The basic idea is this: UX design is all about getting inside the head of your visitor. It’s about creating a simple, seamless, and enjoyable experience for your users. The idea is to deliver information quickly and even make them smile. Good UX design sparks dopamine and happiness in your visitors. And that makes them more likely to trust you. Crucially, it makes them more likely to buy from you.
After going over the 25 basics in our last UX design article, let’s take a look at how it works in action. Specifically, we’re looking at the UX design of e commerce websites. How do these websites use clever UX design tricks to encourage their visitors to buy?
https://www.bitcatcha.com/blog/x-examples-perfect-ecommerce-ux-design-x-bad-ones/
It's an occupational hazard within the retail sector: Lessons learned in the market are usually learned the hard way. Adding insult to injury, there is a very low margin for error, particularly when changing course in the business does not correlate with shopper demands.
The good news for grocery retailers is that decades of lessons learned via brick-and-mortar initiatives for category management and shopper marketing can be applied to e-commerce with relative ease.
So why isn't this happening at a faster pace? There are two main reasons.
First, CPG brands have been slow to react to e-commerce and have failed to make the necessary investments. Second, in an effort to react quickly to e-commerce competition such as Amazon some retailers are rushing to "band-aid" solutions, rather than building capabilities that enable a customized user experience and the ability to harvest invaluable customer data.
With that in mind, here are three basic lessons from traditional commerce that can fuel e-commerce success.
https://www.retailcustomerexperience.com/blogs/3-brick-and-mortar-lessons-for-e-commerce/
As Amazon continues to dominate the e-commerce space, smaller online retail businesses must do more to compete. Web design is one effective way e-commerce businesses can stand out to consumers while making a worthwhile investment in their marketing strategy. A recent consumer survey from Clutch shows that people value three main user experience (UX) features when they browse online:
- Effective navigation
- Updated website design
- Authoritative content
Updating a website to include or enhance these three features will benefit businesses beyond simply improving the user experience. Investing in navigation, design, and content also has important branding and SEO benefits.
https://www.business2community.com/web-design/3-website-features-your-e-commerce-site-needs-to-stand-out-02169445/
You are an online marketer or eCommerce manager of a successful webshop and you’ve got all the necessary tools up and running. You’ve got your ads and retargeting efforts that provide you with leads. Then there’s A/B testing which provides insight into what is and isn’t converting your visitors. Meanwhile your web analytics and heatmaps are showing you what’s happening on your site. This is often the basic toolkit for webshops, which is logical, because it is important to know what your visitors are doing on your website. Unfortunately these tools don’t provide a complete understanding of the customer…
https://mopinion.com/5-ways-online-customer-feedback-can-optimise-your-webshop-2/
Usually, user experience (UX) of the design aspect gets overlooked until something goes awry. Understanding the value of UX and proffering it the consideration it deserves when developing or planning a site can help prevent problems in the future – and save businesses and brands trouble, money and time.
Fifty-two percent of users who shop online said that page speed affects their commitment to the online store. In the current competitive environment of ecommerce where revenue is expected to reach $4 trillion USD by 2020, delivering exceptional UX needs to be a priority.
Therefore, a business or brand has a goal of optimizing the user experience to boost sales. As Steve Krug, a UX expert said, “If someone thinks or doubts, the website usability is inefficient.”
https://www.business2community.com/ecommerce/6-ecommerce-ux-best-practices-02231859/
Customers are increasingly and overwhelmingly mobile-first. For the most part, many brands are still learning how to optimize traditional e-commerce experiences let alone mobile sites and apps. The Amazons of the world don’t make it any easier to keep up. Yet every day, customers are reaching for their smartphones to learn about what to buy, what to do or where to go. But without being mobile-centric and integrating digital touchpoints, customer journeys are certain to be rife with obstacles between mobile sites and apps and even the desktop web.
https://thenextweb.com/contributors/2018/07/25/break-down-the-silos-between-mobile-site-and-app-teams-to-optimize-the-digital-customer-journey/
Navigating multiple languages, currencies, preferences and expectations is complicated, to say the least. So, how can international brands create a customer experience that appeals to a global audience? Here are some tips.
https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2018/10/22/building-an-ecommerce-brand-on-a-global-basis/
The creation of an e-Commerce website that will successfully fulfill all the functions is a complex and challenging task. Moreover, the experience must be so pleasant and comfortable so that a customer will develop a habit. More and more buyers prefer online shopping experience and turn to it every day.
The number of websites is growing exponentially, as well as the variety of products and services on offer. The competitions become fierce. The designers and developers are searching for new sophisticated ways to provide high-quality services and drive traffic.
The success of the e-Commerce activity largely depends on the design of the page or platform it is performed on. E-Commerce web-design companies face the upcoming challenges and find new ways to express their creativity and turn new ideas into life. We compiled our list of design tips which will skyrocket your website traffic and seduce even more customers to buy.
https://www.business2community.com/web-design/challenge-2019-how-to-create-the-user-experience-design-for-an-e-commerce-website-02241522/
Tech giants like Google and Facebook continue to invest time, money and energy into the development of their algorithms. As a result, search engine optimization (SEO) trends and marketing tactics are constantly changing.
Meanwhile, e-commerce businesses that already have SEO marketing strategies in place need to also adapt to these changes if they want to remain relevant and dominate their respective markets. Make one SEO mistake, and you could set your business back significantly.
That’s why it’s important to maintain a firm grasp on the latest e-commerce SEO trends as they emerge and leverage them so you can start 2019 at the top.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2018/11/02/four-e-commerce-seo-trends-to-prepare-for-in-2019/
The headstone to a sustainable customer-retailer relationship, increased online conversions and improved customer loyalty, online customer feedback can be a real competitive advantage for companies in the ecommerce industry.
https://mopinion.com/four-tips-for-ecommerce-companies-who-want-to-start-collecting-digital-feedback/
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