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The Role of WordPress Ecommerce in the Coming Content and Commerce Era

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Headless Commerce (API-First) Initiatives. WordPress Ecommerce: The Past & The Current State. Before 2010, ecommerce in WordPress wasn’t really viable. One notable exception was a plugin call WP-eCommerce. 2010: ACCT (After Custom Content Types). Download Your Guide. BCCT (Before Custom Content Types).

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With 1 in 4 Online Dollars Spent on Mobile, Ecommerce Mobile SEO is More Important [& Intricate] Than Ever

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What you should look for in ecommerce technology to make sure you aren’t doing all the legwork here. Google announced using site speed as a metric for ranking back in 2010 and officially announced in January 2017 that mobile page speed is a ranking factor for websites. . seamless and convenient). Let’s dive in.

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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

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The first Square app and service launched in 2010. Eddie Machaalani and Mitchell Harper co-founded BigCommerce in 2009 and introduced it that year as a 100% bootstrapped ecommerce storefront platform. Other ecommerce technology platform providers launched in the same era. 2009 – Square launches.

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