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When building an eCommerce website, understanding the website’s industry is hugely important. What kinds of customers will be visiting the site? What are they expecting to find? In the 10 years, I’ve spent working with large luxury furniture companies, I have learned a lot! Some of it is specific to the furniture business, but most of it can be applied to many different eCommerce industries.

They say music that ends up staying with you that you started listening to around high-school/college age, so essentially your late teens to early twenties. I started thinking about “albums” or “tracks” around this age that moved me and honestly they are probably right. (“They” is essentially the music industry people who honestly only create music for a certain age group now.) The music I listen to now was definitely shaped by my 19-year-old self. I guess ‘they’ were right.

For our next installment of infrequently asked questions, we will be sitting down to interview Katelynn Barlowe, a senior full-stack web developer here at E-dreamz who has been an integral apart of our team for over 10 years. Katelynn started her career as an intern with E-dreamz while in college and was quickly added on as a full-time web developer upon her move from Charlotte to Lynchburg, VA. Katelynn currently still resides in Lynchburg, Virginia with her husband and three children where she works remotely full-time.

Simply having a business online isn’t enough to get someone’s attention in today’s competitive climate. People browsing have the same amount of time but plenty more information and resources to scour through to get what they want.

Google processes over 3.5 billion searches on average per day according to internet live stats and the first page of Google’s search results eat up 95% of web traffic. It’s no wonder why so many companies starting out struggle to get their footing established online. SEO is a long term game and requires patience, determination, and the right practices but getting it right means your business’ success.

Starting July 1, 2019, Google began indexing the mobile version of every website. This means Google began putting a major emphasis on website responsiveness. Mobile searches currently account for over half of all of the web searches on the internet. By preparing your custom website design for mobile access, it allows your site to perform well on all devices. If you don’t know if your site is mobile-friendly, you can use this test that Google provides here.

There’s a lot that happens in the customer’s journey before making a purchase. Many consumers do research on the company and the products before handing over their money. Reviews are a big part of any business because many customers read reviews before making any decisions about purchases or restaurants to visit, etc. Whether you have a product or a service that you’re marketing to the public, it’s important to get your previous and current customers to leave reviews about their experience. There are many ways to encourage customers to write reviews, and often, different methods work for different types of businesses.

There is no doubt that 2020 has been an interesting year so far, to say the least, specifically due to COVID-19 and its impact on the economy as a whole. Many brick and mortar stores are going out of business due to lack of customers shopping in person but this is quite the opposite for eCommerce stores which are soaring due to the pandemic making most people, especially those most vulnerable, not want to leave their house to shop in person. Truthfully, COVID-19 has caused eCommerce stores to make more sales and profit than ever before. In fact, US & Canadian eCommerce stores have experienced a 146% growth in all online retail orders which is quite a leap.

As so artfully proclaimed by our Head of Project Management previously,  the E-dreamz Epic Albumz review category is all about recognizing and sharing stories about those classic records that helped shaped us E-dreamerz into the rockstar web devs we are today. Now its time to once again go down memory lane and pick apart those good vibrations and emotions that get so easily stirred up upon rolling down the windows and cranking up the volume to The Score album from the Fugees.

Today we will be kicking off the first of many infrequently asked questions with our employees here at E-dreamz. We will start our first post with Tristan Perry, a senior full-stack developer, who has been with E-dreamz for almost 10 years. Tristan is originally from Ohio but has since then lived in Charlotte, North Carolina and now currently resides in Norfolk, Virginia with his wife Lindsey and their two dogs where he works remotely for E-dreamz full time.

Designing and launching a new website for your company is an important decision. There are multiple things to consider when deciding which of the many available web platforms to choose. We have gathered six relevant tips to examine before you make your final decision. From budget to ease of use and a few others, as well, read through these tips to help navigate through the realm of website platforms available.

As a leading Charlotte web design agency, we are contacted often by potential clients with questions on our services, processes, team, work, and more. If you are a potential client or just want to know more about how we operate, read our blog post here with some of our more common questions answered. If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact E-dreamz today and we will get back to you shortly.

When creating a website from scratch, there are SO many things that you need to do that sometimes it can get overwhelming wondering if you are meeting basic website standards or on the alternative doing things that do not make for a good website. We have come up with a list of the things that you need to know to avoid when planning and finalizing your website design. Avoid these common website mistakes to help your business stay competitive, polished, and professional online.