With so many people shopping online for goods and services, it is crucial to have a quality website with excellent user experience to ensure conversions. A conversion is a valuable type of action taken by a customer or potential lead on your website. It may be a purchase, a sales enquiry, or newsletter subscription. As a premium and experienced eCommerce…

For business world-wide, one of the way for both buyer and seller to trade is through the use of the website. With so many people shopping online for either goods or services, it is important to have a website that is both pleasing to view and easy to use. And depending on your industry, giving an option that allows customer…

Here are 10 specially curated eCommerce online stores strategized, designed and developed by eFusion Technology's 100% in-house web solution team. They are either effective in brand-story telling, technically complex or fits the extremely high expectations of our merchants. 1. Bynd Artisan The brand's vision of a perfect combination of beauty and function is exemplified by the website and their products.…

For your business to grow, it must constantly reach out to new customers and communicate effectively with existing ones. If you have a physical shop, you would probably realised that these two requirements for growth are not easily achieved. Creating an eCommerce website allows a retail store to break-through the limitations a physical location presents, while increasing sales of its…

If you are planning to open an online store and start selling to the rest of the world, should you be using Shopify? You may be thinking "Well, it is just $19/mth. It is worth a try, right? ". Here are something for you to ponder about: The $19/mth package comes with nothing. If you are planning a competitive business,…

The year of M&As: consolidation will rise in the B2C ecommerce space Digital agencies will adapt or go extinct The marketplace space will get overcrowded Cross-border ecommerce will accelerate with AEC Demographic evolution: foreign entrepreneurs will flood the market The Uber-ization of logistics and everything else Mobile commerce still crippled by poor UX B2B ecommerce will be the new black…

Alibaba Group bought a 10.35 per cent stake in Singapore Post. This $312.5 million investment will facilitate their presence in South East Asia by tapping on Singpost's international logistics capabilities, infrastructure and delivery networks and end-to-end solutions. Do yout think this will make an impact on the local ecommerce industry? P.S. Singpost shares increased by 12%, not bad at all.

Singaporeans "e-shopaholics" now have another place to shop online – Rakuten has officially launched Rakuten.com.sg and is now taking order. Rakuten's model works like Qoo10 which is a market place for merchants to create their store and manage their own products - instead of operating their own ecommerce stores. We can see that one big name is already inside, which is Toys…

Vela Asia has released its 2013 Southeast Asia eCommerce Readiness Index (eRI), a comprehensive and publicly available report into regional e-tail behavior and trends. Indonesia is ranked #1 with Singapore at second, worst being Malaysia. Download the report and share with us what you think. The 2013 Southeast Asia eCommerce Readiness Index is available for free download.  Vela Asia also provides…