
Bolt’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative: Our Commitment to Bettering the World Around Us
Introducing Bolt’s new DEI Initiatives Before bettering the world around us, we have to better ourselves and find ways to reflect this change outwards. To do this effectively, Bolt is establishing a commitment and set of programs to build…
Democratizing Commerce:
The Checkout Experience Platform
(Manifesto)
We recommend reading the PDF version of the manifesto. Amendment January 2021: Bolt recently announced a $75M Series C-1 funding round (Forbes, Crunchbase, Techcrunch, Venturebeat, Built-in-SF, Press Release) co-led by General Atlantic, and WestCap, two leading growth equity firms, with…


Migrating to a Monorepo
Why The decision about using a monorepo vs multiple small repositories is complex and involves a lot of variables. Ultimately it boils down to the development practices your team follows and what works best for the services you are trying…


12 Creative Abandoned Cart Recovery Email Strategies To Net More Sales
Online shopping has exploded over the last decade, with more people buying items from ecommerce stores. Today, 2.05 billion people around the globe buy goods and services online. And by 2021, the number will have grown to 2.14 billion. However,…


How to Develop an Accessible User Experience
Developing a universal checkout experience requires the checkout to be truly available for everyone. From vision impairment to motor limitability to photosensitivity, it’s critical that content online can work for everyone. Accessibility is more than just a list of checkboxes,…


How Retailers Are Giving Back to Fight COVID-19
For full coverage, learn additional information about the Retailers Give Back initiative in our features in The Daily Mail and Business Insider. ————————————– We’re proud to launch Retailers Give Back, an initiative to highlight the amazing ways in which retailers…


Bolt is a Certified Great Place to Work for 2020
We’re honored to share that Bolt is a certified Great Place to Work for 2020. As part of their selection criteria, Great Place to Work analyzed anonymized employee feedback collected with the Great Place to Work® Trust Index™ survey, which…


Resources for Retailers During COVID-19
At Bolt, we’re closely monitoring the evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) public health crisis, as well as its impact on our retailers. There is no denying that this pandemic represents a dynamic and challenging time, as businesses and communities adjust to the…


How to Grow Organic Traffic to Your Ecommerce Website Using SEO
Growing organic traffic, while valuable, is a very difficult task. It requires weighing a number of different aspects, such as your ecommerce site niche, your industry, and your individual performance. To help you gain the most traction and grow…


72 Tips to Master Ecommerce Conversion Rate Optimization for Your Store
Running an ecommerce site is a difficult task, requiring consistent development just to keep up with the technology and market standards, let alone customer expectations. Conversion rate optimization is the ticket to increase traffic and grow your business. Learn the…


Bolt Named One of the Best Bay Area Workplaces in 2020
We’re excited to share that we’re included on the Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay Area 2020 List. Each year, Fortune evaluates hundreds of companies to determine the best workplaces in the Bay Area. As part of their selection criteria,…


AngelList Names Bolt One of the Fast-growing Startups to Work for After FAANG
We’re proud to announce that Bolt was recognized as one of 15 fast-growing startups to join after FAANG, alongside companies like Affirm and Coinbase. To curate this list of companies, AngelList collaborated with Blind, a trusted online community where over…