Welcome to our eCommerce shop articles and information pages.
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A few months ago I drove from Cambridge down to the South Coast of England. Thanks to the infamous M25 motorway the journey took 4 hours, however, on reaching my destination it felt like I'd only been travelling for an hour and I had no cl...
Running an eCommerce business is as much about Internet visibility as it is shop design and product selection. You could own the finest eCommerce shop around but if no-one knows it exists it will not generate any revenue. The most cost-...
The idea of working for yourself running an online retail business is very appealing, both from a work / life balance aspiration but also for the potential financial rewards. We've covered previously how to
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Selling an eCommerce Business
Date published: 10/03/2008 13:32:05
Even with a successful eCommerce business, sometimes the comes a time when selling up is the right decision, whether on a business or personal level.
Selling an eCommerce shop or indeed any online business has some interesting variables th...
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eCommerce Website Design
Date published: 09/02/2008 10:46:07
With more and more UK pounds being spent online, bricks'n clicks is now the accepted business model for retail businesses. As the number of e...
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Steps to Setting Up an Online Shop from Home - Legal Issues
Date published: 08/02/2008 09:45:46
With more and more working professionals, full time parents, retired folk and students working from home either as a full time business or to suppliment their income, there is growing confusion over the relevance of out-dated legal requirements ...
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Are Free Online Shops Really Free?
Date published: 07/02/2008 16:32:33
With so many choices available to help you set up your own online shops it can be confusing wading through the options to find the correct solution for your requirements. If your budget is limited, wouldn't it be great to find a provider of fr...
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eCommerce Marketing - PPC / CPC
Date published: 07/02/2008 15:38:15
With online retail continuing to grow rapidly, the business to consumer eCommerce market is becoming increasingly competitive, with more and more eCommerce retail outlets competing for our virtual spending power. With recognised high street br...
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How to Open Your Own eCommerce Shop - 5 Steps to Selling Online
Date published: 10/01/2008 12:15:54
Most of us consider at some time running our own business, even if its just a fleeting thought - the idea of working for yourself is appealing from both a financial and work-life balance point of view. But how can you turn your own ideas into ...
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Converting eCommerce Shop Visitors into Customers
Date published: 20/12/2007 11:05:07
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Adding Articles to my eCommerce Shops
Date published: 14/12/2007 15:05:58
The most important content any eCommerce shop has are its products. By selling products that are in demand, regardless of how competitive your market is, you have a better chance of making a success of running your shop. But is that all ...
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Fraud Prevention
Date published: 09/12/2007 10:52:29
With Chip and Pin now successfully introduced for UK credit cards over-the-counter purchases, the online retail community have seen a noticeable increase in attempted fraud as crimina...
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Composing a Press Release
Date published: 21/11/2007 10:51:00
With any retail business its all about the numbers. The more visitors you can attract to your high street shop or Web shop the more likely you are to gain sales and increase revenue. This is especially true of a brand new Web shop. ...
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Affiliate Shops
Date published: 15/11/2007 16:19:02
When thinking about eCommerce and selling online, most people think of either owning their own Web shop to sell products through, or perhaps a selling on eBay using the eBay auctions. There is also a very popular type of online shop which requ...
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Make Money Selling Online
Date published: 14/11/2007 11:50:47
According to the latest survey carried out by
USwitch, Online spending in the UK is on track to hit £40bn this year, according to new figures. And that amount will quadruple to £162bn by 2020 ...
Branding Web Shops
Date published: 12/11/2007 14:43:44
Choosing the right branding for your Web shops can make a noticeable difference in the success of your business. Its a question we are asked frequently, what is a suitable brand name for a Web shop? In our experience there are a few simp...
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Women in Business
Date published: 08/11/2007 12:11:59
According to the
Women in Business Network (WIBN), 54% of women start a business so they can choose what hours they work, compared with only 35% of men, a quarter of the UK's...
Distance Selling Regulations
Date published: 08/11/2007 10:45:34
As consumers we all know our rights when buying products from our local high street or online. If a product is not suitable or of poor quality we have the right to return the product either for an exchange, a refund or a credit note. ...
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Affiliates
Date published: 06/11/2007 14:03:08
Selling on the Internet is a numbers game, the more visitors you get to your Web shop the more orders you will receive. But what if you could get other people to send new unique visitors to your Web shop as well?
Affiliates
Aff...
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Work from Home Running Your Own Web Shops
Date published: 02/11/2007 10:16:03
Wouldn't it be great if you could roll out of bed in the morning, take a slow relaxed breakfast then start work from home? No more daily commute, no more office politics and definitely no more vending machine coffee! Its the perfect work...
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Trade Suppliers - Wholesale and Dropshippers
Date published: 02/11/2007 09:35:24
The premise of all retail is really very simple, buy a product at price A and sell at higher price B. But where do you get your products from at the cheaper price A?
