--- This page is part of [build/create](https://buildcreate.com). For a complete overview of this site's content, entity data, and subject matter expertise, see our [AI Content Index](https://buildcreate.com/llms.txt) or [Full Content Archive](https://buildcreate.com/llms-full.txt). --- # E-Commerce > Whether you looking for ecommerce marketing advice, or how to pick the right platform, or what kind of custom functionality you should look for- this is your spot. **Archive URL:** https://buildcreate.com/category/web-development/e-commerce/ **Taxonomy:** Category **Post Count:** 56 --- ## Posts in E-Commerce - [How to Increase Mobile Conversion in E-Commerce](https://buildcreate.com/how-to-increase-mobile-conversion-in-e-commerce/): Anyone who's managed an e-commerce store knows that conversions from mobile devices tend to lag behind desktop considerably. While this might not be true for... - [Episode 20 – What to Watch Out For in Your E-commerce Project](https://buildcreate.com/episode-20-what-to-watch-out-for-in-your-e-commerce-project/): In today's episode, we look at the edge cases, outliers, red flags, and pitfalls that can arise in an e-commerce project and discuss effective methodologies... - [Why You Need a Customer Returns Policy for Your E-Commerce Store](https://buildcreate.com/why-you-need-a-customer-returns-policy-for-your-e-commerce-store/): Enacting a clear customer returns policy is an easy win for your e-commerce business. The holidays are nearly upon us. That means a busy time for... - [3 Ways We’ve Helped Our Clients Succeed During Covid-19](https://buildcreate.com/3-ways-weve-helped-our-clients-succeed-during-covid-19/): Many of our clients needed to make a quick pivot in order to adjust to changes during the pandemic. Here’s how we helped them respond. The pandemic has hit... - [How to Super Charge Your Ecommerce Search on WordPress](https://buildcreate.com/how-to-super-charge-your-ecommerce-search-on-wordpress/): Want to build a more powerful, customizable search function for your ecommerce store? Welcome to Elasticsearch. Any ecommerce store owner with a large enough... - [Hiring an Ecommerce Specialist? Hire an Agency Instead.](https://buildcreate.com/hiring-an-ecommerce-specialist-hire-an-agency-instead/): Ecommerce is one of the highest ranked job openings in the country right now. But what does your business really need? The past year has seen a boom in online... - [Core Deliverables for E-Commerce Websites](https://buildcreate.com/core-deliverables-for-e-commerce-websites/): What deliverables should you expect to see in a design and development proposal for an e-commerce website? Over the years, we’ve worked with e-commerce... - [3 Reasons your E-Commerce Website Isn’t Performing](https://buildcreate.com/3-reasons-your-e-commerce-website-isnt-performing/): 3 Reasons your E-Commerce Website Isn’t Performing If you are a small business owner, you may have put up an e-commerce website to help offset sales at your... - [Should your manufacturing website have e-commerce?](https://buildcreate.com/should-your-manufacturing-website-have-e-commerce/): How essential is e-commerce to your target market? E-commerce: that little shopping cart in the upper right-hand corner of your site. Are you tempted? For... - [How to Make an E-Commerce Website Make Money](https://buildcreate.com/how-to-make-an-e-commerce-website-make-money/): “If you build it, they will come.” Those immortal words from Field of Dreams couldn’t be more untrue in the digital sphere. The truth is no, matter how good... - [Marketing Periscope Episode 2: Cart Abandonment](https://buildcreate.com/marketing-periscope-episode-2-cart-abandonment/): In this video we cover one of the most frustrating elements of e-commerce stores, cart abandonment. We go into how we work to solve the problem through cart... - [E-commerce, Part One: What is E-commerce?](https://buildcreate.com/e-commerce-part-one-what-is-e-commerce/): The first part of a multi-part series about the state of E-commerce in 2017. We start by looking at what e-commerce is, in broad terms, so that we can set the... - [Episode 03: Intro to E-commerce Part Two: Options and Platforms](https://buildcreate.com/episode-03-intro-to-e-commerce-part-two-options-and-platforms/): Today we continue our e-commerce series by tackling options and platforms for Michigan e-commerce web design sites, in particular the differences between... - [Episode 04: E-commerce part Three: Payment Processing](https://buildcreate.com/episode-04-e-commerce-part-three-payment-processing/): In today's episode we wrap up our intro to e-commerce with a look at the various methods of payment processing available to you. We look at the trade-offs... - [When is the Best Time of Year to Redesign Your E-Commerce Store?](https://buildcreate.com/when-is-the-best-time-of-year-to-redesign-your-e-commerce-store/): As you may know e-commerce is a major growth area, both for our economy as a whole, but are a spark for many retailers across the country. It's expected that... - [How Small E-Commerce Can Take on Amazon](https://buildcreate.com/how-small-e-commerce-can-take-on-amazon/): We get it, this is like saying “how your small