Mobile Commerce Blog

6 Magento trends to watch for in 2018 If anyone could know what will be big for Magento community this year, it would be the leading Magento experts. In the  interview conducted by MageWorx , the professionals have shared their thoughts on the top growing trends among Magento merchants. Here are the 6 Magento trends they expect to see in 2018:   Migarting to Magento 2 Moving to the latest version of the platform will continue to remain trending among Magento merchants. Although we will not be likely to see a full switch this year, the number of migrations to Magento 2 is still on the rise. The platform has been delivered a much improved and optimized version of its previous platform, in terms of  scalability, performance, customer experience, mobile friendliness, and admin capability.  Since its release in 2015, Magento 2 has made major fixes, tested by millions of clients to grow into the most advanced platform in the market. The platform is proven to stre...

Magento is known as the leading eCommerce platform in the market. Continuous major updates and features introduces make it one of the most flexible eCommerce solutions out there. The platform is scalable, reliable and it has a wonderful community. With the ever-growing Magento platform, you need to make sure the customer experience with this platform goes as smoothly as possible. A high quality theme can unveil and reinforce all of the amazing Magento features and take eCommerce experience to a whole new level. To help you with that, we've brought together the best templates selected from the pool of available free Magento themes. The themes are ready-made layouts for online stores operating on Magento platform. Using any of these themes you’ll be able to build a website for any project, hassle free and in no time. All templates are packed with high functionality and up-to-date layout designs, providing a cutting-edge performance. Best Free ...

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...

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...

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 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....

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...