How to Create an Exceptional Retail Shipping Experience!
Imagine someone is telling you an entertaining story. He’s taking time to mention all the important details and pauses periodically to make sure everything is making sense. He’s just about to get to...
View ArticleMeet The Demacians – Nicholas Kanhai – Product Owner
Welcome back to “Meet the Demacians”, a series on our blog that shifts the focus from what we do, to who we are. This week we’ve got another Demac newbie (I count >1 year as new) in the spotlight....
View ArticleThe 5 Things Retailers Can Do Today to Grow Tomorrow
If you’ve been paying attention to media headlines there is certainly no shortage of bad news coming out of the world of retail. It seems like we can’t go a week without a known retailer announcing...
View ArticleHow Pela Case Grew Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales by 1,727% YoY
Yes, 1,727% is a giant year over year increase. And yes, we didn’t do much in sales volume last year. However, we’re still talking about going from single digit thousands to doing many tens of...
View ArticleMeet The Demacians – Dmitry Chayka – Senior Software Engineer
Welcome back to the latest post in our series “Meet The Demacians”, wherein we get to know the people who make it all happen at Demac Media. Surprisingly, this is my sixth post in this series but first...
View ArticleHow To Boost Your Retail Success in 2018 with Holiday Sales Data
Last year’s holiday season accounted for more than $80 billion in total retail eCommerce sales. Relatively speaking, that’s almost a third of retailers’ annual sales occurring between Black Friday and...
View ArticleHow to Budget for Your eCommerce Project – Free Budget Planning Guide!
Limitations due to lack of budget tend to be a struggle companies face when they look at building an ecommerce website or migrating to a new ecommerce platform. We’re no stranger to this problem. In...
View ArticleMeet The Demacians – Devan Hurst – Workarea Software Developer
New Year, new Demacians to meet! In case you missed it in 2017, we started a new series on the blog in which we shifted the focus from what we do, to who we are. If you’d like to get all caught up,...
View ArticleThe Pros and Cons of Offering Flat-Rate Shipping
While eCommerce merchants may not have to worry about leasing retail space or unexpected maintenance issues like their brick-and-mortar counterparts, they do have plenty of their own unique hurdles....
View ArticleMeet The Demacians – Sadaf Romasi – Marketing Coordinator
Our next Demac employee to be featured in the “Meet The Demacians” series, is a real go-getter who joined the Business Development team in the Summer of 2017! Since becoming an official Demacian,...
View ArticleHow Our Shopify Store Went from $1K a Month to $1k a Day in 1 Year With 1...
At time of publishing: Pela is currently averaging $6k/day I know what you’re thinking…well isn’t that just about the most obnoxious blog title you’ve ever read. What ecomm-guru-clickbait BS trap did I...
View ArticleBlack Friday Cyber Monday 2017: Recapping our Retailers’ Growth + Key Takeaways!
In January we have what is known the most depressing day of the year – Blue Monday. While the science behind “Blue Monday” is questionable, there’s no denying that for most retailers and merchants...
View ArticleMeet The Demacians – Megan Hunter – Graphic Designer
This week’s lucky Demac employee to be featured in the “Meet The Demacians” series, is our wonderful Graphic Designer, Megan Hunter. Megan’s been busy working on multiple projects for both clients and...
View ArticleHow to Optimize Abandoned Cart Emails to Win Back Sales!
Are you leaving money on the table? We’ve all been there. Your customers have added items to the cart, but some aren’t making it to checkout. Cart abandonment is the worst! Did you know that up to 70%...
View ArticleBeyond Black Friday: 2017 Holiday Shopping In Review – Infographic
For online retailers, Holiday 2017 proved to be another strong season for revenue, conversion, and average order values, with these metrics outpacing traffic growth. Demac partner Workarea have engaged...
View ArticleMeet The Demacians – Marcus Tan – Shopify Front-End Web Developer
There’s a lot I can say about our next featured Demacian. He truly is the “life of the party” in our office, so much so that he’s won numerous awards at our annual holiday party for his infectious...
View ArticleWhy You Need to Be Thanking Your Customers After the Holidays
Many businesses will see a large decline in sales after the busy holiday season. This makes it more important than ever to have a solid retention strategy that will keep hard-won customers shopping...
View ArticleMagento 2 eCommerce Platforms: Which One Is Right for You?
The Magento 2 eCommerce Platform comes in two distinct flavours: Magento Open Source (previously “Community Edition”) and Magento Commerce (previously “Enterprise Edition”); the later of which is...
View ArticleMeet The Demacians – Margot Paterson – Business Development Representative
I have the pleasure of working very closely with our next “Meet The Demacians” featured employee! As part of the Business Development team, her and I like to think of our group as #squadgoals, because...
View ArticleHow to Successfully Grow Your Entire Online Funnel! – Shopify Plus Webinar...
Did you know that the average Shopify Plus merchant is growing at at 126% YoY? That’s an incredible 9x the industry-at-large! Do you want the same strategies that these Shopify Plus merchants use to...
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