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10 best progressive web apps (PWAs) for ecommerce 2018

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With consumer expectation at all time high, Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are becoming the key initiative of ecommerce businesses for this coming year. Big winners in online retailing will continue to focus on making the mobile experience great for their customers. As the evolution in front-end web technology, PWAs promise to bring the high speed and slick experience of a native app to the mobile browsers. The technology has resulted in an incredibly improved performance, better user interaction and increased mobile conversion for the retailers embracing it properly. From user-friendliness to unmatched load speed, PWA is setting the new standards for web interaction best practices. By revolutionizing online shopping for customers, PWAs are expected to change and dominate the ecommerce landscape in 2018. This year we've seen a massive adoption of this modern web technology among online retailers of all sizes. A number of early adopters have already benefited from their succe...

How your Magento store can benefit from Google AMP

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Mobile shopping continues to grow at an incredible speed. While more than half of web traffic comes from mobile, mobile conversions are significantly lower than desktop. With the average time it takes to fully load an mobile page has reached 15 seconds , it's not hard to see why its conversion rate lag behind. Today, mobile shoppers are becoming increasingly tech-savvy and demand content delivered to them fast. Most of them will leave mobile sites taking longer than 3 seconds to load and after 10 seconds, a whopping 77% of visitors will abandon the site. When speed doesn't just affect page views, it's important than ever for a mobile web store to load fast and maximize its revenue. To address this problem, google has launched AMP (Accelerated Mobile Page) to create user-friendly mobile pages that load instantly and perform better on mobile devices. The technology focuses on improving mobile web experience, which can be translated to better engagement and conversion for y...

5 great ways to earn Reward Points with SimiCart Loyalty Program

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Knowing that the key to getting value is to giving value, SimiCart now have a point rewarding system in place to deliver our dear customers a special experience. Typically each 1 point can be redeemed for 1$. You can use your reward points to purchase SimiCart products and services that boost your business growth. SimiCart has made it easy for our customers to track progress and maximize earnings with our loyalty program. Simply log in to your account dashboard and go to My Rewards from the left panel. Here you can explore our great rewards and easily manage your point transactions. Whether you're a long-term SimiCart customer or a new comer, there're always a chance for you to earn rewards with SimiCart. In this post, we'll show you some great ways to get the most out of SimiCart Loyalty Program and benefit your business: 5 ways to earn reward points with SimiCart Loyalty Program 1. Register an account with SimiCart With SimiCart Loyalty Program, your earnings don't st...

The 7 steps to a customer-centric mobile strategy [infographic]

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A few years ago, customer centricity did not even register among brands' top priorities. But that's before mobile has changed everything. By providing a better way for customers to experience brands, mobile has grown into the primary channel they use to connect with their favorite brands. When mobile opens the door for a personalized, non-intrusive outreach to your customers, it also upped the bar of what they demand from your brand . Empowered by mobile, today's customers are loyal to brands that prioritize their needs. If your mobile game is not strong, they are likely to turn their heads to one of your competitors, seeking for a more customer-centric connection. Today, putting customers first has become one of the key attributes to separate the leading brands from the rest. While customer expectations are rising, businesses are facing a bigger challenge. With more engagement opportunities opened by mobile, it requires an entirely new approach to shape a stron...

Leading experts reveal the Magento trends shaping 2018

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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...

12 Best Free Magento Themes & Templates in 2018

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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 ...

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...