Automotive & Parts

Now that your potential shoppers have just landed on your automotive website and are finding their way around, it’s vital to capture their attention with whatever that makes sense to them.  This stage is all about your brand image, high-quality pictures of your aftermarket car parts and accessories, product descriptions that catch the eye, website […]

At this stage, your potential shoppers are entrenched into web space exploration doing the actual research for the auto parts they need. Deeply and aggressively.  They use Google search and subreddits for finding specific car aftermarket parts (on Reddit, evidently). They browse through oodles of questions on Quora, take part in unending conversations with automotive […]

Managing a huge number of SKUs while still keeping your online store fast is challenging. X-Cart team is here to help you address this issue—comfortably and effortlessly.

If you represent a well-trusted automotive brand, you may not find this page useful. If you’re not, may I suggest sticking around a little longer as I share the most crucial ingredient for crafting a successful auto parts store: building trust with your potential customers. Why is having a trustworthy store essential for an online […]

The automotive aftermarket industry is growing at a blistering pace, that’s the fact.  According to ModernRetail, older used car eCommerce sites, such as Carvana, Shift, and Vroom, witnessed a 36% sales jump year-over-year in the first six months of 2020. The online used car parts market is gaining momentum as well, which makes the competition […]

Should you go for a minimalistic automobile web design that is clean and simple? Or is the best way out always through customization? These are some of the questions that we hear too frequently when it comes to eCommerce design and development. And though in uncertain times, it can be tempting to find comfort in […]

Is it wise to build a custom eCommerce website instead of going with a well-known platform like Shopify? The answer would be — it depends. It depends on your goals, budget, and the overall strategic direction that you choose for your business. In an age of branded consumerism, having a fully-personalized eCommerce website that stands […]

Whether you’ve modified your car and have extra car accessories to sell or you are a mechanic looking to sell car parts online, dropshipping is a great way to go. Even if you already have some inventory on hand, sooner or later, you’ll have to find an automotive parts supplier that will have your back.  […]

It’s hard to believe that the automotive industry, being one of the most important economic sectors in the world, started moving online a decade later compared to other retail industries, according to a study by Bain & Company.  However, even with shoppers handcuffed to their homes by the COVID-19 pandemic, online auto sales have spiked […]

The auto industry isn’t what it used to be, after the COVID-19 pandemic, it will likely never be the same again. As online retail becomes increasingly popular, customers don’t visit dealerships much anymore — but that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. As shoppers shift their attention to digital tools, retailers can compete digitally […]

For these traditional stores and the brands they carry, the challenge is how to stay relevant in the evolving retail landscape. And for entrepreneurs, the question becomes how to best take advantage of this enormous opportunity. An automotive eCommerce platform comes with a set of challenges that are unique to the products, because of the […]