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10 best Magento 2 websites in 2018

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Best Magento 2 websites in 2018 Since its realese, Magento 2 gave merchants the opportunity to grow their brands using the most advanced ecommerce technology in the market. By combining rich, built-in features with performance enhancements and out-of-the-box marketing tools in the latest release of Magento 2, the platform continues to deliver the industry's leading e-commerce solution. Empowered by the advanced platform and its capabilities, a growing number of Magento merchants are moving their online stores to the newest version. Take a look at the best Magento 2 websites to see how the platform has transformed customer experience and accelerated business growth across industries: Cox & Cox The fast growing online homeware, furniture, and textiles retailer realized they needed to upgrade their Magento Commerce 1 to support their progress. To streamline their eCommerce store, Cox & Cox needed a flexible, powerful platform packed full...

10 Best Landing Page Builders for Non-Developers in 2018

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Landing page builders enable non-technical users to deploy web pages designed to drive visitors to a specific conversion goal. Landing pages are usually designed to convert visitors to one specific action like signing up for a newsletter or a free trial, or registering for a subscription service. Landing page builders make it easy for non-developers to test prototypes of pages to discover the impact and reaction of the buyers, customers, and website visitors. Landing page builders are a key part of an organization’s marketing strategies, and marketers can use landing page builders to create, modify, and publish web experience without the help of IT or developers. Landing page builders integrate directly into existing web development infrastructure and web content management systems to create a seamless web experience, and existing digital analytics solutions to track visitor behavior on landing pages. Best landing page builders for non-technical users Listed...

3 emerging consumer behaviors to watch for in 2018 [Infographic]

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Consumer behaviors are shifting In the last few years, consumer behaviors are changing dramatically, thanks to mobile devices. With instant access to the information they need at their fingertips and at anytime, people are turning to mobile devices to find an immediate answer or guide a purchase decision. When 75% of people say their smartphones help them to be more productive , they are relying on mobile every day to get things done. People use their phones in the moments they want to know, go, do and buy. It's no secret that mobile is making lives easier: 54% of people say their phones reduce stress and/or anxiety in their lives . Today's customers are empowered by mobile, which raises the bar of what they're expecting from brands. Brands at the top of their game are quick to address these customer expectations and provide exactly what they want instantly and intuitively. According to Google Search data, there are 3 consumer behaviors emerging in the last 2 years....

SimiCart Push Notification Feature Update

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SimiCart has been making huge processes of enhancing mobile marketing effectiveness for your stores, especially with Notification settings. Indeed, managing and executing marketing campaigns via Push Notification plugin is now much easier and more beneficial thanks to the following updates: 1. Customer Information Automatic Update Normally, whenever your customers open your app, Push Notification plugin will immediately send Device ID and also other information including location , email , and App information to your server. But in the old version, the email field would not be filled if users didn’t voluntarily provide it first; and it can get worse: you wouldn’t get customers’ location via Push Notification plugin if location services were disabled. In this updated version, Notification plugin will solve these issues above by automatically updating customers’ emails in the Device Manager as it would be required during the logging in or checking out process....

Introducing SimiCart Smart Banner

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Developing and owning a native mobile app is a critical move in today's mobile-first world. People are turning to their devices to shop anytime, anywhere. With everything at their fingertips, they are demanding a better shopping experience on mobile. Creating a mobile experience beyond expectation is the key to engage customers and keep them coming back. With deep understanding of user behavior on mobile and also their expectations and needs, SimiCart has released Smart Banner feature in the beginning of 2018. This feature is expected to solve app promotion problems for you - store owners. What is SimiCart Smart Banner? SimiCart Smart Banner adds a small rectangular banner on top of the mobile website screen to inform and drive users to install the native app . The banner consists of the app logo, app name, developer/company name, a bried call-to-action text, and a button that leads user directly to the app's installation page on Apple App Store (if it's iOS) and Google Pla...

5 mobile commerce metrics to track and improve in 2018

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The right mobile commerce metrics to improve Mobile has been creating a flood of new opportunities for business over the years, and this coming year is not an exception. But driving growth in mobile takes a lot of works to improve. As the new year is ahead of us, It's time to work on how you want your mobile business to develop. Your mobile business growth starts with goals. Focusing on the right mobile commerce metrics to measure performance is the key to reach your goals and drive growth. Understanding where you are and where you need to go helps you set more meaningful goals and targets. If you are looking to keep track on your mobile business in 2018, here are some suggestions on what you should pay attention to:   Push notification opt-ins Push notification is the most powerful messaging channel for your brand to reach customers on their devices. But the ability to use this channel to communicate with them and strengthen customer relationships is limited by its opt-i...

10 most-read mobile commerce blog posts of 2017 from SimiCart

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2017 has been a big year for mobile. As we approach the end of this year, It's the perfect time to take a look back. After all, the best way to prepare for the next year will always be reviewing the previous one. To help you kick-start a successful 2018, we have put together our 10 most-viewed mobile commerce blog posts from the past year. For a better mobile strategy this year to come, take some times to check out these selected mobile commerce tips, insights and trends: 1. 7 reasons to upgrade your mobile site into a Progressive Web App Most customers typically land on your site first. But mobile sites are also where retailers lose most of their customers - with 97% cart abandonment rate. Due to its limitations in user experience, mobile sites causing retailers to leave a huge amount of mobile revenue on the table.  Progressive Web Apps  are the emerging solution for retailers to maximize conversion rate on mobile sites. They are mobile sites that look ...