• Domain
      • Purchase domain name and connect to ecommerce platform
  • Speed
      • All site improvements and themes must always be done with Google Pagespeed in mind
  • ADA
      • Ecommerce Partners recommends finding and fixing all potential ADA violations.
  • SSL (HTTPS)
  • Tell a story about your products or brand
      • Your homepage should tell a story about why customers should buy from you. This can be through creatives, videos or product selections.
  • Mobile design
      • Ensure mobile shoppers have an easy time finding and buying products
  • Onsite marketing
      • This can be strategically placed banners or text throughout the site to let customers know what is on sale, new etc
  • Shipping prices and methods
      • What will you charge for shipping?  How fast will products get to the customer?
  • Privacy 
      • Cookies – GDPR and CCPA
        • Popups, op-tin, opt-out
      • Privacy policy page
  •  Email setup
      • Email/SMS acquisition for marketing
        • Klaviyo, Listrak, Mailchimp
      • Cart and checkout abandonment
      • Order confirmation
      • Shipping confirmation
  • Install Google Analytics tracking
      • GA4 enhanced events
  • 3rd party tracking and marketing pixels
      • Mouse-tracking
      • Google Adwords
      • Bing
      • Facebook
      • Tiktok
      • Criteo
      • Product feeds
  • Add ons – depending on your business needs
      • Returns/RMA
      • Store locator
      • Product out of stock options
        • Pre order
        • Notify when back in stock
      • Onsite search
        • Klevu, Searchanise, Nosto, Searchspring, Algolia
      • Merchandising
        • Swatches
        • Product listing page order
        • Thumbnail switch on hover
        • Up/Cross Sells (Cart, PDP)
        • 3rd party
          • Nosto, Evolv.ai, Rebuy, Reflektion
      • International
        • Language
        • Currency
        • Shipping destinations
      • Gift cards
      • Address verification / validation / autocomplete
        • Loqate, Melissa, Smarty Streets
      • Special discounts /  coupons
      • Fast payments
        • Paypal, GooglePay, ApplePay, Amazon
      • Tax calculations
        • Avalara, TAxjar
      • Deferred payments
        • Klarna, Afterpay, Affirm
      • Fraud protection
        • Kount, Signifyd, Riskified, Forter, Eye4Fraud
      • Customer support
        • Sales/Support
          • Helpscout, Zendesk, Gorgias, IntercomLivechat, Drift, Tawk.to
        • Customer feedback
          • Delighted, Asknicely, Retently, NIcereply
      • Loyalty programs
        • Yotpo
      • PDP options
        • Size, color, swatches, size charts, enhanced content (videos, product story etc)
        • Reviews – Yotpo, Okendo, Trustpilot, Bazaarvoice, Reviews.io, PowerReviews
      • Wedding registry
  • Systems Integrations (what happens after the order is placed)
    • Inventory sync
    • 3PL / Warehouse
    • Shipping software
      • Shipstation
    • ERP
      • SAP, M3, X3, BlueCherry, Netsuite
Published On: March 9th, 2023 / Categories: Uncategorized /