E-commerce is an excellent profit deliverable for business. Online stores can generate huge revenue for any business, and it has unmatched advantages over a brick and mortar store.
There are an estimated 24 million e-commerce stores worldwide, which is ever-growing day by day. Apart from generating sales, an e-commerce website provides various other beneficial features in terms of marketing about the business to achieving goals related to customer services.
In the past few months, buying habits have currently changed. People have started to become more aware after the global pandemic of coronavirus. Buyers prefer to order things online to promote social distancing.
Thereby the popularity of e-commerce platforms has increased drastically. By the end of 2021, it is estimated that e-commerce platforms are expected to generate $4.5 trillion of sales.
Contemporary advances of e-commerce
It is estimated that, by the end of 2040, all the purchases will be done through e-commerce websites. Retailers are adapting to new technologies to make e-commerce their holy grail.
The formats are dynamically changing to provide a seamless shopping experience with satisfying the needs of consumer demands. The future of e-commerce is phenomenal with the inclusion of top trends for redefining the online shopping experience.
SEO with e-commerceDigital technology is touching the business of every industry and for e-commerce websites, search-engine optimization (SEO) is very powerful. Among 63% of searches made online, more than 87% are made on Google; it is the biggest search engine that should be optimized with the e-commerce platform.
The most popular web-development platform for the e-commerce website integrates with the search engine, allowing it to creep inside the web page and index the keywords.
Apart from SEO, the domain name of the website should be included in all online directories. This will facilitate the drive of online users to the website and improve its visibility.
Implacable mobile experienceIt is found in research that almost 93% of the millennials have compared deals with online stores and conversion rates from mobiles are three times higher than websites. A mobile-friendly e-commerce website facilitates a good user experience.
The recent trends have significantly impacted the e-commerce giants to think about their dynamics of the website, making it render well in almost all mobile devices and delivering an omnichannel experience.
Newest development includes the addition of geo-location for tracking orders and placing of call-to-action features for quick order placement.
Efficient deliveryOnline stores can brag about their pricing strategies but it is important to ensure the timely delivery of the orders placed. The target should be equally distributed in low-margin and high-margin products for delivery preferences.
The website owners should provide regular delivery of essential commodities to prevent panic buying during the pandemic or crisis. Additionally, online retailers can provide the benefit of free delivery to their regular customers.
Chatbot and shopping assistant
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