Recently, I happened to read report this on cnn.com:
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) May 14, 2007– As more American consumers forego crowded malls for the convenience of online shopping, total Internet-related sales are forecast to jump 19.1 percent to $174.5 billion in 2007, excluding travel, according to a new industry report Monday.
That sure set me thinking. Online marketing has carved a niche for itself as a major player in the global marketplace. With the development of extremely user-friendly ecommerce, shopping cart and processing software, selling online is no longer confined to the specialists and the know-it-alls.
And this facet of online shopping acquires a major status when it comes to celebrity brands. The market infrastructure allows for highly competitive rates in direct marketing as no middleman is involved in profit sharing. But how does a layman go about selling online?
I did some research and discovered Ashop Commerce. Ashop Commerce has a number of shopping cart software options offered as turn-key ecommerce software. That just means a hosted store building system for setting up your online business, and no software to install.
With Ashop Commerce you can build and manage an online store from any computer anywhere in the world, accept credit cards online, complete real-time shipping processes and even rank high in the search engines.
Expertise Needed?
One of the coolest features of Ashop Commerce online stores is the only experience you needed is to browse the web, and you control its functionality and design. There is no HTML or programming knowledge required so an absolute beginner can run the most professional shopping cart. Tutorial movies, user manuals and a knowledge base as well as live chat technical support are all provided should you run into any doubts.
Set Up?
The initial sign-up itself allows you to create your store (10-minute average store setup time) and immediately email you the account and access details. Once you receive your fully customisable shopping cart admin panel, you just go about setting the store settings – currency, unit of weight, shipping origin, post codes, taxes if any, payment and shipping methods. Enter all brands used within your store to categorize your products with brands, categories and sub-categories, including layouts. The header and footer editors let you insert your own logo messages. There are also theme editors with custom graphics and colours, fonts and background images.
Free Trial Offer
Ashop Commerce provides a 10 Day Free trial for you to evaluate the system, which includes a fully functional online store excluding payment functionality.
In admin demo, you have full control over the shopping cart software and can customise your storefront–alter themes, site wide settings of text and layout etc. In shop front demo, you can see the customer’s perspective what your store will look like. Browse through the store and view the complete store and experience the process of purchasing products.
Ashop Commerce is the most intuitive shopping cart and ecommerce software in the world, having helped set up 1000’s of successful merchants, providing all the expertise you need to start or advance your online business.
