It’s been a while since I contributed to a blog post. However an article that I read a couple of days ago really caught my attention and got me thinking. As you read on, you will see that this is not a typical post that we put up to help you along with selling online but merely a better insight about our team at InstanteStore.com. 🙂
News & Events
Have You Got The Year Planned Out?
Hope all of you had a good time celebrating Valentine’s Day. For those in the States, the recent President’s Day weekend would have been a good holiday break. Speaking of holidays, it’s always good to plan the whole year out for your online business. Like WHEN to put your store on SALE, new PRODUCT launches and special OFFERS. It’s also vital that you have Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Christmas marked early so that you will have a better plan on what to offer during those hectic sale seasons.
Make A Difference With Your Products
If sales have been a bit flat for you, perhaps you need to re-think your marketing strategy or do something innovative with your products to make some waves. My previous blog about SELLING CREATIVELY showcased 2 different companies putting into action different marketing strategies to boost their sales. What was similar was the fact that both companies utilized social media to spread the word to consumers – and it worked!
Win A $247 Design Gift Certificate Easily
Christmas, a time for shopping, sharing and giving, is just around the corner. Speaking of sharing, we’ve been giving away design gift certificates worth $247 every month since October to lucky winners of our “Like” InstanteStore contest. It’s SUPER EASY. All you need to do to be in the running is to swing over to our Facebook page (just click on the image below to go to our Facebook page) and click on the “Like” button there. That’s it! Winners will be notified by email and via Facebook as well.
SUPER $500 December Special By BluePay
BluePay, one of our partner payment gateways, is having a December Special. It’s worth checking out to compare with what you’re currently being charged by your payment gateway. If you’re up to it, you could take up the BluePay Challenge. Just click on the BluePay image below if you wish to sign up :
Hope this helps you save some money or make some for the holidays. Have a good one!
Check Out These Cyber Monday Online Shopping Bargains!
Hope you all had a GREAT Thanksgiving celebrating with family and friends. I was down and out with the flu bug for the whole Thanksgiving weekend (Urgh!). Other than the highlight of shopping madness on Black Friday where shoppers rush OR stampede to get the best deals and door busters from the major retailers, the holiday shopping saga continues with Cyber Monday.
Is Your Online Store Ready For The Holiday Sale Season?
Time flies these days! It’s already the holiday sale season. Although most people will be gearing up for the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, please do not wait until the last minute to make the necessary changes to your online store as you need to start building the momentum NOW.
InstanteStore Receives Best Ecommerce Software Provider Award
InstanteStore recently received the Best Web Tool award from WebHostingSearch.com for being one of the “best providers of E-commerce Software and Shopping Carts” .
This award justifies our efforts in constantly upgrading our solution to give our merchants the best bang for their buck in an easy-to-use ecommerce solution. From our new attractive drag ‘n drop free ecommerce templates, user friendly icon based admin panel to free live chat software – we have it all as standard features.
We’ve been putting in a lot of hard work adding these cool new features, so it’s nice to be recognized as one of the best ecommerce shopping cart providers around.
For those of you who are not familiar with WebHostingSearch.com, well to put it briefly, this is the place you’d want to go if you are looking for reliable web hosting. They have lots of unbiased reviews of all the top names of web hosting to help you make an educated decision on your hosting choice.
What I really like about WebHostingSearch.com is that you can drop them an email if you’d like them to elaborate on a certain topic that might be of interest to you. They’ve got people in the know for almost everything related to the Net. Drop by for a peek.
Online Shopping Cart Tutorial – Hot Product Search Methods
Merchants need a lot more than just a feature-filled website shopping cart and the best free shopping cart software available to succeed. They need an edge when it comes to products. An edge could mean better pricing, a more accommodating return policy, better customer support, more efficient after-sales service and, of course, the latest item in demand for a particular niche.
But how does one go about finding out about new products, fads and such? Are there any free tools available to help merchants keep abreast with current news regarding products and related industries? We shall attempt to address those questions in this online shopping cart tutorial installment.
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Secure Ecommerce Shopping Cart Abandonment Rates Rising
There’s a reason why Amazon.com continues to invest so much effort in tracking customer behavior on its site. You can bet your bottom dollar that every little tweak that Amazon.com makes to its site is because it thinks each change will impact sales in a positive manner and curb secure ecommerce shopping cart abandonment rates. If there’s one thing we can learn from Amazon.com, it’s that it’s important to continuously adapt to changing customer trends.
A recent survey by Forrester has shown that up to 88% of consumers have abandoned secure ecommerce shopping carts during the checkout process. The reasons are far removed from those we addressed a while back in a previous post. This time around, it’s not a lengthy checkout process or lack of certain features that’s turning customers away: It’s (hidden) cost.