AmeriCommerce Blog

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...

Go Small to Go Big: How to Find Your Niche Market and Explode It

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

By Jack Cravy

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...

Lightning Fast Speeds Arrive at AmeriCommerce Online Stores

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Monday, July 1, 2019

Trading Tweets: How E-commerce and Twitter Equal Success

Everyone hates a slow website. Visitors and hosts alike are always chasing lightning fast speeds to increase experience, please Google, and for e-commerce online stores it means converting visitors to sales. That’s why AmeriCommerce takes load times, request times and other speed metrics very seriously. These metrics can be the deciding force in an online store’s success. One of the largest issues facing online stores is the fact that e-commerce platforms tend to struggle more than other...

News & Alerts

Monday, July 1, 2019

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

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...

More Power & More Control! Welcome “My Account”

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Monday, April 22, 2019

By Jack Cravy

With several months of blood sweat and tears by our hard-working product development team, we’re thrilled to announce the launch of the new My Account service! Allowing merchants of the AmeriCommerce platform to manage their own account has been requested by customers for years and we’re super excited to announce that this service is now finally landing to those that have been patiently waiting. We’ve not only introduced the much requested invoice and billing management system,...

News & Alerts

Monday, April 22, 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...

Whitepaper: The Complete Guide to Multi-Store Ecommerce

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

The Complete Guide to Multi-Store Ecommerce Multi-Store E-Commerce is an extraordinary feature that allows you to create and manage multiple storefronts from a single backend (i.e., admin panel). It’s one of our most popular features for online store owners and operators of all sizes. A Powerful Platform With Powerful Brands AmeriCommerce is the ideal platform for brands with complex needs and high volume orders. Contact us today to see how your company can save time and money with...

EBook: SEO For Ecommerce - The Power Of Search

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

SEO For Ecommerce - The Power Of Search It’s difficult to overstate the importance of search as a contributory factor to the success of your Ecommerce business. Did you know, for example, that a huge 93% of all online experiences begin on a search engine? Narrowing focus slightly, it’s been suggested that 89% of consumers use search engines as part of the research process to inform their purchase decisions. The thing is, search users are often in a hurry, and more than 32.5% of clicks go to...

EBook: 60 Actionable Steps for Checkout Conversion

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

60 Actionable Steps for Checkout Conversion According to Unbounce, the average rate of shopping cart abandonment on e-commerce sites is around 65 percent. One of the most significant qualities of a successful e-commerce business is offering a smooth checkout. However, this is no easy task. But, fear not. There are plenty of ways to navigate your customers through an easy and satisfying shopping experience as your competitors eat your dust. And Conversion expert David Crowther has uncovered 60...

EBook: 10 of the Best Sales Promotions of all Time

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Monday, February 11, 2019

10 of the Best Sales Promotions of all Time You've probably read countless blogs and sources that list the slickest offers, the best discounts and the most unique sales props. But who needs a long list of tips that might or might not actually work? Every retailer, product and buyer is different. Every store owner has their own pain points so a one-size-fits-all list of sales promotions isn't gonna cut it. But what's the one thing that we all do have in common? More sales. "How can I get more...