Ecommerce Articles & Videos

  • Status Trackers: 6 Guidelines for Discoverability and Clarity

    Use these 6 guidelines to create status trackers that are easier for your users to find, access, and understand.

  • AI Summaries of Reviews

    AI-generated review summaries extract qualitative key themes from customer feedback, helping shoppers quickly assess what purchasers think about the product.

  • Comparison Tables: 5 Scenarios When Not to Use Them

    Comparison tables are most effective when they’re used in the right context. Prevent unnecessary confusion by making sure a comparison table will help decision-making on your site.

  • Livestream Ecommerce: 7 Tips for Good UX

    Livestream shopping allows real-time interaction and purchasing. To excel, businesses should choose the right platform, act professionally, offer rewards, streamline purchasing, and promote sessions strategically.

  • Clean the Sludge from Decision-Making Workflows

    Help users make choices they’ll be satisfied with to boost satisfaction and retention by simplifying decision-making workflows.

  • Is Livestream Selling Right for Your Business?

    Livestream ecommerce offers a dynamic platform for real-time interaction and product demonstration. Follow these tips to determine if livestream selling is worth it for your business.

  • Comparison Tables for Products, Services, and Features

    Use this versatile GUI tool to support users when they need to make a decision that involves considering multiple attributes of a small number of items.

  • Transactional Notification 101

    Transactional notifications are concise, timely messages related to customer-company interactions. For effective notifications, it's crucial to have a clear subject line, provide all necessary transaction details, and ensure easy options for users to unsubscribe.

  • 4 Ways to Support International Purchasers

    Multiple support channels help global purchasers shop on your site smoothly and confidently. Choose at least two of the following: live chat, email, telephone, and social media.

  • 6 Tips for Improving Language Switchers on Ecommerce Sites

    International purchasers are more comfortable shopping in their own language. Follow these tips to make the language switcher on your site more discoverable and usable.

  • How to Create a Successful Livestream-Ecommerce Experience

    Livestreams that clarify key product features can be great add-ons for ecommerce. Determine the right platform and vibe, keep users engaged with rewards, and minimize the effort of checking out or reaching for support.

  • Livestream Ecommerce Supports Both Goal-Oriented and Impulsive Shoppers

    On ecommerce apps, livestream helps answer user questions in real time. On social-networking apps, it encourages shopping as a new way of entertainment.

  • Community Ecommerce

    Ecommerce user experience can benefit from community features. Our user research in China finds that shoppers often view such content as more credible and useful than brand content.

  • Transactional Notifications: Their Characteristics and When to Use Them

    Though they share similarities, notifications differ from emails because users expect them to be more concise, timelier, and only for urgent content. Choose to send SMS or push notifications strategically, depending on the context.

  • Translate User-Generated Content for Global Audiences

    In products where user-generated content plays a crucial role, automatically translate it or provide a Translate All button to benefit global visitors.

  • Models Matter: A Case for Using Diverse Models on Ecommerce Websites

    Not only do shoppers appreciate model diversity, but they also feel more confident in their purchasing decisions when they see many different people wearing a product.

  • Enriched Site-Search Suggestions: Rarely Used

    Enriched search suggestions are expanded content recommendations related to a user’s search query on a website. While they can be useful, they are rarely utilized due to a range of implementation issues.

  • Applying Luxury Principles to Ecommerce Design

    Luxury brands should use their digital channels to support and enhance their high-quality customer experiences. This requires providing product details that spark interest, balancing visual design with other priorities, and avoiding interruptions that risk cheapening the brand.

  • Luxury Shopping User Groups and Journeys

    There are four primary categories of luxury shoppers: window shoppers, personal stylists, occasional splurgers, and big spenders. Luxury brands often fail their customers during the “consider” phase of their journey.

  • Why So Many Luxury Brands Are Terrible at Ecommerce

    Until recently, a lack of digital prioritization and desire to control access have led to sub-par luxury ecommerce experiences. Many luxury brands are struggling to improve.