The Complete Guide to Ecommerce - Explained Simply
Ecommerce has evolved in many ways since its start, and it’s changing the way we live, shop and do business. Let's dive into the history of ecommerce to see how far this industry has come!
The first ever known instance of shopping online was on October 27th 1994 when a man named Dr. Stephen Covey ordered an Apple computer from a company called Dell using his credit card over a modem with 28.8 kbps speed (1). This is now what we know as e-commerce.
What is Ecommerce?
Ecommerce (or electronic commerce) is the buying and selling of goods (or services) on the internet. It encompasses a wide variety of data, systems, and tools for online buyers and sellers, including mobile shopping and online payment encryption. Ecommerce is often used to refer to the sale of physical products online, but it can also describe any kind of commercial transaction that is facilitated through the internet. The term ecommerce also encompasses other activities including online auctions, internet banking,...
Are E-commerce websites safe? How do I make Sure My Ecommerce Website Is Safe?
Answer in under two minutes!
Well Hot Dang! Turns out fraud is a big business!
DUE TO FRAUD The value of E-commerce losses is projected to exceed $20 billion in 2021, as compared to $17.5 billion in 2020. (https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ecommerce-fraud-to-exceed-20/ )
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Unless you are living under a rock you know we have all seen an unprecedented growth of E-commerce websites over the past 2 decades, and even the last year with covid.
Now in the midst of a post pandemic season (hopefully), millions more shoppes are turning to E-commerce websites.
But as the users grow, one major area of concern is security. Have security issues grown as well?
So today we'll talk about the one question that is on every online shopper's mind – Are E-commerce sites safe?
And also, I am going...
How TO Get Ready For Googles 2021 Page Experience Algorithm Update Explained Simply
Transcript - Ahhh, time for another sweet sweet google algorithm update,
time for all of us website owners to passive aggressively mumble cusswords under our breath!
all the while still try to appear like we know what in the he double hockey sticks google is up to
Good news, this bad boy appears to be simpler than you think!
Don't worry, I am here to help!
The Who, What, When, Where, Why in under 2 mins
I am going to include some screenshots
and I am going to try to mansplain this to you all like you are 4th graders.
Ok, not really, that's a joke...... but lets do this anyways!
This Newest Google Algorithm Update is called its - "page experience update" Gosh, can't they call these things something cooler from now on?
These names are so boring, makes you miss panda and pengiun right? Ok not really.
Ok, so now for the good stuff
Who - EVERYONE with a website, and Google, ever heard of them, yeah the ones that still control about 92% of search.
What - New measurement from google - page...
VLOG- How E-commerce is affecting Brick and Mortar retail stores In A Modern Day Covid World?
The E-commerce boom pretty much picked up steam when Ebay launched its services a quarter century ago. Since the Covid Pandemic hit, a debate has raged on raising questions like
- Is e-commerce is killing brick and mortar retail stores?
- Is there another retail apocalypse coming soon?
So in Today's video, I'm going to explore how exactly e-commerce affecting physical retail stores?
So check this out, According to the U.S census bureau, E-commerce reached 1% of total retail sales in the third quarter of 2000.
The slow upward trend continued till 2019 when E-commerce sales amounted upto 11.3 % of total retail by the end of the year.
The Covid-19 Pandemic acted as a watershed moment for E-commerce in retail as lockdowns limited people to their home. Driving E-commerce sales up over 16% in the next 6 months.
The U.S consumers spent $861.12 billion online with U.S. merchants in 2020. A spectacular increase of 44.0% over a year.
The markets...
Unicorn Part 4: How we created three 7-figure businesses and sold over 30 million dollars- Sell ONLINE and make money while you sleep
Organic SEO and Linkbuilding for Ecommerce continued
Lastly, I would start making videos right away and post them on social media and youtube as well. Live videos are also great too! You can use that same tool called buzzsumo to check out some trending topics to talk about.
For video or SEO content for social media, use a free tool called answer the public to find questions people are asking about your products and services, and answer them!
I will give you a hint, if you are trying to sell products, Long tail keywords tend to convert the highest.
Unicorn Part 3: How we created three 7-figure businesses and sold over 30 million dollars- Sell ONLINE and make money while you sleep
Sell ONLINE and make money while you sleep
In our next section "How we leveraged TOTALLY FREE online traffic sources" I will show you how you can grow your online retail sales. The process was not easy or for the weak, but lets simplify it a bit.Alana and I have our business marketing degrees, and in marketing classes, we learned the concept of "find a need and fill it".
Also, we wanted to focus on brands that actually cared about controlling their distribution and discounting. Meaning, they would regulate or prohibit their sales and specials across online retailers, and they would not sell to people like walmart and sears, etc.
Amazon has changed the game in a huge way, so things are a bit different now. Still, a good 50-75% of people...
Unicorn Part 2: How we created three 7-figure businesses and sold over 30 million dollars in beauty products and services from a Small Bedroom
This is part two of the article series. Click here to read part 1.
Here we go, lets start with the timeline:
This is something I had to learn. Alana and I are NOT showy people. We don't really care much the kind of car we drive or the location of our house etc. Naturally, most of the clients we first attracted are not showy either.
Thankfully, we learned this early on. Once we really bit the bullet, and invested in our branding (doing it right) by hiring a professional and talented branding firm, it paid off right away.
Ever heard of split testing?
Unicorn Part 1: How we created three 7-figure businesses and sold over 30 million dollars in beauty products and services from a Small Bedroom
Created three 7-figure businesses and sold over 30 million dollars in beauty products
I was a professional musician, when the ipod came out, that money went out (and I mean way out) the window.
How Can A Business Prepare Their Online Stores For An Increase In Holiday Shoppers? 7 Tips for success!
Here is what we will be covering in the video!
- Christmas Party in July
- Pre-Game For Site Outages?
- Preparing Your Tech Stack and Software Infrastructure, Site Speed
- Meet With Your Team about Site Uptime Monitoring an Risk Management Security
- Hardwire your team’s internet, upgrade your internet speed, Get your gear in check!
- Decorate your website like you decorate your house
- The 4 main types of overlooked upsells
Lets Get Started!
- With our very first holiday season in the era of Covid-19 right around the corner, how can businesses prepare their online stores for the increase in virtual shoppers?
- First things first, lets make sure our website does not go down on the most important weekend of the year, or even the most important shopping season of the year right?
- No Matter Your Business, get in touch with your host or shopping cart provider and ask the tough questions
- How can we OVERLY prepare for an influx in traffic
- What are ALL of my options?
- Most hosts allow overflow, but...
Walmart Makes Giant E-Commerce Gains Amid Pandemic, Can The Little Guy Even Compete?
It comes with little surprise that as the pandemic grows, the demand for safe, one-stop online shopping options grows as well.
The numbers reported by big-box retailers reflect this logic. Target reported the strongest quarterly sales growth in its history.
Walmart touted unprecedented earnings in Q2 which led to a 97% revenue boost from just last year.
Amazon, the behemoth that it is, banked a net income of 5.2 billion in Q2. And Shopify, the namesake in e-commerce, noted $714 million in Q2.
This all shows one thing: If you want to scale your business online, now is the time to do it -- and yes, it is possible to do it even if you are a small business.
While You Were Sleeping, Walmart Announced a Partnership with Shopify, and Shopify Announces A New App To Compete With Amazon.
Now, if you’ve been caught up with the news around Amazon’s growth, allow me to steer you in another direction: Shopify.
The Shopify e-commerce hosting platform is growing rapidly....
