BigCommerce Integration: Are You Ready to Automate Your Online Business?

As eCommerce sales continue to climb, online sellers are looking for ways to revamp their operations to keep up with growing sales volumes. Do you spend most of your time just trying to keep up with order processing between BigCommerce and your other systems?

If this problem resonates with you, you’re ready to consider integrating your BigCommerce storefront with your financial, ERP, POS or 3PL systems to automate your online business. Learn more about the top signs that you’re ready for integration and how to pick the best integration solution for BigCommerce. (more…)

6 Cross Channel Financing Options for Online Retailers

(This is a guest post from our friends over at Payability, a technology firm that offers different financing options that give marketplace sellers daily access to cash.)

Running an eCommerce business has its share of perks — for example, you can set your own hours and be your own boss. But it also has its challenges, particularly when it comes to cash flow. For example, platforms don’t pay sellers their income right away, which makes it difficult to invest in more inventory, take advantage of big opportunities, or cover other business-related expenses.

Thankfully, these same platforms offer financing solutions that help sellers maintain reliable access to cash and get the funds they need to grow, and they make their financing decisions based on a seller’s account health — not just credit — making them more desirable than credit cards or traditional business loans. (more…)

B2B Mobile eCommerce: The Future is Here

(This is a guest post from our friends over at Quick eSelling, a cutting-edge Mobile eCommerce solution for B2B & B2C sellers.)

Today’s B2B customers are emulating B2C trends and transitioning their buying into online and mobile environments. There is a major shift from traditional activity of exploring print catalogs and talking to sales representatives, to starting the digital process by performing online searches on mobile devices. This is reshaping the B2B buyer journey.

 “Worldwide B2B e-commerce will reach $6.7 trillion by 2020 and majority of these transactions will happen on Mobile” Forbes (more…)

What We’re Reading: Return Store Traffic, DOM, and Search in Retail

This week we’re reading about how store traffic from returns is not enough, why all multichannel retailers should consider Distributed Order Management (DOM) systems, and the critical role of search on the retail revolution. Read more about the topics below! (more…)

7 Strategies for Omnichannel eCommerce Success

(This guest post was written by Skubana, an all in one solution that unifies operations for online merchants after the checkout. Skubana automates everything from order management, order fulfillment, inventory management and purchase order management.)

Succeeding as a multi-channel eCommerce business is challenging, to say the least. And it doesn’t help that there are countless “gurus” constantly spouting advice, most of which is either outdated or simply doesn’t work.

The result is that you often find yourself struggling to gain traction across all your sales and marketing channels. You may be having success in one channel, but trying to get momentum across all of them seems like a Herculean task.

To paraphrase Bill Clinton, we feel your pain. We know just how challenging omnichannel marketing and sales can be.

To help you, we’ve put together a list of seven powerful, yet easy-to-implement strategies for omnichannel eCommerce success. (more…)