--- title: Shift4Shop eCommerce Blog | Anne Carson description: "Anne is a former English professor turned content writer. Holding a PhD in Literature, she spent almost a decade in academia putting that degree to use, until finally realizing it wasn’t exactly the best fit.\n\nA full-time writer now for the past seven years, she’s learned a great deal about the numerous subjects she’s gotten to tackle, everything from real estate investing to the scarier side of online dating—sometimes more than she actually wants to learn.\n\nA mom of five (two teenagers and three dogs) she has her hands full on any given day…and would have it no other way." --- [![eCommerce Blog](https://blog.shift4shop.com/hubfs/shift4shop/shift4-blog.jpg)](https://blog.shift4shop.com/) [![shift4shop logo](https://blog.shift4shop.com/hubfs/shift4shop/shift4shop-Black.png) |Blog](https://blog.3dcart.com/) [Sign Up](https://www.3dcart.com/freetrial.htm?utm_campaign=Blog&utm_source=blog&utm_medium=blog-cta&utm_content=free-trial-cta) [Subscribe](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/anne-carson/page/1#subscribeBlock) # Anne Carson ![Anne Carson](https://blog.shift4shop.com/hubfs/Anne%20Carson.jpeg) Anne is a former English professor turned content writer. Holding a PhD in Literature, she spent almost a decade in academia putting that degree to use, until finally realizing it wasn’t exactly the best fit. A full-time writer now for the past seven years, she’s learned a great deal about the numerous subjects she’s gotten to tackle, everything from real estate investing to the scarier side of online dating—sometimes more than she actually wants to learn. A mom of five (two teenagers and three dogs) she has her hands full on any given day…and would have it no other way. ### Recent Posts [Web Design](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/web-design) | 7 min read ## [How Your eCommerce Website’s UX Impacts Conversions](https://blog.shift4shop.com/ecommerce-website-ux-conversions) By [Anne Carson](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/anne-carson) [September 29, 2020](https://blog.shift4shop.com/ecommerce-website-ux-conversions) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/ecommerce-website-ux-conversions#comments-listing) [![Designing effective eCommerce user experience](https://blog.shift4shop.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Designing%20eCommerce%20UX.jpg?width=12&name=Designing%20eCommerce%20UX.jpg)](https://blog.shift4shop.com/ecommerce-website-ux-conversions) [**](https://blog.shift4shop.com/ecommerce-website-ux-conversions) You’ve spent hours perfecting the look and feel of your eCommerce shop. You’ve staged professional photos of your products. 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