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Feb 14
2008

Autoresponders: A great marketing tool

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Austoresponders are automatic emails attached to an email address. How do they work? How could they help you?

To succeed online, having a great looking site and establishing a sound reputation for quality products is not enough. You need to lead customers through to purchase, provide outstanding service and keep them coming back to you for more.

Harnessing email marketing at the time your

Feb 12
2008

How much disk space do I need for an ecommerce website?

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How much disk space will you need for your shopping cart website?

The amount of capacity you will need for your ecommerce website mainly depends on:

  • How many products you will display
  • How many images will be associated with those products
  • The quality of those images - in most cases, product images will be under 200kb to make them easy to download in customer's browsers if
Feb 07
2008

Where to sell online

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How to sell online: making the move from auction website to own website

Moving from auction website to your own online shop may be easier than you thought.

If you have been running your own site on an auction website, you will be familiar with the process of entering your products, uploading photos, setting prices and configuring your postage/shipping options. You will also be

Feb 06
2008

Increasing shopping cart conversion rates

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How do you increase your potential for high ecommerce conversion rates?

If you're going to be selling products and services online, you'll want to make sure that as many people as possible come to your store and then buy something from it. The process of advertising, promotion and search engine optimisation can help you get customers to your website. But how do you keep them going through

Feb 04
2008

Your own website can avoid auction fees

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Start your own online store to help avoid auction website fees.

The growth of auction sites have helped a lot of small and home businesses get online - opening up the power of the Internet to everyday people. Auction sites are easy to use, rank well in search engines and are well understood. But they have a huge downside as well: transaction cost.

Power sellers on some auction sites can be

Jan 23
2008

Getting started with ecommerce

Posted by oscworks in shopping cartsshopping cartecommerce cartecommerce

You have decided to set up your own online shop. Where do you start?

So you have decided to set up an online shop. Where do you start? There are a few principal decisions you will need to make:

  • Who will be your shopping cart software provider?
  • Will you offer credit cards?
  • If you are offering credit cards, how will you collect credit card details securely?
  • How will you promote and