & eCommerce – What’s This Voice Search All About?
Siri, Alexa, Google Home – regardless of who your customers have shacked up with, voice search is big and it’s here to stay. This week’s blog covers everything you need to know about voice search, including what it is, how your eCommerce store can benefit and what you need to do. Hey Google – let’s […]
Guest Blog: The 5 Biggest Laws of Abandoned Cart Email Campaigns
This is a guest blog from the CartStack, the advanced, yet simple, cart abandonment recovery solution. There is probably no statistic more annoying to those of us in the eCommerce world than this: 7 out of 10 customers who fill a cart on your website will just leave it there and go off to walk […]
Top Of The Search Results – Optimising Your Amazon Listings
In order to buy your products from Amazon, customers need to be able to find your products on Amazon and sometimes, this is harder than you’d like. We’ve put together some top tips to help you understand Amazon, your potential customers and Amazon’s hidden keywords, in order to increase your chances of discovery. The Journey Of […]
I Don’t Know But I’ve Been Told: eBay Boot Camp Now Open
eBay is inviting you to a four-week training boot camp and the best thing: it’s online and it’s free. Dates eBay is running its free online boot camp from 05 March 2018 (also the start of British Pie Week), for four weeks. Topics You’ll be covering the basics such as eBay best practices and buyer expectations, as well […]
eCommerce clock change: don’t get caught off guard
Daylight saving time – sacrificing a little bit of sunrise for a whole later sunset. But whilst we don’t mind losing an hour’s sleep for those lazy summer evenings, losing an hour’s worth of work on your eCommerce business isn’t ideal. Here are our top tips to be tip top for DST. 1. Add New Listings […]
How To Prevent Overselling: 5 Top Tips
Whilst overselling means that you’ve got customers, you’re popular and you’ve shifted a lot of stock (great) it also means that you’re missing out on sales, your customers are left disappointed and your potential customers may head elsewhere (not great). Not overselling stock is one of the eight rules of the eCommerce club (we can’t talk about the […]
Product Customisation: The Benefits & How To Overcome Challenges
In our March eCommerce news roundup, we reported that Amazon now allows sellers to offer product customisation – a feature that fellow online marketplaces Etsy and Shopify have long provided. Product customisation is a huge market but what is it and how can it help drive your eCommerce sales? What Is Product Customisation? Product customisation […]
Take Back Tuesday: We’ve Got Your Back For Good
Tuesday 02 January: Back to school, back to work and back to the post office with your Christmas returns. With predictions that returns on Tuesday 02 January will be double the December daily average, it is important to ensure that you ace the returns season by following these five simple steps: 1. Customer Service This […]
Five eCommerce Goals for 2018
New year, new resolutions, new goals. Whilst the running trainers may have already edged their way to the back of the wardrobe, we’re here to help you plan, achieve and even smash your 2018 online retail goals. Let’s get started: 1. Reporting Getting your reporting in order is a brilliant way to start the year. […]
eCommerce dates for your 2018 eCommerce Diary
Don’t worry, we’ve done all the hard work for you; all you need to do is get that brand new diary out and start scribbling (or just print this and pin it to your notice board)! Have a wonderful 2018!
Prepare your eCommerce site for Christmas thanks to Expandly
If you’re anything like us then you probably haven’t quite finished (or started) your post-summer holiday ironing (or washing) but with only 82 sleeps to go, you’ve got the perfect excuse to put it off for even longer because you need to be getting Christmas ready! Don’t let it kill your summer holiday vibes though: The Expandly team have put […]