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Practical articles on WooCommerce, .NET, SEO, and ecommerce growth, written by specialists who actually build and market stores for a living.

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Jun 15, 2020

Creating a Shipping Method for WooCommerce

If you run an eCommerce business, you know that fast, secure shipping is an essential part of each sale and can make or break a loyal customer.  eCommerce customers expect orders to process quickly and accurately, can be traced, and are easy to return via mail if necessary. The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has sent more […]

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E-Commerce
Jun 8, 2020

Power Up the SEO for eCommerce Product Pages

Online shopping has become the default for consumers worldwide as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Many consumers were already shopping online long before the virus appeared. Those who only did so occasionally (especially during the holiday season) are doing this more often and for more products.  If you’re supplementing your brick and mortar store with a […]

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E-Commerce
May 6, 2020

6 Ways to Increase Mobile Conversion Rate for eCommerce

First, let’s start with defining mobile conversion rate. It’s the percentage of people who opt into your mobile marketing campaign out of the total number of people who saw the campaign. Simply put, the higher the percentage, the better the success of your campaign strategy.  When we talk about mobile rate optimization, we’re referring to […]

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E-Commerce
Apr 1, 2020

Integrating QuickBooks with WooCommerce

QuickBooks is a powerful accounting tool that’s long been a market leader for small and medium sized businesses. It’s available as a desktop tool, although many businesses use its cloud capabilities for the usual reasons: security, instant updates, and accessibility just about anywhere. QuickBooks is a natural fit for WooCommerce sites and a number of […]

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E-Commerce
Feb 19, 2020

Anatomy of a Great Ecommerce Store Checkout Page

Some time ago, we reviewed the top three reasons eCommerce shopping carts are abandoned: The customer was only browsing around the site There were issues with shipping The customer wanted to compare prices elsewhere or felt the price was too high Our solutions included saving abandoned shopping carts in case a customer returns, ways to […]

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E-Commerce
Jan 30, 2020

How to Choose a WooCommerce Subscription Plan

If your WooCommerce site works by subscribing to regular product delivery or services, you need a steady, reliable, and highly secure subscription plan or tool that’s responsive to your customers and your business revenue stream. How Do WooCommerce Subscriptions Work? As every candidate under the sun now says, “Good question.” (Or if they aren’t exhausted, […]

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E-Commerce
Jan 14, 2020

WooCommerce SEO Guide

Did you know WooCommerce offers excellent SEO tools? It was developed upon the WordPress platform and therefore has blogging — and the opportunities to maximize SEO — built into its DNA.  In fact, WooCommerce might be the only eCommerce software that includes blogging tools with the basic setup. The other eCommerce tools we’ve seen require […]

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E-Commerce
Nov 26, 2019

Email Marketing vs Marketing Automation

Are you using email to reach customers? Good news if you are – email remains one of the best ways to reach customers. They are more visible to customers than social media, which is easily overlooked and tends to disappear from view pretty quickly. Email is less expensive than snail-mail campaigns and has better response […]

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E-Commerce
Nov 19, 2019

Using the WooCommerce Conversion Tracking Plugin to Drive Sales

As an eCommerce seller, you rely on tracking your customers’ shopping habits to know the best-sellers, how well coupons are performing, what items resonate among customers in certain demographics and so on.    Most of all, you’re interested in what drives your repeat customers to keep coming back and replicating that success across the board. […]

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E-Commerce
Aug 22, 2019

Exploring eCommerce Options: WooCommerce vs. Shopify

In today’s world of e-commerce, setting up an online store is no longer a daunting task. Thanks to the availability of e-commerce platforms like WooCommerce and Shopify, businesses of all sizes can easily create and manage their online stores with ease. While both WooCommerce and Shopify have become household names in the e-commerce industry, they […]

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E-Commerce
Jul 31, 2019

How to Use the Facebook Pixel for Conversion Tracking

What is the Facebook Pixel?  The Facebook pixel is a piece of code that you place on your website. It is an analytical tool that collects data to help you measure the effectiveness of your Facebook advertising. More specifically, it is a tool that can assist your business in measuring, optimizing and building audiences for […]

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