Just over 50% of online shoppers begin their shopping as early as October. Sadly, less than 15% of merchants are prepared for this. Almost 90% of shoppers surveyed use the Internet to do a bit of comparison shopping. Some end up making their purchases at conventional stores. But fret not owners of online only stores, because 53% of those surveyed revealed that they would buy online. If you own both offline and online stores: lucky you!
This is the period when top website ecommerce hosting shopping cart providers report an increase in sign-ups as well.
So what do you need to do to get ready for the virtual holiday crowd?…