eCommerce website design samples and ideas

25 beautiful ecommerce website inspirations for 2013

14 Jun 2013

No matter where you look on the internet these days, you are bound to run into one eCommerce website or the other. Be it designer products or the local ice cream vendor, handmade jewelry or day to day grocery – it appears everything is now available on the World Wide Web. Think of anything in the world, even the remotest of things that you might consider impossible to reach is now available online thanks to some of the most amazing eCommerce websites around these days. However, designing these sites isn’t easy.

There are countless elements that you need to take into consideration. First of all, they need to be designed in such a manner that they actually appeal to their visitors. Come up with an unappealing website and watch your potential buyers run away in a jiffy! You need to ascertain that all the best products are featured in just the right manner, and all others are placed in just the right categories. This way, your website is going to have a rather clean and crisp appeal to it, thereby guaranteeing an amazing design output.

What’s additionally very important is the fact that you need to pay utmost attention to the usability and user experience that the site delivers. Make it truly eye-catching, add in all the right features and that’s the recipe to come up with an outstanding eCommerce website design in the year 2013. For finding some awesome eCommerce websites samples, look at our eCommerce websites portfolio.

If you need inspiration for designing eCommerce websites this year, make sure that you check the ones given below:

EastWorksLeather ↓

Ditto ↓

VSCO ↓

X-Doria ↓

Plum Roots ↓

Bella Vita ↓

Gubb & Mackie ↓

Bang & Olufsen ↓

Paule Ka ↓

Tinkering Monkey ↓

Jeni’s ↓

Jopp Design ↓

Cappellosg ↓

Minerva ↓

Travel to Milano ↓

Golden Olive Oil ↓

Le Tipi ↓

Shop Revolution ↓

Dakine ↓

District Clothing ↓

Momentskis ↓

White House | Black Market ↓

Pink Ice ↓

Under Armour Sports Clothing ↓

Everything but Water ↓

25 Topmost Ecommerce websites

In: Shopping cart

5 Apr 2011

Worldwide Online sales fetch a whopping $500 trillion. This is a huge turnover with tremendous potential. Everyone wants a slice of this cake. But its not as easy as it seems. A successful online ecommerce website needs numerous inputs like great design, quick loading website,robust web development, competitive pricing and easy secure payment options. A high level professional approach is required to achieve outstanding results
Here is a list of topmost 25 business to consumer retail sites which give maximum revenue for online sales.

1. Amazon

2. Staples

3. Dell

4. Apple

5. Office Depot

6. Walmart

7. Office Max

8. Sears Holdings

9. CDW

10. Best Buy

11.Liberty Media

12. Newegg

13.Sony

14. Netflix

15.Costco

16. JC Penney

17.HP Computers

18.Victoria’s Secret

19.Grainger

20.Macy’s

21.Target

22.Systemax

23.Gap

24. Bean

25. HSN

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GZIP Compression Important for SEO

In: Web Development

18 Mar 2011

SEO is a very vast subject which involves a whole range of activities ranging from meta tags, keywords ,link to many technical adjustments in the website in order to optimize for search engine.

GZIP Compression is a simple method to save bandwidth and speed up your site.Google and Yahoo use gzip compression. One can see how quick their website loads up.Moreover customers and clients tend to bounce off slow loading sites.Everyone wants instant results.

What exactly is GZIP Compression?

The diagram given below explains in a very easy way.The basic idea is to find the website files on server in much quicker way.Normally browser takes its time to locate the files and get adequate response to display the website on the internet.GZIP compression zips up the website files so that they are transferred to browser in much quicker time.This results in quick loading of website.Search engines prefer quick loading websites.

This diagram can explain it better

Before GZIP COMPRESSION

In order to get GZIP compression,talk to your hosting company.Normally they can do it for you. If the hosting company does not do they will advice how it can be done.The control panel on your hosting server has option to optimise your website. A good hosting company will provide this option.But if this option is not there then its best to change your hosting company.

After GZIP COMPRESSION

In order to get GZIP compression,talk to your hosting company.Normally they can do it for you. If the hosting company does not do

they will advice how it can be done.The control panel on your hosting server has option to optimise your website.

A good hosting company will provide this option.But if this option is not there then its best to change your hosting company.

How to check your website compression?

Once you’ve configured your server, check to make sure you’re actually serving up compressed content.

Use the Online GZIP Test Tool to check whether your page is compressed.

