E-Commerce
5 Quick Tips to Improve Web Performance
What does it mean to have a well-performing site? A well-performing site can mean many things to many people, but generally it is the amount of time it takes for the website to load for a customer. How important is this? Very important. If you read our eGuide: 6 Steps to Increase Web Performance and…
Read MoreTop 10 Issues Plaguing your Website Performance
Did you know that your website performance can actually be losing revenue for your business? Your website may be plagued with issues that are impacting your customer’s experience and ultimately costing you money. If you have an ecommerce site, your website performance is critical, and downtime can be very costly for your bottom line. Shoppers…
Read MoreTop 5 Ways to Drive More Traffic to Your Ecommerce Website
When you’re selling a product or service online, the most important thing you can do from a sales and marketing perspective is clear—drive more traffic to your site! The more traffic you attract, the more likely you are to make a sale. There are several steps you can take to draw more visitors to your…
Read MoreHigh Traffic Website Hosting on Cyber Monday
Horror Stories in Web Hosting: Walmart, 2011 Just because you’re one of the biggest retailers on the planet doesn’t mean you’re immune from making mistakes. In Part 5 of our Cyber Monday Hosting Series we see that even Walmart can suffer the consequences if they’re not set up adequately for high traffic website hosting over the…
Read MoreAvoiding Web Hosting Horror Stories
Horror Stories in Web Hosting: High Traffic Sites That Crashed on Cyber Monday Part 4: Motorola, 2013 If you think that cyber disasters only happen to SMBs, think again! As we’ve seen in our previous blogs, mistakes happen just as easily to large-scale companies and even banks if their hosting providers aren’t accustomed to hosting…
Read MoreHosting for High Traffic Sites on Cyber Monday
Horror Stories in Web Hosting: RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) and NatWest, 2013. Up to this point in our blog series, we’ve relived the mistakes made by retailers whose providers weren’t prepared for hosting for high traffic websites. In Part 3, we look at what happens when a bank makes the same mistake… Chaos! What…
Read MoreHigh Traffic Hosting Solutions for Cyber Monday
Horror Stories in Web Hosting: LOFT and Ann Taylor , 2011 As we saw in Part 1 of our Cyber Monday Hosting Series, even powerhouse retailers can experience nightmare scenarios over the holidays if they don’t choose a provider with well developed high traffic hosting solutions. In Part 2 we provide yet another disaster story — one that happened…
Read MoreMost High Traffic Websites Struggle on Cyber Monday
Horror Stories in Web Hosting: Best Buy and Sony’s Website 2013 In Part 1 of our Cyber Monday Hosting Series we look two of the most famous names in retail: Best Buy and Sony, and the sales that were lost on Cyber Monday in 2013. As an e-tailer, we look forward to the ramp up…
Read MoreCyber Monday Infographic: Prep Checklist
9 Point Preparation Checklist for High Traffic Websites on Cyber Monday According to Statista, the 2013 Cyber Monday was the biggest day ever for U.S. online retailers, with online sales totalling 1.74 billion. What’s more, last year there was a 20.6% increase in online sales over the year prior, and the five days between Thanksgiving…
Read MoreBest Hosting for High Traffic Websites on Cyber Monday
Cyber Monday – The marketing term coined for the Monday after Thanksgiving in the United States. The online world’s version of the brick-and-mortar’s Black Friday, the unofficial kick-off to the holiday shopping season and our busiest online day of the year. It’s an online retailers’ blessing, but without the best hosting for high traffic websites…
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