Good Free Shopping Cart Software Trial To Do List

Posted on by DESMOND K

There are many ecommerce solution providers out there who provide good free shopping cart software program trials. The free shopping cart software program trial duration varies from 15 to 30 days. Many, especially newbies, might find 15 days a tad too short to get the feel of a solution so if you need more time to try out all the bells and whistles, just ask for an extension; most good free shopping cart software trial providers would be more than happy to oblige.

So now that you’ve signed up for a 30-day good free shopping cart software trial, what do you need to do? Well, try the easiest stuff first. Here are 5 things you can do in just a matter of minutes with your free shopping cart store software 30-day trial.

Upload Your Store Logo

Chances are, you already have a store logo ready and just can’t wait for it to be uploaded. But if you don’t, no need to worry, you can always upload it later whenever you have your logo ready. Some merchants might choose to create their own logos but most would prefer to employ the expertise of a professional logo designer to give their logo that extra edge. Mind you, those who sign up (for a paid package) with InstanteStore get US$40 credit at Logo-Design-Studio.com or LDS for short. The guys and gals at LDS have been around for ages (in the good sense) and are quite familiar with our template specifications so you might say they have an upper hand when designing for our merchants.

Select A Template

A template includes the masthead or top section, and side sections of a page. InstanteStore offers over 200 choices of free templates which come in different colors and designs. Select one that suits the products you intend to sell. For instance, an online flower shop would probably need a bright colored template with a flowery theme. Alternatively, you can also choose to get LDS to design something unique just for you. For those in a rush, they only take 2 business days to come up with design concepts.

In terms of appearance, you can also choose if you want a full screen template or one with a fixed width. If you’re wondering what the difference is between the two, well it’s simple. If you select a full screen template, the template width will fit the screen dimensions of the user’s browser and the content will also stretch to fit, so page appearance may not be consistent. Many merchants go with the fixed width option in order to maintain a consistent appearance across different screen sizes.

Choose A Page Layout

In order to determine how your products will appear on your store, you need to choose a product page layout. Before you make your selection, we suggest you browse around and take a look at different page layouts on sites which sell similar products. Pay attention to how the products and information are displayed. Layouts that catch your eye or tempt you to click for more information are the ones that work best.

Create Categories

Most merchants would probably have more than one item to sell. It is safe to say that these items in turn would fall into a  few categories and in some cases, sub categories. It’s always a good idea to organize your products and logically so that customers can locate what they want easily and quickly. So before adding products to your store, you should have all your categories in place. Creating categories is a simple process with our solution. We suggest you create a couple first just so you have a somewhere to place your products. You can easily create more categories later.

Adding Products

A store isn’t a store without products. Again, we suggest you populate your store with a few products first just so you can see what your store would look like with some products on display. Once you’ve got this process down pat, you can try bulk uploading. This is an easier way to upload a massive number of products with their details as well.

Once you’ve completed these 5 steps, you’d probably be wondering what else can you do now that you have another 29 days and (maybe) 23 hours left on your free shopping cart store software trial. We’ll leave that for another post.

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