Customer Lifetime Value: How to calculate and how to increase it

Customer Lifetime Value is one of the most important yet undervalued metrics in ecommerce Ecommerce customers are worth more to your business than the size of their first purchase. If you build strong relationships with customers, their lifetime value (LTV) is what will really matters. LTV, or CLV (Customer Lifetime Value) is the total revenue […]

How to use Shoppable Instagram Galleries on BigCommerce

Partner Guest Blog by Taggshop Instagram is becoming bigger, better, and bolder. Brands and creators are finding new ways to connect to their target audience, enhance consumer engagement, and drive growth. While users are constantly looking for inspiration to shop from. The introduction of Instagram shops has made shopping easy for people through an immersive […]

10 Ecommerce trends you need to know about for 2023

Are you ready for ecommerce in 2023? We’ve got you covered with the must-know ecommerce trends to be ready for next year. As the year winds down, ecommerce ramps up. With the final sprint of cyber5 and holiday shopping, it’s go! go! go! So naturally, during this busiest time of the year, it’s also time […]

5 things we learnt from BigCommerce’s Global Consumer Report

BigCommerce recently published a new report revealing current and upcoming consumer trends, to help merchants future-proof their stores. As an industry, ecommerce is continuing to grow from strength to strength. In the study conducted for the Global Consumer Report: Current and Future Shopping Trends, BigCommerce found that over half of consumers buy online at least […]

1 simple tip (and 8 steps) to supercharge product display page conversion

Losing customers on your product display page? Your product display pages are pivotal in your ecommerce website, the point where visitors convert to buyers. If you are getting a lot of visitors to your website but not a corresponding number of sales, your product display pages (PDPs) may be to blame for losing prospective customers […]

5 Reasons Why Your Business Needs Headless Commerce

Don’t get left behind with an outdated store. To stay relevant and compete in the ever-changing market, Ecommerce merchants need to be able to integrate new technologies quickly and efficiently. Headless commerce has become a buzzword over the last couple of years. Headless is a vital advancement in ecommerce technology that enables merchants to continually […]

Strategies To Grow Ecommerce Sales For Merchants

It’s estimated that by 2023, ecommerce sales will constitute 22 percent of all global retail sales. Naturally, “how do I get more ecommerce sales” will be on top of the mind for almost all online merchants. Increasing digitalisation and advanced technologies have thrown up new opportunities to acquire, retain, and meaningfully engage with customers online. […]

Three factors that will decide Black Friday sales in 2022

It’s that time of year again. Time to start thinking about Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Black Friday is steadily supplanting Boxing Day as Canada’s busiest shopping day. And it marks the start of the holiday shopping season as consumers rush to make the most of the sales. In previous years, Black Friday was always […]

Translation App or Multi-Storefront for Multilingual BigCommerce?

Weighing up your multilingual options for international selling on BigCommerce Expanding internationally is a natural step in the growth of most ecommerce businesses. A multilingual ecommerce store is vital to cross-border growth. One of the major obstacles to overcome first, however, is the language barrier. According to a study of non-English speakers by Common Sense […]

5 Reasons to Re-Platform your Ecommerce Store

Is your ecommerce store not performing as well as you’d like? Are you wondering if it’s time to re-platform and breathe new life into your business? If you’re still on the fence, here are 5 fundamental improvements that re-platforming could make to your store. What Is Ecommerce Re-Platforming? Let’s start by going over what re-platforming […]

Choosing a payment gateway for B2B on BigCommerce

One of the benefits of building your B2B ecommerce store on BigCommerce is the Apps Marketplace. It enables you to customise your store’s functionality, design, UX and administration to suit your precise business needs. Among the hundreds of available apps, there are over 65 integrations just for payment gateways. So how do you choose the […]

How to Launch an Ecommerce Website

Are you trying to figure out how to launch an ecommerce website? Modern entrepreneurs are entering the ecommerce industry at a record pace due to the growing number of people making online purchases. Experts predict that the amount of revenue generated by ecommerce sales in Canada will grow by over 10% annually. If you are […]