DIY Ecommerce Guide
8: Legal
As an eSeller you have many rules and regulations to contend with when selling in the UK, let alone elsewhere in the world. While the Brexit vote may well yet throw up some changes to the law, this chapter looks at what you have to
7: Retain and Expand
Now you have set up an ecommerce site and began promotion, you need to retain a cabal of loyal customers in order for your business to grow. In the seventh section of the DIY eCommerce Guide, Retain and Expand: Learn how to convert browsers into sales
6: Convert
What are the top-selling ecommerce sites doing to convert browsers into customers? We've looked to some of them for inspiration, including Argos, Tesco, Apple, Marks and Spencer, and Next. In the sixth section of the DIY eCommerce Guide, Convert: Some of the very simple ways to
5: Deliver
Delivering the goods that consumers want to buy from you is, naturally, a crucial step in the process of running an online retail business - but involves more than just putting orders in boxes. Make sure you're running an efficient and well-liked operation with an
EDITORIAL What we have learned from Black Friday – and how do we apply it
Black Friday delivered the boom in early Christmas online sales as we all expected, but as ever it showed up where the weaknesses are in ecommerce – and since we offer you a guide as to how to build and run a successful ecommerce business,
Marketing tips to boost ecommerce sales from Black Friday to Christmas
Black Friday and the following avalanche of ecommerce activity that flows thereafter until the January sales kick in puts a massive strain on retailers. For the newbie it can be really daunting. But you have to get it right as it is the cash cow
Only 1% of shoppers plan to start Christmas shopping on Black Friday
Black Friday may have become confirmed in shoppers’ minds as “the” time to shop for pre-Christmas bargains, but despite how far away from Christmas Day it falls, it doesn’t represent the start of Christmas shopping at all. Almost two thirds of people (62%) prefer to
4: Promote
Once you have set up any kind of ecommerce business, you need to know how to promote it: customers are unlikely to just find it. Make sure you're reaching the right customers, in the right places, and at the right time to improve your audience
Black Friday a boon for online retailers as only 12% of UK shoppers will brave the high street this time
While Black Friday started life as an in-store phenomenon, this year only 12% of shoppers will head in-store to grab pre-Christmas discount deals – opting instead to shop online, according to new research from digital commerce platform provider Episerver. The Episerver research, which surveyed more than 1,000 UK