How to Make Your E-Commerce Product Catalog Searchable and Flexible
If you sell up to 10 items on the Ecwid forever free plan, it can be enough to simply drop the products to the store and start selling. For bigger or prospectively extendable product catalogs, there’s...
View ArticleBlow Up Your Sales With Ecwid’s New Social Selling Tools on Facebook
Facebook has over two billion active monthly users of different ages and with different hobbies and interests. Now you can you tap into this network and grow your reach on a channel where your...
View ArticleHow to Live Stream Video in Your Online Storefront: A Two-Minute Guide
We’ve already told you that video is a huge e-commerce marketing trend for 2018. Live videos are on top of it: their average watch time is 4x more than a regular video. If you sell online with Ecwid...
View ArticleEcwid at CloudFest: World-Class Partnerships for Small Businesses
CloudFest is one of the world’s top cloud events, held in Rust, Germany. During the event, we showcased the Ecwid e-commerce platform, which we use to empower 1.5 million merchants with the best...
View ArticleEcwid Features Digest Winter 2017-18
This digest arrives quarterly to inform you about all the Ecwid changes. What’s inside: New Selling Tools for Facebook Sell on Amazon Sell on eBay More Streamlined PayPal Checkout Control Panel Updates...
View ArticleWhat to Post on Facebook: 20 Post Ideas for Your Facebook Business Page
If you’re reading this, you know that Facebook is important for growing your online store. You also know that the only way to build a following on social media is to regularly share engaging content....
View Article10 Trending Products to Sell This Summer
At the start of this year, we brought you a list of hot and inexpensive products to explore in 2018. Now that summer is upon us, there’s a whole new range of trending products to sell — and a whole new...
View ArticleBest New Apps 3/18: Multi-Level Store Menu, Drop Shipping, Pricing Optimization
Plugging a new functionality here and there in your online store when you need it — does that sound a bit too cool to be true? There are 147 e-commerce apps in the Ecwid App Market for you to do just...
View ArticleHow To Market A New Store On Facebook When You're Lacking Social Proof
Social proof is all about community. It’s a concept based on normative social influence: the idea that people will generally confirm in order to be liked or accepted. How does it apply to e-commerce?...
View ArticleWe Asked Our Readers About Their Biggest Mistakes When Doing Business. Here's...
As part of our blog readership survey (February 2018), we asked the participants about their wins and struggles. One question was: "What is your biggest mistake in doing business?" The response we...
View ArticleInfographic: Insights from Our E-Commerce Survey of 250+ Small Business Owners
Back in February, we conducted an e-commerce survey in the Ecwid blog newsletter. Over 250 business owners shared how they were doing business, what was going well, what difficulties they were facing,...
View ArticleHow to Choose Customer Service Channels for Your Business
If you have a business to run, you probably know how important customer service is to make it successful. But do you know exactly how it helps to convert visitors into customers? Research shows that by...
View ArticleNew Ecwid Design Settings: Dozens of Customization Options, No Coding
Design speaks volumes for an e-commerce store. If people can easily navigate your online storefront, you have a much better chance of converting them. A consistent, modern design can tell customers...
View ArticleThe GDPR: What Every E-Commerce Merchant Needs to Know Before May 25th
The 25th of May 2018 is the enforcement date of the GDPR, a new European data protection law. This law can affect you as an e-commerce merchant even if you are not located in the EU. If you offer...
View ArticleHow to Get Better at Networking
You are probably familiar with the Six Degrees of Separation theory. It suggests that everyone is six or fewer steps away from any person in the world. This "friend of a friend" chain means that you...
View ArticleBest New Ecwid Apps 04/18: Email Marketing, Fulfillment, More Security
Are you ready to plug in four new e-commerce apps to your Ecwid store? All of them are either free or come with a free trial, which is a nice opportunity for you to test their features. Let’s see what...
View Article13 Instagram Apps to Increase Your E-Commerce Sales
We have already explained why your online store needs an Instagram account. Today, we’re going to tell you how to automate the work, gain popularity, and convert followers into customers with the help...
View Article7 Steps to Attracting Shoppers to Your New Online Store
There are billions of websites on the internet. Unless you are Amazon or eBay, you are probably struggling to attract motivated shoppers to your e-commerce site. Creating your website and social...
View ArticleOff-Season Slump? Here Are 9 Ways to Stay Profitable Year Round
What should you do during the off-season? You can let it pass and wait for profitable times, or you can try to stimulate sales. There is a strict seasonal prevalence in some niches when the difference...
View Article10 Free Ways to Get More Followers on Instagram
Instagram is one of the biggest social media platforms with 800 million monthly active users. It can work miracles for your business, but to make money on Instagram you have to optimize your account...
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