Archive for July, 2008
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
This is an extract from an article by Dean Wiltse* (see credits at end)
Imagine you are walking through a grocery store and have just crossed off the final ingredient from your shopping list.
Suddenly, you desert your filled-to-the-brim shopping cart and quickly exit the store. Hard to imagine? That’s probably because you’ve never done this before.
Now think about this same scenario but in a different environment -an e-commerce Web site. Make more sense? Probably -if you’re among the many shoppers who have abandoned their e-carts online.
The explosion of online purchasing has given rise to an ultra-competitive environment for retailers and, as more and more consumers shop via the Web, shopping cart abandonment has become a significant problem for retailers. Abandonment can be attributed to a broad range of factors -the most common being high shipping costs, comparison shopping and frustration with the complexity of the checkout process.
If retailers are to increase online sales and revenue, they need strategies not only to drive customers to their Web sites, but solutions that facilitate the completion of customers’ online transactions.
If they are serious about driving volume online, they need to understand why their customers are leaving and course correct as needed. The best way to get to the root of the shopping cart abandonment problem is to obtain customer feedback in a way that doesn’t disrupt the online shopping experience.
*Dean Wiltse is chairman and CEO at US-based Vovici. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the marketing and technology industries. Prior to Vovici, Wiltse spent four years as president and CEO of Greenfield Online and took the company public in 2004. Wiltse was named a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2006 and was nominated by Research Magazine as the “Marketing Research Industry CEO of the Year” for 2005.
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Fed up of searching the internet for a great looking e-commerce solution that’s easy to use for your customers, offers a secure shopping experience, and is feature packed with all payment and shipping options?
Many of our clients are not usre how it’s going to pan out, whether there’s a market for their product, or even if anyone will find their website, so they don’t want to spend a fortune in setting up your business on the internet.
osCommerce is an online shop e-commerce solution under on going development by the open source community. Its feature packed out-of-the-box installation allows store owners to run, and maintain their online stores with minimum effort and with absolutely no license fees involved
We help clients set up shopping carts and develop an online store, using osCommerce. We help them get traffic to the website, and turn the shopping cart into an income generator for our clients. Contact us NOW for details
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
This is typical of the sort of enquiries we get from clients:
I am new to ecommerce, trying to get my products out there for the first time. I am operating on a shoestring budget, so am trying to use free or low cost services and programs.
I have a host and will be using google checkout and possibly paypal as my payment processors.
I have not yet set up a product database, everything so far is kept track of in Excel spreadsheets.
Someone told me that OScommerce was the program to use, but in trying to set that up, I am having to learn not only how to use OScommerce, but also PHPMyAdmin and PHP which I know nothing about, as well as finding a database program to plug all my products in, then make it all fit with google checkout and so on.
My computer knowledge is mediocre at best. I have Dreamweaver, and can build a basic page with that, but anything beyond that and I’m struggling. Can someone help me?
We Will Help You
Contact us right now, here, for help
We’ll work with you, and get your OS Commerce shopping cart set up, for a small fee
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
osCommerce is a free, open source online shop software. The default installation includes a large number of features that you can easily enable and configure. And because osCommerce is an intelligent system, you do not have to do any linking by hand!
Contact us for help in Setting Up an osCommerce Shopping Cart
Once you’ve downloaded the software you need to know what to do next
Many of our clients would just prefer that we do all the hard work for them. Look at it this way - you’ve already saved your self fees in getting a free shopping cart software program, why then waste time = money in struggling to get it up and running
For a small fee, we can get your OsCommerce shopping cart up and running in a very short time. We’ll integrate it into your existing website, and even help you get some traffic = generate sales
So what are you waiting for?
Contact us for help in Setting Up an osCommerce Shopping Cart
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Here’s an extract from their website - contact us for assistance in using this software
Zen Cart truly is the art of e-commerce; free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart software. The ecommerce web site design program is being developed by group of like-minded shop owners, programmers, designers, and consultants that think ecommerce web design could be and should be done differently.
Some shopping cart “solutions” seem to be complicated programming exercises instead of responding to users’ needs, Zen Cart puts the merchants and shoppers requirements first. Similarly, other shopping cart software programs are nearly impossible to install and use without an IT degree, Zen Cart can be installed and set-up by anyone with the most basic web site building and computer skills.
There are hundreds of shopping cart programs available, but none come close to offering the level of options, features and support available with Zen Cart. Even the commercial programs have a hard time competing.
Designed with shoppers in mind.
Developers and designers love it.
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
There seems to be a plethora of online-shopping cart systems available in cyberspace. Have you noticed that they all look so easy to build?
Have your online store up and running in five minutes
Yep, right!! That’s if you’re an expert in building websites, or you have skills in HTML or a degree in something to do with computer programming. It seems that the people that make those claims forget that the average “Joe” has enough skills to send an email, search google for online shopping carts - but little more than that.
That’s why clients come to us asking us to help them build an online store for their websites. They may be florists wanting an online store, or a jeweller wanting to sell products online, or a beauty business wanting to sell their products.
We’ve got clients who sell fruit teas in different flavours online, clients who need an online shopping cart for selling various coffee products. Clients who are in the business of supplying products for celebrations and parties, selling balloons, party plates napkins, banners and all sorts of party products through an online shopping cart
Contact us today for a solution to your online shopping cart challenges
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