Archives for January 2015

January 12, 2015 - No Comments!

“Mobile now accounts for over 30% of eCommerce sales globally”

  • Consumers are buying on mobile devices, not just researching
  • Smartphones have overtaken tablets in mobile sales
  • Mobile average order value is reaching desktop level, and mobile conversion rates are catching up with desktop too
  • Top quartile retailers generate almost 40% of their online sales from mobile
  • Share of mobile sales from Android devices is now significant

http://www.criteo.com/resources/mobile-commerce/

January 9, 2015 - No Comments!

12 Tricks for Making Your Forms Less Tiresome

http://blog.ometria.com/ecommerce-webform-best-practice?utm_content=buffere2d66&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

1) Mark optional fields rather than required ones
2) Use in-line form validation
3) Use smart defaults
4) Top- or right-align your labels
5) De-clutter your forms with information popups
6) Be clear about what you’re going to do with the information you ask for
7) Don’t make users remember yet another username
8) Let people know what stage of the form-filling process they’re at
9) Test your CAPTCHAS
10) Make your CTAs clear
11) Format your payment details fields so they're the same as they appear on a customer’s card
12) Set the delivery address as default billing address