Bio – From America, Wordpress for 3 years+, big names (no mention), here to help + serve, make good businesses better with WordPress. What it’s all about? Model vs. Mission.
Survey Room for Bloggers, Organizational Leaders, Business Owners, Developers, Designers (Specifically for folks who want to use WP to make money…offer free consult)
What to Expect? WordPress (A little background, 3.0 structure, why it can and does work so beautifully as a e-commerce framework)
E-Commerce (Data, Analysis, Actionable intelligence based on current trends and statistics)
WPEC (Overview of overhaul, some interesting case studies of it’s usage out in the wild, especially in regards to good/bad implementations in light of data)
LinchPin (Seth Godin, world’s most read blog)
First five people to tweet that get free GoldShop carts (Maybe developers get dev key?) (at least $200)
First three people to follow @JS_Zao get free WordPress setup, WPEC setup and site review. ($500 value)
A little background, 3.0 structure, why it can and does work so beautifully as a e-commerce framework
A little background (May ‘03, fork from b2), 3.0 structure (new install, new default theme, new menus, new custom post types & taxonomies, link shortening, custom menus, multiside), why it can and does work so beautifully as a e-commerce framework
A little background (May ‘03, fork from b2), 3.0 structure (new install, new default theme, new menus, new custom post types & taxonomies, link shortening, custom menus, multi-site (honor! Andrea Rennick, tomorrow, 11.) ), why it can and does work so beautifully as a e-commerce framework
A little background (May ‘03, fork from b2), 3.0 structure (new install, new default theme, new menus, new custom post types & taxonomies, link shortening, custom menus, multi-site), why it can and does work so beautifully as a e-commerce framework (Why WP is easy in general.)
Conversion Rates SuckMost eCommerce sites have a 4% conversion rate (though some like Amazon and QVC have conversion rates of 20% and 17% respectively).According to Brian Eisenberg (FutureNow) first time visitors typically convert 2% while repeat shoppers convert 8%.One of the largest segments of your visitor population is the first time visitor, representing between 60-80% of your traffic. (Brian Eisenberg, FutureNow)25% of online shoppers abandon their shopping cart. (Forrester)
81% of shoppers are more likely to buy online with easy returns. (source: IR) Statistics show at least 20% of your site’s visitors enter ready to buy (source: FutureNow blog)40% of all online visitors use insite search.Nearly three-quarters of shoppers will leave an ecommerce site within two minutes of not finding the products they are looking for. (source: internetretailer.com)Cross-sells were responsible for 35% of amazon.com sales in 2006 (Source: Get Elastic blog article)90% of polled online shoppers claim they would have completed (an otherwise abandoned sale) if they saw security logos (Source: Get Elastic blog article)If you think you are a late entrant to search engine marketing, consider this: According to Google 25% of daily search queries have never been searched before.
47% of e-commerce sites do not know their abandonment rate. (Internet Retailer Magazine)40% of online shoppers are dissatisfied with their online purchase experience. (Forrester)One of the worst culprits for friction in the checkout process is required registration. Forrester Research reports that 23% of customers abandoned the last online store that asked them to register (Source: Elastic Path blog post)
Of the top 100 eTailers those that did not ask for CVV numbers have a 40% higher conversion rate. (source: getelastic.com)According to Forrester 83% of shoppers place greatest trust on friends or acquaintances who have used a product or service.Almost half of visitors will abandon a site if they perceive a page or feature takes longer than 2 seconds to load (Source: Get Elastic blog article)
In a study of online retailers it was found 27% of visitors intended to buy but only two-thirds actually bought. (18%) Amongst those that intended to buy but didn’t – 31% wanted better product selection, 24% desired better shipping options, 17% cited problems with the online shopping cart, and 14% said prices were too high. Translation: you’re existing customer base is spending 33% less than they intend to! [Source: GrokDotCom]The combined sales of the 500 largest web retailers in 2008 grew nearly eight times faster than the overall market. (Soure: IR)
Everything (Product Admin UI, Tax system, custom post types for products and files, custom taxonomies for tags, variations and categories, loads of new functionality, better theming, killed a ton of bugs)
Everything (Search, Cross-Sales, Social Media Sharing, Surveying – Affiliate Marketing is HUGE for digital downloads…coming soon with an abandonded cart plugin coming soon. Already “chat” plugins or programs to leverage, Google Analytics plays nice.)
Stock photos, no search feature, no return policy, no security reinforcments
Stock photos, no search feature, no return policy, no security reinforcments
Accessibilty, usablity, can’t read it, poor design, no cross selling, no security/return policy, no search.
One of the best – beautiful design, search bar easily accessible
On featured products, super simple to share socially via Digg, StumbleUpon, etc.
SUPER usable search results.
Couldn’t possibly be easier to purchase. One page, Paypal (could be better about emphasizing PayPal’s security, returns ARE mentioned elsewhere), name and email – that’s it.