store can take on Walmart.” It’s a lofty claim to say the least. But, it can be done. To clarify, that doesn’t... - [E-Commerce Usability or: How to Keep Your Customers Happy](https://buildcreate.com/e-commerce-usability-or-how-to-keep-your-customers-happy/): How to apply web usability principles to e-commerce. We’ve talked about the importance of website usability in a general context, but there are few places... - [6 E-Commerce Best Practices You Should Be Using](https://buildcreate.com/6-e-commerce-best-practices-you-should-be-using/): In 2016, Cyber Monday had the largest amount of e-commerce sales in history topping $3.4 billion in one day. This year the National Retail Federation expects... - [How to Delight Returning Customers for E-Commerce Websites](https://buildcreate.com/how-to-delight-returning-customers-for-e-commerce-websites/): Repeat customers are your best business. Here’s how to keep them happy. We spend a lot of time talking about how to attract new customers to your e-commerce... - [Episode 19 – Preparing to Transition Your E-commerce Platform](https://buildcreate.com/episode-19-preparing-to-transition-your-e-commerce-platform/): In today's episode we talk about the things you'll want to think about as you prepare to change e-commerce platforms. We put our focus on the elements that are... - [Episode 18 – How to tell when you’ve outgrown your e commerce system.](https://buildcreate.com/episode-18-how-to-tell-when-youve-outgrown-your-e-commerce-system/): In today's episode, we take a look at how to tell when it's time to consider a new e-commerce platform and some common pain points that many e-commerce... - [Your 2017 Holiday Marketing Calendar for E-Commerce](https://buildcreate.com/your-2017-holiday-marketing-calendar-for-e-commerce/): It’s that wonderful time of year again. As Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer, college football starts this weekend. In fact I haven’t turned on my... - [5 E-Commerce Marketing Strategies for Online Retailers](https://buildcreate.com/5-e-commerce-marketing-strategies-for-online-retailers/): The e-commerce world continues to get more and more competitive. To stay relevant and gain success there’s a lot to do to set yourself apart. Online retailers,... - [SEO for Ecommerce: How to Improve Your Product Rankings](https://buildcreate.com/seo-for-ecommerce-how-to-improve-your-product-rankings/): SEO for ecommerce is like SEO for everyone else, with a few extra rules. Ecommerce has a few unique challenges when it comes to following good SEO practices.... - [5 Ways to Overcome Buyer Hesitation on Your E-Commerce Store](https://buildcreate.com/5-ways-to-overcome-buyer-hesitation-on-your-e-commerce-store/): Here’s your how to guide reluctant shoppers all the way to checkout. Many e-commerce businesses face a similar problem: they’re attracting lots of visitors,... - [How to Choose a Web Developer for Your E-Commerce Store](https://buildcreate.com/web-developer-for-your-e-commerce/): Here’s how to find a qualified developer for your e-commerce website. Over the past few years, E-commerce has become ubiquitous. Many small businesses,... - [Making the Grade: E-Commerce Benchmarks For Success](https://buildcreate.com/making-the-grade-e-commerce-benchmarks-for-success/): E-commerce seems simple. Build a website with products on it, set up a payment gateway, and shipping, then people will come and buy. And in it’s very simplest... - [Using Social Media Ideas for Your E-Commerce Store](https://buildcreate.com/using-social-media-ideas-for-your-e-commerce-store/): When people think of using social media in e-commerce they often think of promoting products on Facebook, or showing people using their products on Instagram.... - [How to Get Ready for Mobile Commerce in 2018](https://buildcreate.com/how-to-get-ready-for-mobile-commerce-in-2018/): If you aren’t aware by now, let’s set this straight: more people are buying things from a phone than they have ever done, and it just keeps growing. There,... - [9 Features Your Ecommerce Website Needs to Have](https://buildcreate.com/9-features-your-ecommerce-website-needs-to-have/): Building an ecommerce website requires several essential features. For small businesses interested in entering the world of online retail for the first time,... - [4 E-Commerce Email Marketing Ideas to Boost Sales](https://buildcreate.com/4-e-commerce-email-marketing-ideas-to-boost-sales/): E-commerce email marketing can come across as just pushy. It’s easy to do, right? You want to get people back on your website to buy. So you focus on what’s on... - [How to Create a Better Mobile Ecommerce Website](https://buildcreate.com/how-to-create-a-better-mobile-ecommerce-website/): Making your ecommerce website work on mobile is crucial for your business. If you're used to thinking about your ecommerce business as a desktop-first... - [4 E-Commerce Mistakes You’re Making that Impact Sales](https://buildcreate.com/4-e-commerce-mistakes-youre-making-that-impact-sales/): E-commerce may seem like an easy thing to do. It’s often cheaper than opening a brick and mortar store, so the appeal can be there. But, the difference between... - [5 E-Commerce