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A UK Alternative to Shopify

Shopify is a popular ecommerce platform headquartered in Ontario,...

18th Jan 2021

SEO and Your Ecommerce Platform – What You Need to Know

What’s the Best Ecommerce Platform for SEO? If you’re...

19th Dec 2020

Evolve your restaurant website with online payments and ordering

Social distancing and enforced isolation has put strain on many...

18th Mar 2020

Ecommerce Business Continuity Planning

The restrictions in place due to the novel...

17th Feb 2020

Don't Put ALL Your Eggs in the Amazon Basket

Amazon is a seemingly unstoppable ecommerce force. And based on our...

22nd Nov 2019

Shopblocks Recruiting Digital Jobs in Greater Manchester

We're thrilled to launch the next phase of our recruitment programme...

15th Nov 2019

Ecommerce by Numbers - Key Facts and Figures

We shop online for anything from holidays to jackets, nappies to mobile...

24th Sep 2019

SCA and the Deadline Extension - What Do You Need to Know?

At Shopblocks, we've been preparing for Strong Customer Authentication...

5th Sep 2019

Conversion Killers: Why Aren't Your Website Users Becoming Customers?

Winning website traffic is hard. So when your marketing starts paying...

14th Aug 2019

iZettle has arrived at Shopblocks

iZettle is making the complicated world of payments in-store and on the go...

24th Jul 2019

Shopblocks Sits Down With… Jamie Anne Nutrition and Fitness

A Conversation with Jamie Anne We sat down with Jamie Anne, to discuss...

10th Jul 2019

Shopblocks Sits Down With... Anthony Bingham, CEO, Jimbag

A Conversation with Jimbag Jimbag is a company that provides stylish...

1st Jul 2019

3D Secure 2: The Security System that is About to Takeover

Strong Customer Authentication is coming, how will it affect your Business?...

27th Jun 2019

Four Effective Strategies for Building Brand Awareness

What is Brand Awareness? Think about it – you don’t vacuum...

7th Nov 2018

Cart Abandonment: Why it Happens and How to Reduce It

Trust is key when it comes to improving the online checkout...

5th Nov 2018

7 Ways to Increase Mobile Conversions

Mobile Sales Mobile users have long outnumbered those browsing on desktops...

2nd Nov 2018

Get Your Online Shop Ready for Black Friday 2018

Black Friday has become increasingly popular over the past few years....

1st Nov 2018

How to Deliver an Outstanding User Experience

UX stands for User Experience, which is just another word for customer...

31st Oct 2018

What’s New in Shopblocks for October 2018

What's been going on this month at Shopblocks? October has been a really...

30th Oct 2018

Shopblocks Secures £300,000 Investment

It has been such an exciting few months at Shopblocks HQ and...

21st Oct 2018

Alternatives to ePages

ePages is an ecommerce provider headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. And...

12th Feb 2018

Alternatives to BigCommerce

BigCommerce is an established ecommerce platform with its...

23rd Dec 2017

Getting Your Online Shop in Shape for Christmas

It’s probably a little early for the Christmas jumpers and way...

9th Oct 2017

How Long Does it Take to Build an Ecommerce Website?

The question anyone launching a new online shop will inevitably ask:...

21st Sep 2017

Rewind: How Some of UK’s Biggest Retail Websites Looked a Decade Ago

One of the (many!) reasons we really don’t like rigid template...

17th Sep 2017

Google’s HTTP Security Warnings are Coming in October – Here’s What You Need to Know

There’s nothing quite like a security warning to stop a user...

12th Sep 2017

Zero to Amazon.com in 39 seconds

Shopblocks CEO Kevin Jones demonstrates Shopblocks At a Tech North event...

16th Sep 2016

Faster, Smarter Search

From today, all Shopblocks websites have been upgraded to our brand...

4th Aug 2016

How Much Does an E-Commerce Website Cost

If you’re considering setting up a new online shop or migrating...

24th Jul 2016

Alternative to EKM Powershop

If you are looking for an alternative to ekmPowershop then...

17th May 2016