Data from our 2020 Ecommerce Stats Report shows that mobile sales continue to grow, but shoppers still seem to prefer to convert on desktop. In this post, we’ll look at the data, and how retailers can improve the mobile user experience. Our data shows that retailers now attract the majority of visits from mobile devices […]
12 Fascinating Mobile Commerce Stats and Trends
A selection of mobile commerce stats, including market size and growth, mobile search, conversion rates, and share of traffic and sales by device. US Mobile Commerce Market Stats Mobile commerce sales were worth $268.78 billion in 2019, up from $41.71 billion in 2013. UK Mobile Commerce Market Growth: Western Europe According to data from CRR […]
12 Best Practices for Effective Hotel Websites
With lots of competition online, hotels face a challenge to attract online bookings, and this is where an effective website and booking process really matters. In this post, we’ll look at some best practices and examples from hotel websites. With around half of online hotel bookings being made through third party OTA sites, hotels face […]
Digital Trends in the Travel Industry: 12 Fascinating Stats
Some key digital Trends in the online travel industry, including digital travel trends, how customers research travel purchases, and more. For more online travel data, see our Understanding Airline and Travel Trends Report, containing data from more than 280 online travel bookings. Online Travel Sales Worldwide The global online travel market was worth more than […]
2019 Ecommerce Year in Review [Infographic]
Our latest infographic looks at some key ecommerce data from 2019, including cart abandonment stats and traffic and sales by device. Some highlights from the data: SaleCycle tracked more than 1.07 billion online abandonments in 2019. Mobile accounts for 65% of all ecommerce traffic, but just 53% of sales. Grocery websites, at 76.1%, have the […]
What Is CRO and Why Do You Need It?
We’ve just launched an updated version of our Experts Guide to Conversion Rate Optimization, which sets out the case for CRO, and some great advice on getting started. In this post, we’ll look at what CRO covers, and how it can benefit your business. What is CRO? Conversion Rate Optimization is an umbrella term for […]
15 Best Practices for Mobile Web Form Design
With mobile traffic to websites growing rapidly, it’s important for retailers and others to focus on reducing friction to convert more visitors. One key area that often produces friction and can frustrate users to the point where they abandon is form completion. In this article, we’ll look specifically at mobile web form design, to make […]
What Is CCPA and How Does It Affect Ecommerce?
In this post, we look at CCPA, which came into effect at the beginning of 2020. CCPA has been talked about as the US version of GDPR. This is true in the sense that it aims to give consumers more information on how their data is used, but there are some key differences. What Does […]
Ecommerce Returns: 2020 Stats and Trends
We take a look at some key stats and trends around ecommerce returns. Returns policies, and how returns are handled, are key concerns for online retailers. Returns can be a major headache for retailers. There’s the cost of processing returns, in terms of staff and resources, and there’s also the risk that items returned may not […]
Five Fascinating Stats and Trends from Christmas 2019
We take a look at some key Christmas ecommerce stats from December 2019. Christmas Online Shopping Growth While Black Friday and the days around it now tend to produce the biggest sales and traffic peaks for online retailers, the Christmas shopping season remains vital for ecommerce. Using data from a sample of SaleCycle clients, we […]
