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Some unique requirements of a Fashion Ecommerce website

Posted on May 7, 2012 at 2:11pm by admin No Comment
Some unique requirements of a Fashion Ecommerce website

At Flow20.com, we have over 4 years of experience creating user-friendly and stylish websites for clients involved in the fashion and apparel industry and although any website we design needs to be easy to use and Search Engine friendly at the very least, when it comes to development, its important to take into account the…

Checkout Checklist – If your checkout process doesn’t have this, you’re loosing customers

Posted on February 8, 2012 at 1:07pm by Shirish Agarwal No Comment
Checkout Checklist – If your checkout process doesn’t have this, you’re loosing customers

Checkout abandonment is a challenge for most ecommerce websites. According to a recent study by SeeWhy, an average of 71% of potential customers abandon the checkout process thereby never making the purchase they initially set out to do.  This can be for a number of reasons – finding the checkout process difficult to use/understand,  changing…

SEO Tips for optimizing your Ecommerce website content

Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:35pm by Shirish Agarwal No Comment
SEO Tips for optimizing your Ecommerce website content

A while ago, I had written about how you don’t want to copy/paste manufacturer’s description on products on your online shop. I have compiled a list of some more things that you can easily do towards your Ecommerce site which will not only help it differentiate itself from the competition but also improve its rankings…

5 metrics every online retailer should monitor

Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:02pm by Shirish Agarwal No Comment
5 metrics every online retailer should monitor

If you sell online, understanding your website analytics data and knowing what to do with it can help in increasing your online sales. I speak to to online retailers often and it seems that the majority of them login to their Website Analytics program to check only the most popular metrics such as No. of…

What most online retailers can learn from Amazon.co.uk

Posted on January 8, 2012 at 6:05pm by Shirish Agarwal No Comment
What most online retailers can learn from Amazon.co.uk

A while ago, I wrote about how you can use upselling techniques to increase your average order value and sales from your E-Commerce website. This got me thinking about Amazon. There aren’t many online retailers who can compete with Amazon in terms of their ability to cross-sell and convert a high number of its visitors…

E commerce SEO – 7 ways to help you get a better return

Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:00pm by admin No Comment
E commerce SEO – 7 ways to help you get a better return

Most online retailers take a two-dimensional approach to Search Engine Optimization for eCommerce : optimize the home page for the most relevant search terms and a few products from the most lucrative product range. However, with a little bit of extra effort and implementing best-practices when you add new products, you can significantly increase not…

Starting an Ecommerce website for fashion?

Posted on December 26, 2011 at 2:18pm by admin No Comment
Starting an Ecommerce website for fashion?

In most cases, the technical requirements of your Ecommerce platform will be slightly different to online retailers selling hardware, Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) or other, standardardized items. Whilst any decent ecommerce platform is fully customizable nowadays, it does’nt hurt to have an idea about the technical requirements and capabilities your chosen platform should have. Here,…

5 Upselling techniques to increase your online sales

Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:47am by admin 1 Comment
5 Upselling techniques to increase your online sales

5 Online upselling techniques to increase your website sales Most e-commerce websites convert anywhere between 2-4% of their visitors into a sale. Highly customer-centric sites like Amazon or Proflowers convert about 9.6% and 14.1% (yes, incredible!). One of the most effective way to increase your online sales is to inform and encourage buyers to purchase…