Tracking Metrics You Should be Measuring](https://buildcreate.com/5-e-commerce-tracking-metrics-you-should-be-measuring/): E-commerce tracking isn’t just about the number of sales you get, which is important, but not the only metric that’s important. This is especially true if you... - [How to Create a Content Funnel for E-Commerce](https://buildcreate.com/how-to-create-a-content-funnel-for-e-commerce/): Understanding the buyer's journey is important for any business. For service companies, especially those with larger price tags, they know how long it takes... - [WooCommerce vs. Shopify Plus: Which Is Better for SMBs?](https://buildcreate.com/woocommerce-vs-shopify-plus-which-is-better-for-smbs/): Can WooCommerce handle the needs of mid-sized or larger businesses? We recently wrote a comparison of WooCommerce and Shopify, where we considered their... - [Choosing Your E-Commerce Platform: WooCommerce vs. Shopify](https://buildcreate.com/choosing-your-e-commerce-platform-woocommerce-vs-shopify/): Do you want an out-of-the-box solution, or the flexibility of à la carte? WooCommerce and Shopify are two of the most popular platforms in the e-commerce... - [How To Use Instagram for Your E-Commerce Store](https://buildcreate.com/how-to-use-instagram-for-your-e-commerce-store/): Instagram is one of the fastest growing social networking sites on the planet. It’s a favorite of many people under 40. With over a half billion users it’s... - [How To Implement Google’s Enhance Analytics for WooCommerce](https://buildcreate.com/how-to-implement-googles-enhance-analytics-for-woocommerce/): The whole point of collecting data is to help you make better business decisions. This is even more true when it comes to e-commerce. Implementing Google’s... - [Ecommerce Platforms Round Three: WooCommerce vs. BigCommerce](https://buildcreate.com/ecommerce-platforms-round-three-woocommerce-vs-bigcommerce/): Choosing an ecommerce platform for your business? Let’s compare two of the top contenders. We’ve been taking a closer look at top e-commerce platforms lately,... - [Ecommerce Platforms Round Two: WooCommerce vs. Magento](https://buildcreate.com/ecommerce-platforms-round-two-woocommerce-vs-magento/): How to choose an ecommerce platform that will help your business scale. If you’re a small ecommerce business ready to grow into a medium (or large!) business,... - [How Custom Content Types Give Ecommerce Businesses an Edge](https://buildcreate.com/how-custom-content-types-give-ecommerce-businesses-an-edge/): WordPress allows for greater flexibility with content types, which lets Ecommerce businesses showcase their products. Custom content types are an underused... - [5 E-Commerce Tips for Small Business Owners](https://buildcreate.com/5-e-commerce-tips-for-small-business-owners/): So you want to start an e-commerce business. Why not, it seems easy enough. There’s billions of people using the internet, and all you have to do is list your... - [12 Ecommerce Conversion Rate Optimizations Which Boost Sales](https://buildcreate.com/12-ecommerce-conversion-rate-optimizations-which-boost-sales/): How to boost your ecommerce conversion rate and grow your business. Ecommerce businesses have two primary ways of growing their business: they can grow... - [What Ecommerce Platform Should You Choose for Your Business?](https://buildcreate.com/what-ecommerce-platform-should-you-choose-for-your-business/): Your ecommerce platform can affect your growth and success as a business. Here’s how to start on the right foot. As a new or growing ecommerce business,... - [5 Tips to Master SEO for Ecommerce](https://buildcreate.com/5-tips-to-master-seo-for-ecommerce/): How to improve your SEO for ecommerce stores. Ecommerce is an ever growing—and ever competitive—field for many businesses. While the Internet has opened... - [Does Your Ecommerce Store Need Custom WordPress Development?](https://buildcreate.com/does-your-ecommerce-store-need-custom-wordpress-development/): Your business is like no other. Your ecommerce store needs functionality like no other. Every business is unique. They may have similar competitors, but none... - [Features Every Mobile Ecommerce Store Needs](https://buildcreate.com/features-every-mobile-ecommerce-store-needs/): The needs of your mobile ecommerce store are not the same as those of your website. When you’re launching an ecommerce store, your job isn’t done once you... - [What Can Your Ecommerce Store Learn from Amazon?](https://buildcreate.com/what-can-your-ecommerce-store-learn-from-amazon/): Amazon is the original juggernaut of the ecommerce industry. How can you apply their lessons to your store? Almost every ecommerce owner knows how difficult... - [E-Commerce and the Paradox of Choice](https://buildcreate.com/e-commerce-and-the-paradox-of-choice/): How too many choices could be destroying your e-commerce conversion rate. In 2004 Barry Schwartz wrote the book The Paradox of Choice. In it he discusses how... --- **About this site:** build/create — B2B Marketing, Web Design and Branding for Manufacturing & Technology Clients. [AI Content Index](https://buildcreate.com/llms.txt) | [Full Site Content](https://buildcreate.com/llms-full.txt)