Should a WooCommerce Shop Run on Shared Hosting or a VPS?

Should a WooCommerce Shop Run on Shared Hosting or a VPS?

One of the worst setbacks a website deals with is downtime. The longer your site is down, more sales go down the drain. One of your main concerns as an ecommerce retailer is maximizing your revenue, and web server issues directly undermine that. Suffice it to say, the hosting plan that you choose matters immensely….

Are You Making These Product Description Mistakes?

Are You Making These Product Description Mistakes?

When you sell anything online, there’s always one general metric (regardless of the situation) that will always mean something: sales. Your online store will either live or die by how many sales you make. There are many elements that will directly influence the amount of sales that you bring in. When someone clicks on a…

The 4 Most Essential Success Metrics for Your E-Commerce Store

The 4 Most Essential Success Metrics for Your E-Commerce Store

In the e-commerce space, business owners that are successful often know exactly why they are successful. They’re successful, for one major reason, because they know how well they are performing– their data always tells the story. Your success in e-commerce is determined by number and hard facts. And while it’s easy to rely on instincts,…

How to Use the WooCommerce Points and Rewards Plugin to Increase Repeat Purchases

How to Use the WooCommerce Points and Rewards Plugin to Increase Repeat Purchases

Every successful business owner knows that one of the keys to running a business successfully is the building the loyalty of his customer base. Loyalty makes customers come back for repeat sales, and it compels them to talk about your business with their friends and family. But loyalty, more often than not, does not come…

How Your E-Commerce Store Can Conquer 2016

How Your E-Commerce Store Can Conquer 2016

For several years, e-commerce has steadily evolved. 2015’s Black Friday saw record numbers of online sales, and it’s indicative of a larger trend: people prefer to shop online. E-commerce offers convenience, speed, and a wealth of options. In 2016, e-commerce will continue to evolve– that’s a guarantee. As e-commerce evolves, your operation needs to evolve…

5 Simple Ways to Make Your Web Presence More Trustworthy

5 Simple Ways to Make Your Web Presence More Trustworthy

The purpose of your business website is to capture more sales and to expand your brand. One of the things that often gets overlooked when it comes to web design is the trustworthiness of a website. This means that if you want to see a certain level of success, your website needs to be totally…

When Should You Start Seeing Results from Your SEO Campaign?

When Should You Start Seeing Results from Your SEO Campaign?

SEO can be tricky. Traffic is a necessary element when it comes to seeing success for your website. In many ways, it’s the most important element; without traffic, your website is almost useless. For this reason, people get restless. If you’ve hired a company to handle your SEO, or if you’ve chosen the do-it-yourself route,…

Why Linking Building Will Still Matter in 2016

Why Linking Building Will Still Matter in 2016

Google’s 2012 Penguin update permanently changed the game. Some of the things that worked before abruptly stopped working. SEO’s panicked. Website rankings plummeted. Chaos ensued. Lost in all of the chaos and the noise were the facts. People became very misinformed on what works and what doesn’t. Bad SEO practices sort of became the norm….

The 5 Profit-Generating Benefits of Pay-per-Click (PPC)

The 5 Profit-Generating Benefits of Pay-per-Click (PPC)

It’s safe to say that you’ve heard about pay-per-click (PPC) marketing. You’ve probably heard it’s a bit risky, and it’s easy to lose money with it. That’s true; it can be a bit risky– if you don’t know what you’re doing. It goes without saying that with any marketing method that you use, you should…

How to Accelerate the Speed of Your WooCommerce Store

How to Accelerate the Speed of Your WooCommerce Store

Chances are, if your website is not optimized for speed, you are likely running slow. WordPress is a powerful system, but if it’s not optimized, it can lag. Your E-commerce operation cannot afford slow speeds. Because 51% of online shoppers say that site slowness is the main reason why they would abandon a shopping cart,…

How To Hit the Ground Running With Your E-Commerce Store

How To Hit the Ground Running With Your E-Commerce Store

You’ve probably heard the stories of how a new store quickly rose from obscurity and went on to make millions of dollars in a short period of time. You’ve been probably been thinking of the possibilities for your own store, and you’re dreaming of your own success scenarios. You should stop. I’m not here to…

How to Use Abandoned Cart Emails to Recapture Lost Sales

How to Use Abandoned Cart Emails to Recapture Lost Sales

One of the most underappreciated marketing tools is the abandoned cart email. Abandoned carts are an issue that every E-commerce retailer encounters. Over 70% of shopping carts are abandoned before a purchase is made. Somewhere along the line, prospects lose interest and change their mind. The purpose of the abandoned cart email is to change…