AmeriCommerce Blog

Thursday, May 28, 2015

New Admin Look and New Brand – Coming Soon!

New Look - Coming Soon! Hey friends, we wanted to let you know that we will soon be updating the admin visuals and changing our website to reflect our transition into the Capital One family! In terms of the store management experience, you’ll still manage your stores as you always have but you’ll see some visual updates with our new colors and logo. So other than simple cosmetic tweaks, you won't experience any disruption or changes to your admin. New Admin Look and Feel The AmeriCommerce...

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

How to Unlock The True Value of Pinterest for eCommerce

By Team AmeriCommerce

With over 70 million users, Pinterest really does offer huge potential to direct more traffic to your online store. Sure, we appreciate that sometimes it can be hard to keep up with all the different social platforms out there. But Pinterest isn’t just another fad. It's up there with the greats like Facebook and Twitter, and because the sole focus is on awesome visuals, it can seriously help you sell more products, if you get it right. In fact, 38% of users have made a direct purchase...

E-Commerce Power Ups

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

How to Set up Your Ecommerce Blog in 4 Steps

By Team AmeriCommerce

Are you thinking of setting up a blog for your online store? Well here at AmeriCommerce we just love to blog and it's not hard to see why... Did you know that when companies blog 20 or more times in a month, they see the most return in traffic and leads? We can't reiterate enough that it will bring traffic to your site – hey it brought you here didn’t it? But that's not only reason to set up an Ecommerce blog... Do I really need a blog? The answer to that question is simple, yes you do. But...

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Thursday, May 14, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: 20 Best Eccommerce Sites For Retailers

By Team AmeriCommerce

The rise of mobile commerce, social commerce and search (i.e., Google Shopping, Amazon, Facebook) has fragmented how audiences buy online, so reaching more customers requires a tailored appeal to their preferences. To engage shoppers, you need to speak to them through the channels they frequent. And while the top ecommerce channels are as varied as their audiences, they do have one thing in common: they're an undeniably cost-effective way to boost retail sales. GoDataFeed's infographic on the...

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Are you Making These 5 Ecommerce Mistakes?

By Team AmeriCommerce

Let's be honest, there is more to Ecommerce than building an online store and expecting sales. It takes time, effort and a whole bunch of tools to ensure that those visitors turn into customers. Problem is, with the online global conversion rate coming in at a measly 4.2%, it's critical to the success of your store that you don't make a single mistake. But are you making any of these 5 common Ecommerce mistakes? Mistake 1: Your site isn’t mobile responsive Did you know that over 1.2...

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Monday, May 11, 2015

Top 3 Tips Sellers Use To Save Money on Shipping

By Team AmeriCommerce

The world of shipping is expensive, and only costs more as your volume goes up. We’ve compiled a few ways for you to save money on your entire shipping process through completely free supplies, discounted supplies, and tricks to lower your overall spend. FREE SHIPPING SUPPLIES Free boxes and envelopes from USPS, UPS, and FedEx Packages are shipped in two main ways: boxes and envelopes. If there’s one thing that’s certain, are these supplies cost money. While you would only pay around $0.30 -...

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Monday, May 11, 2015

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Why Online Store Live Chat Is No Longer Optional

By Team AmeriCommerce

We've said it before and we'll say it again, live chat is one of the best conversion tools you can use for your online store. But don't just listen to us, listen to your web visitors who actually want to see this as an option on your site. Yep that's right, 31% of online shoppers say that they are more likely to make a purchase after a live chat. So then why are so many of you dragging your feet when it comes to this awesome tool? Still not convinced? Check out MORE reasons why we think it's...

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Easy Ways To Build Customer Trust

By Team AmeriCommerce

Building trust with your customers is pretty darn important for the success of your bricks and mortar retail store as well as your online store. Win a person's trust and not only will they continue to shop with you – they'll also go ahead and rave about you to all of their friends. But building trust isn’t easy. It takes time, hard work and a ton of effort to strengthen that relationship... Check out our top 7 ways that you can help to build trust and confidence with your online store...

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Friday, April 24, 2015

Recapture Lost Sales with Facebook Retargeting

By Team AmeriCommerce

Recapture Lost Sales with Facebook Retargeting By Dennis Moons I was browsing around on Facebook for the latest batch of funny videos when I saw those shoes again. My current running shoes were worn out, so I’d been comparing a couple of different models. I hadn’t decided on anything yet. But buying a new pair of shoes was still on my mind. And the running shoe ads weren’t letting me forget it. They were reminding me of the store and all the different models they had in stock.. A day later,...

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Friday, April 24, 2015

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

How Twitter Ads for Ecommerce Can Boost Your Biz

By Team AmeriCommerce

Ever since its launch in 2004, Twitter has been an awesome platform to help merchants grow their online store . With just 140 characters to play with, this unique social site encourages us to get to the point – and fast. But as Twitter grew - so did its users – and with 288 million people to contend with, it's pretty challenging to get your tweet seen, let alone retweeted. So that's why Twitter ads can be so valuable for your ecommerce store, and why we're about to teach you how to use them......

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Monday, April 20, 2015

Google Update "Mobilegeddon" Arrives April 21st

By Team AmeriCommerce

So “Mobilegeddon”, as its being called, is near. As of April 21st 2015 Google will use mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal. For AmeriCommerce customers, this will only impact you if you have not yet embraced a mobile-friendly site design. To be “mobile friendly” means: Googlebot is allowed to crawl CSS & JavaScript to pass the Mobile-Friendly Test. As described in the February 26th announcement by Google, their algorithms need to be updated to reflect the usage patterns of mobile users. As...

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Monday, April 20, 2015