eCommerce Blog

Payments may not be the sexiest topic. However, if you run an online business, the ability to facilitate payments to, from, or even between your customers or vendors is a non-negotiable for building a successful company.

If you’re an online store owner, you’ve hopefully heeded the advice of pretty much everyone and ensured your store is responsive, because as of May 12^th, Google’s new mobile-friendly algorithm is now in full effect.

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

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.

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

If you run your own small-medium size business, you likely wear many hats. Being able to effectively market your store is integral to winning more sales, but not all of us have a marketing degree (or even like the effort). It’s easy to get caught up in the operations of running your business and bump into some marketing mishaps. Take a step back, and check-in to verify the health of your marketing strategy. Here are what we consider to be the top five e-commerce marketing mistakes, and how to[...]

3dcart has partnered with Vantiv, Inc., a leading provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions for merchants and financial institutions of all sizes, to bring flexible e-commerce payment processing choices.

What’s the conversion rate of your shop? Around 2%? That’s more than likely, and it’s not a bad result. If you report higher rates, then good for you! However, if you report lower rates, maybe you should look into this issue.

The eCommerce industry is ever-evolving, and in order to compete in one of the most competitive markets, online businesses are forced to adapt and embrace the latest trends and technologies. Unfortunately, few eCommerce platforms offer merchants the necessary tools and services to succeed long-term.

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

After May 16, 2016, Google will require that all brand-name products that have an associated GTIN must be accounted for in product data feeds for Google Shopping campaigns. This means that you or your advertisers must ensure that GTINs are entered properly into product data feeds in order to run Offers in Google Shopping campaigns for those products.

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

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

From a P&L perspective, shipping costs are typically the 3rd largest line item just behind merchandise and labor cost. On average, e-commerce merchants spend 10% of their revenues on shipping costs. The financial investment of shipping product to customers means that auditing shipping spend and invoices is crucial to a business.

Kickstarter campaigns are becoming the norm for new products sold online. People love contributing to and sharing these campaigns to their friends, family, and social media followers. There is something about helping-the-little-guy that compels people to spread the word; to do their part to gain awareness of a new idea. But, what happens after the Kickstarter has ended and the intrinsic coolness and newness of your product wears off? You need to be proactive to continue getting your product[...]

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

In today’s world of aggressive marketing strategies, buzzing social media and huge promises, businesses tend to forget about the very nature of people. More often than not, they want to build a brand image based on completely wrong premises. Spin doctors and marketing experts like to prepare campaigns where they pinpoint strengths, pros, advantages or even false promises.

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

They may not have the high visibility of their big business counterparts, but over 90 percent of American businesses fall into the category of small businesses. The owners of these businesses often do it all — from marketing to shipping, filling out forms to depositing cash. The sheer number of government regulations and requirements can be daunting to these business owners. One of the most potentially confusing areas of regulation? Sales tax.