Trade Suppliers
Most retailers in the real world and online u...
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Bricks'n Clicks - Selling Online
Date published: 26/10/2007 14:44:10
Years ago retailing was all about getting a prime location for your shop and selling to customers who visit your premises. This is true for health & beauty salons as much as it is for craft & hobby shops and any other typ...
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Best Web shops
Date published: 17/10/2007 12:27:29
What turns a good Web shop into the best Web shops have to offer? What encourages visitors to buy from one Web shop rather than another? Its a common misconception that to rank your own Web shop amongst the best, you need a huge amount o...
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Sell More Online
Date published: 15/10/2007 12:42:41
Wouldn't it be great if we could set up an easy to use Web shop, stock it full of fine products, add a means of accepting payments for our customers and just sit back and watch your bank balance gr...
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How Do I Get my Business Online?
Date published: 14/10/2007 13:24:58
With the rapid pace of growth of the Internet that shows no signs of slowing down, high street or 'real World' businesses are now almost expected to have a presence on the Web. A question we hear frequently is 'How do I get my business on...
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Link Swapping with other Web Sites
Date published: 12/10/2007 10:46:30
One of the most enduring Search Engine Optimisation techniques since the rise to prominence of Search Engines has been to swap links with other web sites. After all, the Internet is a free flowing highway of information and interlinked...
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Search Engine Marketing
Date published: 09/10/2007 14:45:21
Search Engine Marketing is a generic term used to describe the techniques of gaining higher visibility on the Search Engines for your web site. It includes search engine optimisation as well as CPC (cost per click) advertising and any other tec...
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Working from Home
Date published: 05/10/2007 10:20:35
Its the utopian ideal for most of us, wake up in the morning and take a slow leisurely breakfast before starting work in your own converted dining room / loft / spare reception room - no more commute and no more vending machine coffee, or what t...
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Build your own eShop
Date published: 04/10/2007 18:12:00
Ok, lets get the terminology thing done first: As you use computers and the Internet more you will soon come to realise that if its possible to describe a single thing in a dozen ways or turn it into an acronym then it will happ...
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Page one Google - the reality of achieving high visibility
Date published: 04/10/2007 15:56:50
The Holy Grail of Internet visibility is seeing your Internet shop displayed on the first page of Google and other leading search engines for relevant keyword searches. We have seen several retail businesses over the years more than double t...
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eCommerce Retail Gathers Pace
Date published: 21/09/2007 11:49:30
Almost on a monthly basis now we are hearing on the news and reading in the papers how much eCommerce retail is growing at such a fast pace. Online shopping hit record levels in July 2007 as sales soared to £4.2bn from £2.34bn in July 2006, according...
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Internet Retailer's web shops Reach the top of Google!
Date published: 18/09/2007 16:31:18
As an eCommerce solution provider we take a lot of satisfaction in hearing about how well our shop keepers are doing with their own web shops. One of the most important keys to successful Internet retailing is how many unique visitors...
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Preparing your Web shops for Christmas rush
Date published: 15/09/2007 09:57:38
We've all seen the adverts on tv and the level of excitment in family households across the Country has already started building, yes its that time of year again where Christmas is in the minds of children and executive advertisers (ed: is ...
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Processing Online Shop Orders
Date published: 14/09/2007 19:02:07
There are few feelings like being acknowledged for your time and effort you apply to something. This is especially true of running your own web shop. Having bought your very own web shop, stocked it with the products you w...
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Web Shops and Search Engine Optimisation
Date published: 14/09/2007 18:51:33
Ok, so you've bought your very first web shop, stocked it with products and even had a local stationers print some fancy business cards to hand out to anyone who will take them. The big question is, how can you get your web shop high...
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Internet Shops versus eBay
Date published: 14/09/2007 18:12:31
A question we are asked frequently is, what are the benefits of running a dedicated Web shop compared to selling products through an eBay shop. To answer the question you need to consider who your audience are for the products you want to ...
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Online Retail is Still Retail
Date published: 14/09/2007 11:30:36
As with all forms of business, there are rules and regulations that apply both from our own Government and increasingly from the European Union. Its often a difficult balancing act to weigh up the rights of the consumer whilst providing protec...
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Attracting Customers to your Web Shop
Date published: 13/09/2007 13:27:42
You could have the best web shop in the world, but if no one knows about it then it is the equivalent of building a department store in the middle of a desert! It is a simple rule but one that is important to remember, the more people t...
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Selling on-line with your own Web shop
Date published: 13/09/2007 11:34:34
Its fair to say that most people given the chance would prefer to work for themselves in some capacity. From retail businesses to parents, working professionals, retired folk and students, it is now easier than ever to establish your own web...
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