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Why Backend Orchestration is the True Payment Experience Unlock

Retail TouchPoints

The seamless nature of digital commerce has inspired consumers to expect more from the payment experience everywhere they shop — online, in-store and even via social channels. Customers today expect to be able to shop where and when they want and use the payment method they want.” more compared to their previous buying levels.

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The 19 Ecommerce Growth Challenges of 2018, Outlined by Amazon’s Annual Report

BigCommerce

On May 18th, Amazon released its Annual Report for the past fiscal year (2017). The Amazon Annual Report, which is made available to the public through the SEC, recapped the company’s remarkable year of growth. Let’s take a look at some of the important highlights as well as some of the specific challenges covered within this report.

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Trends Analysis: Should eCommerce Brands Get Serious About Crypto Payments?

ESW

Even if some of that technology isn’t market-ready right now, you need to be thinking about how you can integrate it in the future. What about payments, though? While brands and retailers can accept crypto payments today, that doesn’t mean it’s viable. Few people are going to use it as a payment method, anyway.

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Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin and Blockchain in Ecommerce

Ecommerce Platforms

When it comes to payment processors in ecommerce sites, the talk used to be about credit cards, PayPal, COD (cash on delivery), et al. But now it’s shifting towards bitcoins and digital currencies. Digital currencies are the future of ecommerce. Blockchain is the name of the technology powering bitcoin.

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Trends Analysis: Why Cryptocurrency May Still Be Important for eCommerce

ESW

There’s a bigger discussion about what crypto — and the blockchain technology behind it — can do for the entire eCommerce sector. Digital currencies like Bitcoin are helping both private users and online merchants to experience a whole new world of monetary exchange with complete ease,” eCommerce consultant Darshit Parmar writes.

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Gartner Predicts COVID Will Accelerate These Top 5 Digital Commerce Trends

GetElastic

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed consumer buying behaviors and accelerated the evolution of and shift to digital commerce for businesses globally. This makes it more important than ever for both B2B and B2C businesses to invest in digital commerce and diversify their go-to-market strategies.

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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.

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