Introduction First of it was digitization, and then came virtual platforms, and now AI, e-Commerce is going through all these technological enhancements. Mention AI, instantly robotics comes to our mind. But it is much more than that and AI has penetrated most of the industries now. The e-Commerce industry has not fallen short of this AI intrusion. Be it customer experience, or consumer buying patterns, future demands, AI has taken all of them into its stride. AI programs tend to perceive their environment and handle it to solve problems and achieve specific goals. When such intelligent pro...

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The escalation of E-commerce post pandemic is not going to change and is set to spike further. There is an increase in the mindset of consumers’ preference to online shopping for 2 reasons, to keep pace with fast-paced day-to-day lives and convenience. This mounts pressure on  e-commerce businesses to provide a comprehensive platform to cater to the surging demands. This is critical to stay competitive and retain customer loyalty. The top influencers of e-commerce trends for 2023. Multi-faceted Shopping Consumers now tend to use varied shopping channels for their buys. They review the...

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Overview of e-Commerce Growth Trend Recently, we have been witnessing rapid growth in the e-Commerce business, which has transformed the retail market. The growth peaked during the covid pandemic and continues this trend as consumer mindset moved to online shopping. It is surely not going to be reversed post the pandemic now. Have a look at the statistics below to understand the future growth of e-Commerce. Source - https://www.statista.com/statistics/379046/worldwide-retail-e-commerce-sales/ The e-Commerce business keeps expanding every day, which is amazing and exciting. We have...

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Magento 2 Security Features The all-new platform has evolved with built-in security features to help keep your customers’ e-commerce sites secure and safe. Magento 2 provides three critical security tools for securing the sites. Let us have a look at those Password Management Tool Creating and managing passwords for varied services and applications is a humungous task. And practically it is difficult to maintain large number of passwords and to keep them secure. A password management tool ensures maintaining the passwords with role-based access. Magento 2 has enhanced t...

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A better alternative is here for Magento users. If you are still using Magento 1, consider migrating to Magento 2 for several reasons that could give your customers a positive shift in the way they do business. This change has been going on from 2018 and there was enough time for all to consider the benefits of the change. We give you few critical points to ponder before you tread upon the migration to do it hassle free. Synamen has already discussed about why Magento 1 users must migrate to 2. Now, we would like to list the pointers that help you understand what to d...

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Background Officially Magento 1 has met its end of life in June 2020. There is no longer any security updates or feature enhancements anymore. Without any security patches, those sites still persistent with Magento 1, are highly posed to vulnerable cyberattacks and hackers. E-Commerce companies had considerable time for a game-changer decision and to migrate to Magento 2. Though the website might not collapse immediately but there sure will be impact that is going to be damaging. You will be putting your e-commerce customers at risk. Browse through the challenges you are...

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People do not stay on a sinking boat. Magento 1 support is officially stopped from 30th June 2020. If you are using Magento 1, you must get off the sinking boat. Critical things are becoming obsolete now, like security concerns and third-party extensions. Before it turns out to be worse, get off Magento 1 and choose the next right version Magento 2. As you will be spending money to re-platform, understand what it gives you and validate if it’s the right choice. Evaluate if the enhancements in Magento 2, justifies the re-platform. With the support ended for Magento 1, n...

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Artificial intelligence has been the buzz for many years now, and unless you are living under a rock, you very well know what it is. The Artificial Intelligence or AI technology has been leveraged in many aspects across industries and businesses. What can / has it done to the E-commerce industry thus far? Most of the E-Commerce app giants that offer product recommendations are enabled by AI technology. These E-Commerce giants manage to upsell and cross-sell products on their websites purely using the AI recommendations and machine learning technologies. The consumer behav...

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E-Commerce start-ups depend on the card-not-present payment mode for their transactions. This payment mode poses an underlying threat for data thefts or hacker attacks. There have been numerous cases of credit card compromise in the past. Millions of cardholder’s data has been hacked resulting in huge settlements and big loses to the industry. Going through data theft is time-consuming and burdening on both the customer and the E-Commerce business. To protect your customer’s profile and data, there needs to be comprehensive guidelines. The Payment Card Industry Data Security S...

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The recent years has seen an exponential growth in E-Commerce and has led every business to make it mandatory to have one. The fear of the pandemic also had the consumers lean towards E-Commerce and shop differently. These factors multiplied the number of businesses moving towards the E- Commerce way. It’s safe to say then, that this trend is going to stay and be the new normal for many businesses henceforth. Building an E-Commerce website will prove to be a necessity for some businesses; for example, a direct-to-customer business. Their E-Commerce website will be the new...

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