Explore product discovery strategies for ecommerce, including on-site search, AI-powered shopping, product categorisation, recommendations and emerging technologies.
Artificial intelligence is already helping eCommerce teams generate content, analyse data and respond to customers. AI agents take this further. Rather than waiting for a separate instruction at every step, an AI agent can interpret an objective, gather relevant information, choose an appropriate action and use connected systems to complete a task. It might analyse…
Major ecommerce growth does not always require a new platform, a redesigned storefront or a multi-year transformation program. Established retailers often have substantial revenue opportunities hidden inside their existing customer journey: unsuccessful searches, unclear availability, weak product information, poorly timed delivery costs and missed basket-building opportunities. These problems may appear small in isolation. At scale,…
Structured data is one of the highest-value technical improvements an eCommerce retailer can make to its website. It is also frequently underdone. Many eCommerce websites have some structured data. A standard theme, SEO plugin or commerce platform might automatically output a Product schema containing a product name, price and availability. Technically, structured data is present.…
Product filters are one of the most important product discovery tools on an eCommerce website. They are also surprisingly easy to get wrong. A retailer with 2,000 products in a category may technically have excellent products, competitive pricing and strong availability. But if a customer cannot quickly reduce those 2,000 products to the 12 that…
Artificial Intelligence is changing how customers discover, evaluate and purchase products. While much of the conversation has centred around ChatGPT, AI shopping assistants and automated customer service, many retailers are overlooking the factor that will determine who succeeds in this new era. It is not the AI platform. It is not the commerce platform. It…
A slow eCommerce website doesn’t just frustrate customers. It costs you sales. Whether you’re running Shopify, Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce, WooCommerce or another platform, website performance has a direct impact on conversion rates, customer satisfaction and search visibility. Even if your products, pricing and marketing are excellent, a slow website can undermine the entire customer experience.…

If your online revenue has plateaued, you’re not alone. Many retailers and manufacturers experience periods where online sales simply stop growing. Traffic may still be coming to the site. Orders are still being placed. Marketing spend continues. Yet month after month, revenue barely moves. The immediate reaction is often to increase advertising budgets, redesign the…
Search has always been one of the most important functions of an eCommerce website. For retailers with hundreds, thousands or even hundreds of thousands of products, it is often the fastest path between a customer arriving on a website and finding the product they want to buy. But traditional eCommerce search has a fundamental limitation.…
For the past two decades, B2B eCommerce has largely been about one thing: making it easier for existing customers to place orders online. The priorities were straightforward. Integrate with the ERP. Display customer-specific pricing. Provide account history. Enable repeat ordering. If your platform delivered these fundamentals well, you were considered ahead of the market. Today,…
Most eCommerce businesses invest heavily in their website, ERP integration and marketing, yet one of the most important foundations is often overlooked. Product category architecture. Poor category structures make it harder for customers to find products, reduce search visibility, confuse AI search engines and increase the complexity of managing large product catalogues. The reality is…
Consumers are increasingly using ChatGPT to research products, compare alternatives and decide what to buy. Instead of searching for a particular product name, they can describe a need: ChatGPT can interpret these requirements, research suitable products and present recommendations. For retailers, this creates a new product-discovery channel—and a new visibility challenge. There is no switch…
Your Product Data Is More Important Than Your eCommerce Platform When businesses begin planning an eCommerce project, most of the discussion centres around selecting the right platform. Should you choose Shopify or Adobe Commerce? Should you implement a new ERP integration? Should you invest in a Product Information Management (PIM) system? While these are all…