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Are You Prepared for the 2005 Holiday Season?
Early this year, it was widely reported in the media that 2004 online holiday sales were up dramatically from 2003. For example, e-commerce data from VeriSign®, Inc. showed that the 2004 holiday shopping season (Thanksgiving Day through Monday, December 27) yielded a 24 percent increase compared to the same period in 2003 for its customers. The trend will likely continue: a recent study by market research firm Forrester Research, reported that online retail sales will grow by 22% to a whopping $172 billion in 2005.
If you were in business last year, did your holiday sales perform in a manner consistent with the reported increases? Is your site ready for the increased demand of the 2005 holiday season? This article provides insights to help you prepare your web storefront for the 2005 holiday shopping rush and beyond.
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Improve Shipping Options to Reduce Shopping Cart Abandonment
Imagine the following scenario: you visit your local supermarket, only to find that more than
half of the shopping carts in the store have been left there in the store aisles, abandoned by
their owners. Sounds a bit eerie, doesn’t it? Well, according to current industry research,
this is the sad reality for many e-commerce sites. Recent reports from trusted sources such as
the Yankee Group and DoubleClick show that more than 50 percent of online shopping cart sessions
are in fact deserted. Among the top reasons cited for shopping cart abandonment: shipping options
that are either too confusing or too expensive. Online store owners can improve their chances of
order completion and get their e-commerce sites in “ship shape” by following this simple advice.
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Increase Your Profits with An Upselling Offer
Upselling is a procedure designed to get more money from customers at the point of sale. It's a simple approach any business can implement quickly and get immediate results.
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12 Reasons to Market With Postcards
If your marketing activity doesn't include postcards, you're overlooking a highly effective and very low-cost sales tool. Here are 12 of the many reasons postcards should be part of
your marketing program.
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Gift Certificates Module
The popularity of online gift certificates has risen dramatically over the past few years. GoECart offers a powerful, easy -to -use gift certificates module. The module enables GoECart merchants to provide both paper- and email- based gift certificates. Gift certificate redemption is completely automated, and online storeowners can track which gift certificates have been sold, were redeemed, or are still outstanding through the administration panel.
GoECart Custom Programming and Design Services
Will your online store realize its full potential this holiday season? GoECart offers programming services to improve storefront design or add custom features to your GoECart -powered online store. Working with the flexible architecture of GoECart, our programming services will help to transform your holiday vision into reality!
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E-commerce On the Rise – U.S. Commerce Department
The United States Commerce department reported a significant increase in e-commerce sales during the second quarter of 2005. Total sales through e-commerce in Q2 increased by almost 26% to $21.1 billion. On a not-adjusted basis, the Census Bureau estimates online retail sales for Q2 2005 at $19.8 billion up 25.7% from the second quarter of 2004. [ Read More]
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comScore Report - E-commerce Shopping Trends
A wide-ranging comScore Networks study recently examined a diverse set of online shoppers' behaviors and attitudes to anticipate e-commerce trends. A few highlights:
Seventy five percent of online shoppers are willing to try a new Internet merchant.
Most shoppers depend on search engines to find products, and heavy searchers are often frequent buyers.
If an e-commerce site wants to get in front of eager shoppers, it needs to be highly visible in search engines.
Comparison shopping search
engines are becoming increasingly popular; one in
three Internet
users visits a comparison shopping site in a
typical month.
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Current Happenings
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GoECart Partners with ShopZilla Comparison Shopping Search Engine
With over 14 million visitors per month, ShopZilla.com is one of the fastest growing comparison shopping search engines. Comparison shopping engines are becoming increasingly popular, and ShopZilla listings can be invaluable in driving traffic to an online business. GoECart has partnered with ShopZilla to help its clients reap the benefits of ShopZilla.com listings. Through the partnership, GoECart clients receive $ 50 of free traffic from ShopZilla.
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