[INFOGRAPHIC] How To Increase Online Sales: Why Companies Lost $3 Trillion In 2014

Shopping cart abandonment is the number one income killer for online sellers at nearly 70% of all online shopping incidence. In dollars that’s an astounding $3 trillion worldwide. Now juxtapose this rate with the surge in online shopping during the holidays: 86% of Americans did their Christmas shopping online last year, according to PayPal. How many are abandoning their shopping carts this season? We don’t know yet, but it’s likely to add to the huge pile of lost opportunity sales. At that scale, cutting down shopping cart abandonment even by 1% can mean a lot. One key is to earn the trust of e-commerce visitors.

However, careful analysis of online marketing studies show that businesses can adopt a few simple solutions that will allow them to boost their sales, including adding trust marks to the checkout process, improving page loading time and reducing shipping costs. 

Take a look at the infographic, put tgether by FinancesOnline.com and find interesting facts on factors that can build customers’ trust and improve online sales:

How trust seals can help you gain customer's trust and increase your sales

Republished from: http://financesonline.com/ Author: Alex Hillsberg