PayPal survey: why shoppers abandon their shopping

June 24, 2009

photo credit: avlxyzPayPal have published the results of their second annual Checkout Abandonment Survey, looking at why website buyers don’t complete purchases. Just like last year’s survey, an excessive shipping fee was the number one reason for… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Ecommerce, Marketing, Paypal, Selling Tips, Web Design | 8 Comments 

Guest Post: Life after eBay

March 15, 2009

Many eBay sellers are diversifying to other marketplaces and also selling from their own websites. Here Gill James from Foilplay (who also blogs here) offers her perspectives on going it alone and establishing an independent ecommerce… Read more

Written by Dan Wilson · Filed Under Ecommerce, Web Design | 30 Comments 

20 one-minute jobs to improve your home page

September 8, 2008

When was the last time you looked at your website’s home page? I don’t mean clicked through on the way to checking your new stock’s displaying correctly: I mean, really looked at it, through the eyes of someone arriving there for the first time… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Ecommerce, Web Design | 15 Comments 

The seven deadly sins of shopping carts

June 4, 2008

photo credit: Omar Omar A PayPal survey of online shoppers reveals the reasons that buyers abandon their shopping carts. Nearly half blamed too-high shipping costs, whereas – unsurprisingly in a survey commissioned by PayPal – a fifth said that… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Ecommerce, Web Design | 9 Comments