article thumbnail

Cyber Week 2017: Black Friday Stats, Cyber Monday Trends + 25 Brands Reveal The Secrets to Their Success

BigCommerce

It’s also time to check out what happened at large in the ecommerce industry during Cyber Week 2017. Cyber Week 2017 Trends. Most Successful Cyber Week 2017 Tactics. Without further ado, let’s take a long, hard look at what 2017’s Cyber Week had in store for online sellers. Cyber Week 2017 GMV Increase.

article thumbnail

Ecommerce Trends: 147 Stats Revealing How Modern Customers Shop in 2017

BigCommerce

BigCommerce has teamed up with retail and payment experts Square to dive deep into the shopping habits, behavior and preferences of thousands of American buyers across multiple generations. It’s easier than ever for businesses to have a digital presence across a variety of channels. Free Download. Are you an omni-channel seller?

eCommerce 420
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Subscription Ecommerce Websites Saw 4,461% Revenue Boom in 5 Years: 20 Brands Reaping the Benefits

BigCommerce

In 2016, that revenue jumped to $2.6 And while the most popular subscription sites above are focused almost exclusively on membership and subscription services, know this: You don’t have to focus exclusively on subscriptions to make subscription ecommerce a profitable, predictable revenue driver. Word of mouth recommendations.

article thumbnail

Shopping on Instagram Now Available: 11,233% Traffic Growth, 20% Revenue Growth + Real Examples to Get You Started

BigCommerce

Kevin Weil (@kevinweil) September 25, 2017. When it comes to Instagram, ecommerce businesses by and large recommend the platform. Increased from 400M to 500M since March 2017. 5M — Number of active Instagram business profiles (Source: Facebook ). And, most importantly, if it increased engagement and revenue.

Payments 378
article thumbnail

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

BigCommerce

In fact, growth projections estimate that by 2022, ecommerce revenues will exceed $638 billion in the U.S. From mobile shopping to online payment encryption and beyond, ecommerce encompasses a wide variety of data, systems, and tools for both online buyers and sellers. 1998 PayPal launches as an online payment system.

eCommerce 417
article thumbnail

Make Customer Service Your Most Valuable Asset This Holiday Season

BigCommerce

While the holiday season is a great time for friends and families to get together, it’s a double edged sword for many growing businesses. On the one hand, it’s an once-in-a-year opportunity to run promotions , launch new campaigns to acquire new customers , and ramp up for a long running revenue train to start the new year.

article thumbnail

From Retail to e-Tail: How to Launch an Ecommerce Website for Your Brick-and-Mortar

BigCommerce

If you’ve got a wide selection of products to choose from in your brick-and-mortar store, we recommend narrowing your inventory down to approximately 100 of the best-selling items for your online marketplace. “We Choose your payment methods. Payments were first accepted via PayPal which was the easiest to set up,” noted Tahnee.