Staying current on eCommerce news can be tough. Tech news tends to drown out the important changes hitting the online shopping world, and it’s hard to separate the noise from the news. So we’ve pulled together some of our favourite sources for news to make sure you’ve got a head start in keeping ahead of your competitors.
Bigcommerce is in the business of helping people create their online stores and get them running quickly. Their extensive blog features hundreds of large visual articles updated frequently.
Ecommerce Fuel is run by Andrew Youderian, a solo entrepreneur who has created two stores online doing more than $1,000,000 in revenue. His site has guides on making sure your business is financially sound, a free ebook, a podcast, a video training course, and forum for other eCommerce professionals.
ECommercePartners updates their blog near-weekly with advice for building successful businesses online.
Ecommerce Pulse is written by Leighton Taylor and contains help in bootstrapping a new online business, testing for demand, boosting its success once established, and even optimizing after the fact. Posts don’t come frequently on Ecommerce Pulse, but each one is well worth the wait.
Ecommerce Times, where daily updates cover the happenings of the big players in the eCommerce world.
GetElastic touts themselves as the “#1 Subscribed Ecommerce Blog,” and it’s easy to see how they’ve amassed their greater-than 20,000 readers, their research-backed blog posts are frequent and full of valuable information from testing navigation to getting more email opt-ins to how mobile usage and social networks increasingly drive traffic (and sales).
KISSmetrics has been known for their reliable analytics, marketing and testing services for years, but the KISSmetrics blog is also worthy of praise. It encourages marketing in smart ways that respect your audience and keeps a strong focus on the lifeblood of most businesses: the customer lifecycle.
Future 3 provides ongoing answers to e-commerce questions, keeping your business up to date in the face of competitors, and avoiding common mistakes that hopefully only shops will make.
Practical Ecommerce brings daily info on creating compelling content, marketing, and value for your customers.
Shopify Offering case studies and at least one post a week, Shopify’s Ecommerce Blog has industry-proven tips and ideas on running your online business.
Shop.org Blog features studies on free shipping in the holiday season, gift cards, and other larger industry trends to help make sure you get the most out of your online store.
TechCrunch It almost goes without saying, but if it’s happening in technology and online commerce, the TechCrunch blog is reporting on it. With nearly fifty stories a day coming from their team of writers, following this source for news might keep you ahead of your peers.
How about seventy more?
And as if those weren’t enough to keep you completely up to date on eCommerce news, Econsultancy has an additional seventy links covering everything from international ecommerce, checkouts and product pages, site navigaton, statistics, and more.
Do you have a favourite source for eCommerce news that missed our list? Let us know in the comments!
