AmeriCommerce Blog

Saturday, February 13, 2021
Setting Your eCommerce Goals for 2021
2020 was pretty much a dumpster fire for many industries--except for ecommerce. According to experts, COVID-19 accelerated online retail’s growth by 3-5 years in the span of a few months. This has led to a lot of ecommerce entrepreneurs scrambling to keep up. Brands had to quickly adapt to the situation in order to fulfill orders, obtain stock, and even process refunds in a timely manner. Brands whose products tanked during the pandemic had to shift their product offerings in order to stay...

Saturday, February 13, 2021

Wednesday, November 25, 2020
10 Crucial Ways to Prep Your Online Store for the 2020 Holidays
The holidays have always been a historically busy season for ecommerce stores but this year it’s going to be taken up to 11. Retail store shutdowns and quarantine laws have helped ecommerce owners thrive in 2020. The online shopping industry has seen 4 to 6 years worth of accelerated growth in 6 months according to research by Adobe Insights and it shows no signs of stopping as we approach the busiest shopping season of the year. If there’s ever a time to optimize your ecommerce store, it’s...

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
How to Improve SEO For Product Pages
Any ecommerce store owner worth their checkout box knows the value of effective SEO. They already understand that a high search engine ranking can earn you thousands in sales. Unfortunately, this is where most ecommerce store owners get careless. They prioritize site wide improvements or things like social media and content marketing. While these do have their place and are important for your site’s SEO health, they tend to overlook a key element: product pages. Product pages are the buyer’s...

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Friday, September 11, 2020
The Ecommerce Guide to Payment Gateways vs Payment Processors
Whether you own an online-only retail business or a brick-and-mortar store with an online presence, your goal is to make it as easy as possible for customers to give you money, whether it's through credit, debit or other means. Payment gateways and payment processors are used to help facilitate the transfer of funds between customer and merchant. The two are often confused with one another, despite having different functions. Business owners need to understand the differences between the two...

Friday, September 11, 2020

Thursday, August 22, 2019
5 Ways to Save on Shipping
Shipping is a large cost that cuts into e-commerce businesses’ profits. Whether you’re just starting out or a titan in the industry, you’re always going to be looking for cheaper ways to ship. From negotiating better rates to discovering new shipping services, there’s always going to be a more efficient option. 1. Don’t Buy Postage From the Post Office This one is a bit self-explanatory. When you go to a post office to purchase postage, they’re going to charge you retail rates. If you use a...

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Go Small to Go Big: How to Find Your Niche Market and Explode It
While it may seem a little counter-intuitive at first, the secret to creating a highly successful e-commerce store is to sell fewer types of items. Choosing one specific thing to specialize in, otherwise known as choosing a niche, is what separates many successful online businesses from everybody else. While it's never been easier to launch an online store with AmeriCommerce, this also means that there is a lot of competition out there. However, by choosing a business niche you'll give yourself...

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Trading Tweets: How E-commerce and Twitter Equal Success
Twitter has more than 68 million active users in the U.S. alone. If you expand that worldwide, there are over 330 million active Twitter users. That is a significant market of people and a great well of untapped customers for your business. It is believed the E-commerce will become the biggest retail channel in the world by the year 2021. So how do these 2 things relate? Well, it's no secret that social media has become the future of communication. It's quick, it's easy and it's...

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Thursday, April 18, 2019
Ditch DIY: The Top Five Reasons You Shouldn't Self-Host Your E-commerce Store
The Top Five Reasons You Shouldn't Self-Host Your E-commerce Store Are you opening an online shop? If so, you may be considering platforms that enable you to self-host your e-commerce store. Here are five reasons to say "no." At the onset, it sounds like a promising premise: You cut out the middle man and take a hands-on approach to everything in your online shop. Specifically, you self-host it, meaning you don't rely on an outside platform to host your store's files on its server. While that...

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Monday, January 28, 2019
Most Popular E-Commerce Discounts
What’s the difference in buying and browsing? Buying starts off as browsing, but at the sight of a discount, turns into buying. That’s right, a whopping 83% of consumers regularly make unplanned purchases because of a promotional offer. And of the customers that were already planning on buying, 65% of them end up spending more than they were originally willing to. So, what are your options to get in on this profitable habit? Here’s some coupon ideas you’ll want to use and ways for you to...

Monday, January 28, 2019

Thursday, December 20, 2018
7 Ways to Make a Great “About Us” Page
Investors, consumers, and competitors alike are all asking the same questions: what makes your company better than the others? Why should customers buy from you and not them? What’s your mission? More simply, who are you? These questions may appear minor, but they actually hold a great influence over all those who interact with your website. These questions should all be answered within your “About Us” or “Our Company” page. With such an importance, writing an “About Us” page can be stressful....

Thursday, December 20, 2018