Nearly half of American small businesses have no website, but competition will make them go online sooner or later. This article, the first in a short series, provides comprehensive tips for new e-commerce site owners.

Congratulations on setting up your new e-commerce website. With an incredible 87% of UK retail purchases (even excluding groceries) now made online, a digital platform is a fantastic way to attract new customers and boost sales.

In the past, selling your products meant managing a brick-and-mortar store and limiting yourself to a primarily local customer base. Today, all you need to advertise your inventory is Internet access and a website.

Congratulations, you’ve launched your eCommerce site! Now it’s time to sit back and watch the sales come in. If you build it, they will buy, right? If it were that easy, there's no way you would be reading this blog right now.

With 67% of millennials and 56% of Gen X now preferring to shop online… It’s impossible to ignore the sheer size of the opportunity presented by online stores for modern businesses.

Experts predict that by 2020 the global e-commerce economy will cross the $4 trillion mark. If you have an e-commerce website or plan to build one using an eCommerce platform, the future looks quite bright for you.