The Best Ecommerce Platforms to Sustain Your Online Startup
http://ift.tt/2tElgl2 By Ankush Mahajan The ecommerce arena is rapidly evolving. Every new trend quickly becomes a basic necessity for all ecommerce startups. So it makes sense that online retailers have increasingly high expectations of their ecommerce solution providers. Search engine optimization, good UX design and ability to customize still hold upmost importance, but trends like m-commerce (commercial transactions conducted electronically by mobile phone) and social commerce (the use of social networks in the context of ecommerce transactions) are hot on on the radar of every ecommerce startup. Today, 60% of online product searches are happening on mobile, and social media has evolved from a platform for finding friends into a platform for selling products. According to a survey by PIXLEE , social media influences the purchase decisions of about 74% of online shoppers and 43% of consumers are likely to buy a new product after learning about it on social media. Taking these ec...