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08/02/2023

Amazon the largest online retailer in the world, dominating the ecommerce space with millions of customers ordering each year.

16/12/2022

Boxing Day sale, January sale or Winter sale? The huge worldwide sale event that start on or after Christmas day is known by several different names but they all have the same purpose: to drive sales during the post-Christmas comedown.

02/12/2022

Writing a Christmas gift guide is an incredibly strong marketing move at this time of year as it lets you show off your products and will inspire your customers, especially when they’re shopping for friends and family who are difficult to buy for!

17/11/2022

Black Friday is now arguably the biggest days in the calendar for online shopping as shoppers start to prepare for Christmas.

19/10/2022

A well written eCommerce product description can be the most powerful selling tool that you have, not only because it will entice customers to buy but it can increase your visibility on search engines, getting new customers to visit your online shop.

Here are our top tips on how to write a great product description in 2022.

01/09/2022

Social media can be frustrating for many eCommerce store owners because you think you don't have the time or the creativity to keep up with it, given how many platforms there are.

26/07/2022

Google is where the world goes to search, shop and connect. With highly-popular platforms such as Search, Gmail, YouTube and more, the company has an amazing ability to reach consumers all across the world and gather billions of data points about each and every one of us. What if you could promote your products in all these spaces without having to manage the campaigns? Google Performance Max ad campaigns are ready to make this a reality. Read on to learn more!

07/06/2022

Over 75% of online shopping carts are abandoned before checkout. The reason? Inefficient, unclear and poor checkout experiences. Luckily, we have the solutions.

We’ve all been there – a full cart ready for checkout being left at the last minute due to unforeseen costs, membership requirements and convoluted payment processes. In order to increase checkout conversions, retailers need to create a smoother, more intuitive checkout system for their customers, and this guide is here to help. 

With the addition of seven simple changes and amendments, online retailers can create a far more enjoyable checkout process, helping bring in new and repeat customers. Read on to find out exactly how these issues can be fixed, and improve your conversions.

07/06/2022

The first two instalments of our deep dive into conversion rate optimisation looked at defining conversion rates and how important they can be to the success of an online store. We then took a tour through the various data-driven insights that can help increase these figures. Now, in this final section, we are looking at the practical ways that you can enhance your website to optimise conversion rates and keep consumers coming. Read on to find out more.

12/05/2022

As they respond to changing markets and new consumer expectations, Magento web developers continue to make ecommerce spaces more personalised and interactive. With rising trends directed toward consumer engagement, accessibility and immersion, the future of ecommerce will no doubt transform the way we shop. Read on to learn about the top Magento web development trends of 2022.

27/04/2022

Magento’s scalable and customizable architecture makes it one of the most used content management systems in the world. A popular tool for e-commerce creators in a range of different sectors, Magento 2 is a great window into the most effective and engaging web design features favoured by leading ecommerce designers. Here at Studioworx, we like to stay on the cutting edge of design trends and help our customers do the same. Read on to learn about the biggest Magento web design trends of 2022.

16/03/2022

Weighing up starting a dropshipping business in 2022? This list of 6 'pros' is sure to get you inspired. Don't worry, we'll bring you back to earth next week with some sobering cons of this lucrative ecommerce model. 

08/02/2022

As the dust settles after a busy holiday season, ecommerce businesses are taking stock of sales performance. If you’re an eBay seller, you may have noticed enhanced performance thanks to the new shop features made available to eBay shops in November last year. eBay announced these new features just ahead of the holiday seasons to enable sellers to capitalise on the annual Christmas rush.

Read more to learn about some of the new eBay shop features and tell us whether they supercharged your sales this holiday season!

10/11/2021

In the first instalment of our series on how to increase your ecommerce conversion rate, we laid a foundation for improvements by breaking down the key concepts and setting an achievable target to work towards.

The next step is to drill into your website data and find opportunities for improvement, both ‘quick wins’ and longer-term projects to get your conversion rate to where you want it to be.

The data-driven process we apply at this stage is called a conversion rate optimisation audit, or CRO audit. The audit yields a valuable document revealing key insights to boost sales and return on your marketing investment (ROI).

29/10/2021

You could increase sales by getting more traffic to your website. But what if you increased the percentage of website visitors that went on to make a purchase? Keep reading to learn about conversion rate optimisation: key concepts, goals and benefits.