By: RH
Econsultancy wrote a great piece that should be helpful for developers and for domainers trying their hand at ecommerce.
From the article:
Nothing is more frustrating for e-commerce sites than seeing hundreds of customers abandon their basket for no apparent reason.
All the hard work has gone into improving search rankings, driving engagement through social and working out the best PPC strategy, only for potential customers to lose interest once they arrive on-site.
To combat abandonment, one of the key areas that retailers need to focus on is the product page. These need to include a huge amount of product information without appearing too cluttered.
Lingerie retailer Bravissimo was one such company. Using QuBit analytics, it found that 29% of people were exiting the site on product pages, and as many as 30% of users were not navigating below the fold. This meant customers were not seeing the cross-sell or matching items.
With this in mind, here are some best practice tips for product pages…
