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How to Get More Shopify Product Reviews
When is the last time you bought something online without reading a review?
Buying a product without any reviews is like going on a blind date. You don’t know what you’ll get, and you only do it if you’re getting desperate. Reviews are important, according to a study by Advances in Economics and Business. It says that 85.57% of participants read reviews “often” or “very often” before they purchase online.
Product reviews are a critical factor in consumer purchase decisions, but many companies are doing nothing to encourage reviews. This blog post will discuss why you need product reviews and how to get them (specifically with Shopify). (more…)
2015 New Year’s Resolutions for the Multichannel Retailer
It’s that time of the year again. It’s time to assess everything you did for your multichannel business. It’s time define your goals for 2015 and to set strategic priorities. It’s also time to reflect on the past year’s successes and failures.
2015 can be the year you transform your business.
There’s an enormous opportunity out there for those businesses who are intentional about grabbing it. Here are some New Year’s resolutions to help get you there.
4 Business Benefits of a Hub-Spoke Integration Architecture
One of the fundamental decisions we made, while building the nChannel platform, was to use a hub-spoke architecture. We did so, because the list of technology benefits was significant. And, we chose to pass those benefits on to our customers, in the form of business benefits. The bottom line: hub-spoke architecture is simply an optimal way to build complex technology platforms.
Let’s take a look at hub-spoke architecture and the key business benefits it can bring to your business:
- Reduces the liability of scaling your business.
- Increases your business’s ability to adapt.
- Creates a “big picture” window into your business’s successes and struggles.
- Maximizes the return on your technology investments.
10 Key Considerations when Evaluating a Multichannel Platform
nChannel Multichannel Platform
If you are employing a multichannel sales strategy, there’s no doubt you’ve experienced integration challenges. While multichannel increases revenue and attracts more customers due to increased choice and convenience, both B2B and B2C industry leaders are engaging in integration strategies to eliminate the complexity of multiple business processes shared between multiple systems. But the challenge of choosing an effective, long-term integration solution still remains.
What I’ve learned from researching this issue is that in a little less than 10 years ago, comprehensive, off-the-shelf solutions that managed or automated technology retail operations were hard to come by. Companies who could afford the tools invested in many different bespoke systems (custom made to task specification) and created their own DIY eCommerce platforms consisting of a patchwork of unwieldy and cumbersome disparate systems. Despite giving companies an online presence, these first-generation platforms have some serious issues and required a lot of time and money to operate and maintain. (more…)
Integrate Multiple Magento Stores to Simplify Brand Expansion
Magento Multi Store Integration
I do a lot of research. And because we work with so many Magento users, I pay attention to what they’re talking about. Lately, I’ve been running into a lot of conversation about the challenges of running multiple Magento stores. We have a unique perspective on that at nChannel, so I thought I’d join the conversation. (more…)
