10 FREE ecommerce Tools That Help Online Store Owners
Did you know that with some free e-Commerce tools you can make excellent marketing campaigns, change the look of your fan page and manage your social networks in one place?
If you're on a tight budget, learn about some features that can be implemented in your e-Commerce for free.
Email Marketing/Chat
01. JivoChat
It's a free tool that helps you monitor and chat with your customers through your website, Email, Phone , Facebook , Telegram and Viber in real time. Its ultimate goal is that you no longer need to be using several different applications at the same time and where your operators can serve all your visitors directly in a single application.
You can integrate with any website and online store building platform; it's very simple, in addition to having a native plugin on the largest international platforms. The basic script that you will receive during registration, you will copy and paste on your website.
Until the trial license expires (14 days) you can test the PRO version to the fullest and find out what can really supply you and your business. If you don't make any payments, your account will automatically be transferred to the FREE version.
02. Google Analytics
You've probably heard about it, but if you're not familiar with it, Analytics is a free Google service that generates statistics based on visits to your page.
With this tool, you can analyze important data from your audience. Know the number of visits, traffic source, new and old visitors, in addition to real-time monitoring of these and other information.
To start you need a Google account, when accessing Analytics you will be provided with a code in a programming line, this code must be inserted in the source code of your website.
03. Similar Web
It is a tool that allows you to analyze the traffic of any website.
With this tool you have access to various data such as number of hits, traffic origin, and influence on social networks, world and national ranking.
You can get this data by going to the Similar Web website and searching for the URL of the desired website or add the extension in Chrome in your browser.
04. Google Page Speed
Page Speed provides metrics on the performance of a page on desktop or mobile devices.
The tool analyzes the site and shows what can be improved on the page to optimize its performance.
To use it, you just need to access the Google Page Speed website , enter the URL of the website you want to analyze and that's it. The tool will give a score from 0 to 100 for the performance level of your website.
05. GTmetrix
GTmetrix is a tool that analyzes websites and evaluates their speed, like Google's Page Speed, it checks all the factors that could be causing the page to be slow.
With it you can know the origin of the slowness of your page, whether because of your hosting, the development of the store, page size, number of plugins, among more information.
To do the site speed analysis, search for the page URL on the GTmetrix website and you will have access to a lot of information about the speed and a lot of suggestions on how to optimize it.
Search
06. Ebit
Ebit conducts research with online consumers after the purchase is made and the data acquired is used to qualify the credibility of e-Commerces.
Two surveys are carried out to qualify the consumer's shopping experience, one when he requested the order and another 15 days after the purchase was made.
According to the number of surveys and the quality of the responses, the company receives a seal of credibility (diamond, gold, silver or bronze seal).
If you want to have an Ebit seal on your website, you need to request an agreement by filling out the form on the Register your Store page .
07. Type Form
It is a tool that allows you to create custom, responsive and visually appealing survey forms.
It serves to make satisfaction surveys more receptive and interactive, appealing a lot for the visual, using images and videos to catch the attention of customers.
By registering in the system, you can start creating your survey, using the “drag and drop” system to create the form.
When you're done, you can share it as an email, as a link on social media, or as HTML code to add to your website's source code.
Project management
08. Draw.io
It is a totally online tool, without mandatory registration, which allows you to create and export diagrams.
With it you “put your ideas on paper”, you can align your needs and create a mental map of your projects.
To use it is very simple, just access the draw.io website , choose where you want to save your project or if you are in a hurry choose the Decide Later option to start the project.
09. Trello
Trello is a virtual dashboard where you can control your or your team's tasks .
With this tool you can organize your tasks by priority level and also prevent other tasks from being forgotten.
To get started, just register on the Trello website and that's it. To join your team they also need to be registered.
10. Google Webmaster Tools
It is an SEO tool that analyzes your website and points out, according to Google metrics, what needs to be done to make it more “friendly” to search engines.
Also known as Search Console, with this tool it is possible to identify the pages where corrections need to be made to improve their indexing.
Deployment is very simple, just like Google Analytics, just register and Google Webmaster Tools will provide you with a code in a command line that must be inserted into your store's codes.
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