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Sep 01
2008

How to start an online shop: answers to basic ecommerce questions

Posted by oscworks in shopping carts, shopping cart, ozcart, ecommerce websites, ecommerce cart, ecommerce

No matter how experienced you are in business, a step into online business brings new terminology and ecommerce jargon that you will need to be familiar with. If you are not already familiar with shopping carts, ecommerce, payment gateways, merchants and secure checkouts, here is the place you can find out.

In a two part series we will answer the basic questions about Ecommerce that we get asked
Aug 11
2008

Including usability features can improve your search engine rankings

Posted by oscworks in seo, marketing, advertising

Making your site more usable can have the spin-off benefit of improving the indexing of your site by search engines like Google.

Did you know that making your site more usable to the widest possible range of browsers and people can give you search-engine-ranking benefits as well as helping more people access your website. Here are just some of the ways it can help you:

  • Link text indexing:
Aug 10
2008

Half price listing fees? How about no listing fees!

Posted by oscworks in ecommerce cart, ecommerce, dropshipping, dropship, auction

Reduced listing fees on auction sites may seem enticing, but imagine a world with no listing fees at all and more flexibility for your store. It is possible - just open your own online store.

Sales promotions are a great way of boosting traffic and many auction websites frequently run offers on listing prices or success fees to entice more people to use their service. While these promotions can

Aug 06
2008

Choosing your website colours

Posted by oscworks in website design, web design, ecommerce websites, ecommerce cart, ecommerce, colours

Choosing an appropriate colour scheme for your website is a crucial part of personalising the site for your business. Even more importantly, an appropriate colour scheme can help you attract customers, keep them on your website longer, and buy more products and services from you.

How do you go about choosing the colours for your website? The

Aug 04
2008

Website usability for seniors

Posted by oscworks in website design, web design

Recent international research into the behaviour of older users when using web pages reveals some interesting insights to take into account when designing a website.

While children today have grown up with computers, many people over 60 have learned to use computers and the web from scratch. This means that seniors have a different frame of reference to compare the Internet to. Their

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