Design

5 Ways To Target Mobile Only Customers
5 Ways To Target Mobile Only Customers
Alyssa Schaad

Consumers now spend more time with online retail on mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) than desktop or laptop PCs. In January, comScore documented that among top US retailers the percentage of mobile-only shoppers is approaching or crossing the 50 percent threshold. Below is the comScore chart of top retailers and the corresponding percentage of mobile […]

How to Use Cross-Selling and Upselling In Magento
How to Use Cross-Selling and Upselling In Magento
Alyssa Schaad

It can cost four times as much to sell to a new customer as it does to sell to an existing one. Using cross-selling and upselling techniques to customers that you already have, companies can sell more products and services, reduce the cost of sales, boost customer loyalty and drive revenue. Why should you upsell […]

What Can We Learn From This Year’s Best Magento Web Design?
What Can We Learn From This Year’s Best Magento Web Design?
Caitlin Mekita

Reed Krakoff Vietri Filippa K James Perse Every year at the Imagine Magento conference in Las Vegas, top Magento stores are recognized for their design & innovation. This years group is a small and diverse selection of creative and imaginative Magento Stores that will certainly set the bar over the next year. After reviewing this […]

Quick Tip: Uploading images to your Magento Store
Quick Tip: Uploading images to your Magento Store
Caitlin Mekita

Images are one of the most important elements included in a Magento store. Because your shoppers cannot touch or try on your products, they rely heavily on images to decide whether or not they will buy your product. Images are also important for SEO purposes. With the introduction of retina screens, sizing and saving images […]

How To Prepare For Google’s Algorithm Change on April 21st
How To Prepare For Google’s Algorithm Change on April 21st
Alyssa Schaad

As mobile becomes increasingly prevalent, Google is again improving search for mobile users by constantly making updates to its search engine to help prevent old, non-updated websites from ranking well and preventing spam in searches. This time around Google is changing their formula to also rank responsive websites higher than non mobile-friendly websites. On April […]

Key Takeaways From Recent eCommerce Studies
Key Takeaways From Recent eCommerce Studies
Caitlin Mekita

If you are an online merchant, it’s important to do your research to get a good understanding of the latest eCommerce trends and patterns. There are many excellent studies available with the most current information on user behavior, device usage, and demographics. We’re constantly looking for the best information to help us build for you […]

Improve Conversions with Awesome Product Photography
Improve Conversions with Awesome Product Photography
Jill Govier

You could have a great eCommerce store with a great design with great products, but if the product photography is awful your sales could plummet. Product photography is way more important than you may think. Unlike any store at the mall, customers cannot go to your eCommerce store, touch and truly look at the product […]

What is Zurb Foundation & How It Can Improve Your Responsive Website?
What is Zurb Foundation & How It Can Improve Your Responsive Website?
Alyssa Schaad

What is Zurb Foundation? Zurb Foundation is a responsive front-end framework. The framework is mobile-friendly and ready to be customized any way you want to use it. It is compatible with almost all browsers and devices. Foundation is built with HTML, CSS and Javascript, the core components of the Web. Foundation recently decided to build […]

Shopping Cart Abandonment – Why It Happens And How To Prevent It
Shopping Cart Abandonment – Why It Happens And How To Prevent It
Caitlin Mekita

The average Shopping Cart Abandonment rate is 67.89%.* We can’t eliminate all shopping cart abandonment, but we can help improve on some of the major problems that are causing customers to leave their carts. The best way to approach your shopping cart and checkout design is with these two simple concepts – easy navigation & […]