15 Common E-Commerce Design Mistakes

I want to call your attention to an excellent blog post, 15 Common Mistakes in E-Commerce Design, which describes the most egregious and irritating problems customers frequently find when trying to do online shopping.  These mistakes are easily avoided as long as you know about them.  They are (in summary):

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  1. A lack of detailed product information
  2. Hiding Contact Information
  3. A Long or Confusing Checkout Process
  4. Requiring an Account to Order
  5. An Inadequate Site Search Engine
  6. Poor Customer Service Options
  7. Tiny Product Images
  8. Only One Product Image
  9. A Poor Shopping Cart Design
  10. Lack of Payment Options
  11. Not Including Related Products
  12. Confusing Navigation
  13. Not Including Shipping Rates
  14. Not Including Store Policies
  15. Not Putting Focus on the Products

Go read the full post by Cameron Chapman, which includes examples and tips for addressing these mistakes.

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  1. lydayvemy Said,

    November 3, 2009 @ 23:09

    I want to say it is great idea, superb.

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  2. isoluemiemn Said,

    November 4, 2009 @ 07:14

    Hi

    I am very interesting to furniture topics hope to find here some information about business online, I am the owner of modern furniture store and searching for some new ideas in design and generally ways to do a business online.

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