Just like all big events, the 2010 Winter Olympics is looked upon as yet another opportunity for merchants to make extra money. In fact, the profit margins are higher for items sold in conjunction with events such as this.
Read on and find out what the best products to sell online are, shopping cart ideas for post-Winter Games and ideas on how to prepare for the upcoming FIFA World Cup Finals in June.
Here are a few more FREE keyword, site design and shopping cart software tips that we’ve garnered by analyzing customer questions, digesting the latest ecommerce findings and carrying out our own little experiments. It’s still basically the usual suspects – keywords, site design and shopping cart software – that are under the microscope, but with a little twist here and there. All these little tweaks are important as customer trends keep changing.
Every year it seems like we encourage our merchants to get their Christmas/Holiday store preparations done a little bit earlier than the year before. This year is no different. (more…)
As you may well know, the InstanteStore solution is packed with some really nifty features. In this article, we will do a quick shopping cart software review of some of the features that prospective merchants usually look out for before making a decision as to which shopping cart to sign up with.
When shopping for anything, it is common practice to always try to get the best deal around. When it comes to shopping carts, the question of what is the best shopping cart software around would definitely arise. Also common is screening through shopping cart software reviews and visiting a couple of ecommerce forums along the way.
However, some of you may have noticed that one shopping cart software review may differ drastically from another in terms of rating criteria for reasons we are not too sure of. When it comes to forums, it seems no shopping cart provider is spared from having at least one bad comment against it. But that is to be expected as no software solution is perfect (though we try!) and choosing the right ecommerce shopping cart solution is also a matter of personal preference and matching business needs to what’s provided.
If you’ve gone through this important process yourself but are still coming up blank, why not just compare a few key features of competing software providers before making up your mind. Here are some of the usual key features…
The day that would send shivers down the stems of roses, if only they had feelings, is less than two weeks away. However, not all web stores may fully benefit from this day that celebrates Cupid haphazardly shooting arrows at unsuspecting humans. This is yet another opportunity for merchants to capitalize on with the help of some shopping cart software solution features.
Traditionally, restaurants and stores selling flowers, chocolates, soft toys, and gift baskets are overwhelmed with orders during Valentine’s Day as sweethearts go out of their way to express their feelings for each other.
But of late, people are beginning to break away from the traditional, opting instead for unconventional gifts to shower their loved ones with. This could be due to some very inspired merchants who just would not accept the fact that camping gear does not shout “I love you”, for example. To merchants such as these, we salute you.
It’s always good to broaden your product range as a means to improve your shopping cart sales but to do this you would have to be very aware of what’s hot or has the potential to be hot in the market you’re in. Successfully marketing a hot product will result in a spike in your shopping cart sales. If you’re lucky and the product does not turn out to be a fad then you might be looking at a medium to long-term cash cow.
In this post, as an example, we shall take a look at one particular product that is slowly gaining attention. We will also look at the different niches this product can cater to.
For those of you who are new to the realm of ecommerce shopping cart solutions, keywords are a very big deal unless you do not want your site to be easily found. For instance, an online shopping cart Canada web store selling running shoes would do well to select heavily searched long tail keywords that best represent its target market.
We’ve written at length in previous articles (How to Pick Good Keywords, Long Tail Keywords) about how to select keywords and what kinds of keywords are best. In this post, we’ll explore Google’s Beta version of their new Keyword Tool.
There was an article today entitled Where You Might Not Shop In 2010 at Forbes.com. The stores featured were famous brick and mortar stores. None of the stores featured were virtual shopping cart software backed stores. The article talked about stores having to close for all sorts of reasons – overcapacity, liquidity issues and the need to consolidate – stemming from the economic slowdown. Fortunately, the situation is not as dire with virtual shopping cart software powered stores. In fact, some virtual shopping cart software run stores such as consignment stores have actually thrived during the economic downturn.
According to economic consultant Retail Forward sales are expected to pick up, increasing by as much as 3% in the second half of 2010 but more needs to be done to reduce excess inventory and align supply with demand.
If you want to run a web store then you will need a web hosting shopping cart solution and you will need a merchant account to receive credit card payments. Unfortunately for some, this may not be as easy as signing up for a web hosting shopping cart solution, due to certain reasons. In this article, we shall look briefly at the issues some people face while trying to open a merchant account and we will also see how best to overcome them.
So far this year we’ve looked at past trends, ecommerce statistics and tried to predict upcoming trends by analyzing shopping cart reviews and feedback. In this coldfusion shopping cart news post, we will look at the little things that can affect the performance of a web store. We will also look at what the big boys are doing in terms of reaching out to customers and finally, see how some stores are making brave moves by going against the norm.
While browsing ecommerce forums, we’ve come across many questions from those who are interested in running their own web stores but just cannot choose a suitable solution from the multitude of available shopping cart options. Many of the “solutions” put forth by forum regulars only seem to further confuse those in need of help.
In this post we will take a look at 3 of the most common shopping cart options that stump those who are interested in starting their own web stores.