E-commerce isn’t just about listing products anymore—it’s about crafting a fast, secure, and highly personalized buying journey. This 2025 checklist from Right Square helps you ship what customers (and search engines) expect.
1) Mobile-First, Conversion-Ready Design
With the majority of traffic on mobile, responsive layouts, thumb-friendly controls, and clear CTAs are non-negotiable. Use sticky add-to-cart, quick actions, and autofill for forms.
- Responsive grid & adaptive images (WebP, AVIF,
srcset). - Accessible contrast, font sizes, and error states.
- One-hand navigation and bottom-sheet modals.
2) AI-Driven Personalization
Show relevant products, bundles, and dynamic content based on behavior, inventory, and seasonality to raise average order value and retention.
- Contextual recommendations on home, PDP, cart, and post-purchase.
- Segment-aware offers (new vs. returning vs. high-intent).
- Email/SMS/push journeys that adapt in real time.
3) Advanced Search & Filters
Customers convert when they can find products fast. Invest in semantic search, typo-tolerance, autosuggest, and rich filters.
- Faceted filters (price, size, brand, ratings, availability).
- Search chips and “recently viewed/searched”.
- Optional voice search and image-based discovery.
4) Seamless Checkout
Remove friction: guest checkout, address lookup, and minimal fields. Show trust badges, delivery ETA, and total costs upfront.
- One-page or accelerated checkout with address autofill.
- Cart recovery with email/SMS/push nudges.
- Clear returns, refunds, and COD/BNPL visibility.
5) Secure, Local Payment Options
Offer region-ready methods to boost trust and approvals.
- UPI, cards, netbanking, wallets, and Buy Now Pay Later.
- Strong Customer Authentication & robust fraud rules.
- PCI-aware partners, tokenization, and stored cards (with consent).
6) Blazing Performance & Core Web Vitals
Speed drives both SEO and conversions. Optimize LCP, INP, and CLS with modern image formats, hydration strategies, and edge caching.
- Lazy-load media; prefetch routes; compress CSS/JS.
- Use a CDN; serve static and cached pages at the edge.
- Measure and iterate with real-user monitoring.
7) AI Chat & 24/7 Support
Automate FAQs, order tracking, and returns. Escalate to human agents with full context. Offer multilingual responses for wider reach.
- Embedded chat on PDP, cart, and order pages.
- Self-service returns, cancellations, and exchanges.
- SLAs and CSAT tracking for continuous improvement.
8) High-Trust Product Pages
Turn browsers into buyers with clarity and proof: crisp media, sizing help, and social validation.
- HD images, 360° spins, short explainer videos.
- Variant clarity (size, color), stock status, delivery ETA.
- Reviews, Q&A, UGC, and comparison tables.
9) Security & Privacy by Design
Build trust with transparent policies and modern safeguards.
- HTTPS everywhere, HSTS, secure cookies, and CSP.
- GDPR-/DPDP-compliant consent, data retention, and DSR flows.
- Regular audits, 2FA/MFA for admin, role-based access.
10) Integrated Marketing & Analytics
Tightly connect SEO, email/SMS, push, and attribution to see the full funnel.
- Technical SEO: schema, clean URLs, sitemaps, robots, hreflang.
- Lifecycle automation: welcome, abandon, win-back, reorder.
- Attribution & cohort analysis for smarter ad spend.
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