Check your website for GZIP compression

GZIP Compression is one of the speediest ways to not just improve your website performance but also give your website development a respectful placement in SEO

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ECOMMERCE – THE SUCCESS STORY OF NEW ZEALAND

In: Design

3 Mar 2011

Online shopping in New Zealand is very popular. 1.4 million Kiwis shopped online in 2010.Kiwis are shopping for wide variety of products and services. The most popular purchase are in sectors of airlines tickets, books & magazines, entertainment tickets, clothing and accessories, beauty, health, tyres , computer software and CDs/DVDs.

Before people buy online they surf and research before deciding on the purchases. Prices are compared. Product features and product quality is compared. Preference is given to local online vendors instead of international chains.

Most of the new retail companies want to establish ecommerce websites to launch their business. Everyone wants a share of the online market pie because it costs less, its universal and its 24/7 with widest possible reach through complete global market.

On the flip side, even consumers want to try out ecommerce websites as an shopping option because its cheaper, easier and convenient.

But there is always a dilemma with new entrants in ecommerce business how to make their ecommerce websites successful

SEO is one option but its very long drawn and uncertain

Here are three simple suggestion to enhance the business on the ecommerce website and make the sales take off

1.Trade Me Promotion-

Trade me is a very successful way to promote your ecommerce products. Place some of your products for auction with buy now same as the starting price. You can mention your website url in the product description so that people can visit the website for wider selection and range . A few such successful selections will result in increased targeted traffic to the website. Constant regular auctions in trade me can result in good marketing and advertising for the ecommerce website.

2.Facebook and Twitter promotion

Create an attractive Face book page. Invite and search for your clients to make them fans in Face book page. Offer a reciprocal fan following to clients to increase fan base. Make company special offers like discounts, promotions or freebies to make the facebook attractive to clients and fans. Regular twitter updates about latest in company can attract followers who will help in business promotions and business advertising.All social networking sites are an important source of business networking and marketing

3.Vehicle Advertising

Finally a simple yet very effective way to market your ecommerce website to have car wraps and stickers advertising your website. In this days of traffic jams, car graffiti can be interesting source of respite and humour. Make your car advertising witty and humorous to give people a reason to smile and remember your ecommerce website with happy feel

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5 Best Ecommerce Websites in New Zealand

In: Design

6 Feb 2010

Everyone is shifting business to the internet.The global reach of business at minimal cost is hugely attractive to all retailors and service providers.Most of us dream of earning million bucks from an online business as we have heard so many success stories.But it is not easy as it sounds.

No money can be earned without hardwork.Online income needs hardwork on virtual level.Proper planning and organised systematic presentation of the ecommerce website is important.

These five points will enhance the earning power of any ecommerce website.

1 Simplicity of Navigation

Make it easy to buy.It is very bothersome for a buyer to wade through pages of information.Just give information briefly and then lead them to categorised products gallery.Add a good search function so that customers can find product of their choice quickly.

2.Good Realistic Images.

Investment in professional photography would help to present your products in clear way.Photographic presentation of product from various angles will give customers good idea of the product.Detailed description and FAQ would also answer lots of queries.This would give customers assurance and confidence to buy.

3.High Quality

Always display highly quality products.Select the best products with known for their quality control.This will enhance the reputation of your ecommerce website and create an online branding.Referrals from happy clients will boost online sales.

4.Excellent Customer Services.

A well made ecommerce website needs to be supported by a excellent customer service team who provides a strong backup for sales,distribution,queries,after sales services and trouble shooting build a positive reputation for the ecommerce website.

5.Secure Easy Payment Methods

Use Payment Gateway which is very secure yet easy to use.Transaction should be quick and fast with efficient invoice generation. If implemented properly all these points will lift your ecommerce website to increased online sales and branding.

Here is a collection of 5 best ecommerce website in New Zealand

www.Shopnewzealand.co.nz

www.woolworths.co.nz

www.warehouse.co.nz

www.ezibuy.co.nz

www.walkerandhall.co.nz

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50 well designed E-commerce websites

In: Design

10 Nov 2009

In these times of recession, online business through ecommerce websites is growing rapidly. There are two main reasons for growth of online business. One is low cost as compared to actual shop or office expenses and another is global exposure for products and services.

But there are millions of ecommerce websites in competition with each other. In this heat of competition one of the major features which can really lift up the website is the design of home page. Programming and scripting are more or less similar in most websites expect for add onsand plugins.

But what causes ecommerce websites to stand and attract attention is their custom made designs and layout created with aesthetic skills.

Here are some beautiful samples of ecommerce websites to inspire you.