eCommerce Tycoon

**chrishirst** · 12-28-2009, 07:43 AM

This is an article discussion thread for discussing the Earners Forum article, "Ideas On How To Boost E-commerce Sales"

**watchitmister** · 12-28-2009, 03:14 PM

Besides the fact that i couldnt read a little bit of the article because of google adsense ad, it wasnt bad. I cant really say I have never left my items in my shopping cart because I didnt know what to do and I do a ton of online shopping. I suppose it does happen though. It makes sense.

**Digmen1** · 02:46 PM

I have hundreds of articles like this.
In stead of asking your friends and fellow web designers.
Why not ask one hundred people that like to shop on line.
Ask them why they abandon shopping carts. (or don't even get to the cart)

I think you overrate the problem of complication. Surely by now in 2010 with millions of people shopping on line, they know how a shopping cart works.

I agree you need to build up trust.
I agree you need to be upfront with costs etc.

But I am the last one to talk as my online shop is not yet very successful !

**MoForce** · 01-03-2010, 08:43 PM

Forget the shopping cart abandoning... what happens when you compare the % chance of a visitor actually buying with the shopping cart there vs not.

Basically, what leads to a greater chance of a sale?
1) The visitor is given a shopping cart
2) The visitor is not given a shopping cart

**chrishirst** · 01-04-2010, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoForce

Forget the shopping cart abandoning... what happens when you compare the % chance of a visitor actually buying with the shopping cart there vs not.

Basically, what leads to a greater chance of a sale?
1) The visitor is given a shopping cart
2) The visitor is not given a shopping cart

Depends on what kind of products you sell.

Having no "cart process" to go through will get you sales from the "impulse buyers" who simply want "pick, pay and leave".
Why do you think that Amazon has a "1-click" instant purchase option plus a "Add to cart"

Offer your customers both.

**emmadean** · 01-10-2010, 10:09 AM

How about optimizing an ecommerce site do you have great resource too?

**samuel1278** · 01-26-2010, 11:10 PM

Thanks for sharing.

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**media** · 02-04-2010, 06:45 PM

add more product content than the competitor, this includes images specifications etc

**M_wb360** · 02-05-2010, 06:08 PM

Add cross-selling and up-selling. Amazon said recently cross-selling was responsible for 35% of its sales!

Consider our 360 product views and other interactive product imagery that we build for our clients (see webrotate360.com). It doesn't work for everybody though 360 product views can increase sales by 13% on avearge as reported by Internet Retailer.

**Mikeduff** · 02-11-2010, 04:15 AM

Nice ideas shared !

I am glad to join this forum !

**dcpweb** · 03-17-2010, 12:50 PM

Thanks for sharing this article - very useful tips

**saramedows** · 03-23-2010, 02:50 PM

I recently came to know a fact about e-commerce. It is about website-uploading time. Web surfers are extremely impatient when it comes to page load time.

In a recent study conducted by Forrester Research for Akamai, 47% of web consumers expected a page to load in three seconds or less; 40% would abandon the site if it took more than three seconds to load.

So be very careful in this regard and take help from any software that can ensure the uploading of your site quickly.