eCommerce Blog

Shift4Shop is currently partnered with over 200 eCommerce companies. We’re constantly on the lookout for vibrant, innovative partners that can bring state-of-the-art solutions and services to our customers.

Cart abandonment plagues online stores of every industry, every day. Whether you’re the owner of a niche crafts shop or a popular, growing brand, you’re losing sales.

According to industry research, today’s average online shopping cart abandonment rate is an astonishing 68.63%. That means you’re losing nearly seventy out of every one hundred sales to abandoned shoppers, and more importantly, that your revenue is potentially only a fraction of what it could be.

As an online retailer, how do you bring more searchers to your website? Especially, searchers that are ready to buy.

Google Shopping has become crucial for eCommerce businesses to utilize in order for their online store’s products to get effective exposure on Google. Here at 3dcart, we understand this need, and are proud to have introduced our new Automated Google Feed service to make this process quick and easy for any merchant. But, what exactly is Google Shopping anyway, and how is 3dcart’s service set up in your store? Keep reading to find out what makes Google Shopping so important and what we offer.

The start of a new year is a time to reflect on the past and plan goals for the future. If your social media strategy isn’t as successful as it used to be, maybe it’s time to revamp your marketing plan. We’ve compiled 10 social media marketing ideas to spark a new change for your eCommerce business. It’s not too early to be thinking ahead.

3dcart is currently partnered with over 200 eCommerce companies. We’re constantly on the lookout for vibrant, innovative partners that can bring state-of-the-art solutions and services to our customers.

Our team interviewed Brian Gibbs, President of Refund Retriever, to help 3dcart merchants get insight into their company and solution.

Webhooks have revolutionized the web, allowing information to be conveniently pushed to users instead of waiting for users to request information.  Today, businesses of every shape and size have come to rely on the magic of webhooks, and now 3dcart store owners can too.

So you want to start a blog. From both a content marketing and branding standpoint, that’s fantastic news! A blog is a resource you totally control and one you can use to express yourself, communicate with your audience, and promote whatever goods and services you have on deck.

The problem is this: with some 2 million blog posts written every day, how in the world are you going to stand out?

Lucky you, we’ve got 4 pretty good ideas.

One of the most important decisions you make when you start your eCommerce business is what marketplaces you’ll sell on. As we just learned with the quick acquisition of Jet.com by Walmart, the eCommerce landscape is frenetic. There are a lot of options and they change at a moment’s notice. It’s easy to get lost in all the commotion. Ecomdash works with business owners of every type, so we wanted to create a resource for them to better navigate the marketplace landscape, something like a[...]

With eCommerce evolving into an increasingly competitive market, more businesses are feeling the pressure to deliver consistently memorable, great customer service around-the-clock.

You’ve made the hard decision to find a company to ship products for you, but now the time has come to pick who’s shipping them and you can’t decide between two (or more) options. Do you only have to choose one distributor?

Since their launch in 2010, Google Shopping Ads have steadily become an important part of successful eCommerce marketing. These ads have consistently proven themselves to be more effective than traditional PPC Google text ads, and businesses of all sizes are taking note. In the first quarter of 2018, 76.4% of retail search ad spending was directed to Google Shopping Ads.

Over the last several years, Google Shopping Ads have evolved into a profitable marketing channel for many businesses.[...]

Your homepage is the face of your website. Not only is it how most of your visitors will get to your website (nearly half stop here first), but your homepage is your business’s chance to make that crucial first impression. In order to do its job, a homepage needs to look stunning and function even better. If your homepage is lacking, whether in aesthetics, design, or functionality, it will fail to convert your customers. That means, not giving your homepage the attention it deserves is leaving[...]

It’s said that time is money—business is expected to move fast and you would expect your money to keep up. However, whether you realize it or not, the U.S. banking infrastructure does not move as fast as what you would imagine in a world where we can get deliveries within 24 hours. When we can get a giant package delivered almost within the same day, why can’t bank transfers do the same?

A great online store is designed with its customers in mind, capable of delivering a memorable shopping experience before, during, and after checkout.

While your website's design is crucial to securing sales, it's important to remember that not every customer that visits your store intends to make a one-time purchase. Countless items require regular replenishment, such as coffee, pet food, e-cigarette liquids, and mechanical parts that wear down quickly. And if you're lucky (and savvy) enough[...]

Here is a preview of our most recent theme “Heel Farm” — a new, professionally designed responsive theme.

Sometimes, when a customer is about to abandon their purchase, it won't take much to make them change their mind. If only you could catch them at that exact moment, before they close the tab and leave the page.

You could send them a quick offer to bring them back from the edge — say, 20% off, or free shipping, and then they'd smile and complete their purchase and you'd make a sale, rather than having yet another abandoned cart. The key is catching them at the right moment, and 3dcart introduced

Here is a preview of our most recent theme “Bakery” — a new, professionally designed responsive theme.

When someone mentions “the holidays,” images of the Big Three winter holidays, in all their tinsel wrapped notoriety, likely come to mind. Of course, we all understand the importance of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years on sales for eCommerce stores.