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Building Loyalty Without Breaking the Bottom Line: the Dual Shipping Dilemma for Ecommerce Merchants

Retail TouchPoints

The ease of online shopping also gives consumers the ability to comparison shop more quickly, showing them more options in less time. This presents a dual shipping dilemma for businesses: how can they keep shipping costs on the business low, while also offering customer-friendly return policies?

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7 Strategies to Convert Comparison Shopping Consumers

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With the eCommerce market as saturated as it is, comparison shopping has essentially become standard practice among consumers, and individual eCommerce brands can take a hit as a result. Let’s take a look at what comparison shopping is and how your business can combat it. What is Comparison Shopping?

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4 Ways Businesses Can Use Shipping to Reduce Cart Abandonment

Retail TouchPoints

Also to blame are overly complex checkout processes, invalid discount codes, security concerns, questionable return policies, comparison shopping, etc. The list goes on, but one other barrier to purchasing seems to be a major sticking point for 63% of consumers : shipping costs. The True Cost of Shipping.

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The Rise of the Digital Showroom

Retail TouchPoints

Own your audience’s comparison shopping experience. Comparison shopping is a major part of the showrooming experience for most consumers. In a branded B&M environment, the comparison process works to your advantage: you win no matter which item they choose to buy.

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Multi-Channel Retailing and the Buyer’s Journey: Opportunities and Challenges

BigCommerce

It’s all about moving beyond your website and exploring channels such as marketplaces, social media, and comparison shopping engines. Consumers Are Shopping in More Locations Than Ever. A report by BigCommerce confirms that buyers across several age groups are shopping from multiple sales channels.

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Multichannel Distribution 101: Expand Your Ecommerce Business to New Marketplaces

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The second is what we’re talking about: Google’s comparison shopping engine. Google Shopping, Google’s comparison shopping engine. Want to know more details on how Google Shopping works ? Listing your products on Google’s comparison shopping engine is completely free. Transaction fees.

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Cars, Wine, Trees — COVID-19 Proved Once and For All that You Can Sell Just About Anything Online

Retail TouchPoints

Of course, there are reasons why certain kinds of products haven’t been as quick to become ecommerce mainstays — mailing a live tree will never be as simple as shipping at T-shirt, for example. Easier said than done, of course. And yet, the consumer demand is there, and it’s becoming hard for retailers to ignore, no matter their category.