WaltDesign developed a database to store the contents of their catalog and built a shopping cart for their users to store their purchases in. From there the user can choose to purchase online, and the website processes their credit card information, or offline, where it displays a print off form so they can mail in a check if they want to. Additionally special discounts, limited run promotions, and other complexities are handled through this system. Also there is a password protected admin … [Read more...]
posted on June 8, 2009 by
ARC Loans and Opportunities
The government will be starting back the ARC loans (more info) which will given struggling businesses up to $35,000 to borrow interest free. ARC loans are supposed to help the small businesses which are stuggling due to the economy and thus the fact that there are fewer customers, and the customers are buying less. ARC loans are to help bridge that gap in income, and help you remain solvent while looking for new opportunities. Many businesses are turning to the Internet to find new … [Read more...]
posted on May 11, 2009 by
Optimize Your Site For More Sales
Previously, I've talked about optimizing your website to improve how fast it loads. This not only improves the perception of your site, but also how likely it is for people to stay and make a purchase, or request more information. Optimizing your site for sales isn't as easy as optimizing your site for speed. When we want to increase speed we know many ways to improve the performance. We can modify files to be smaller, have files load in a different order, move the server to a faster … [Read more...]
posted on February 24, 2009 by
Are you out of touch with your customers
Image via Wikipedia I live in Central Florida where we've been hit hard with the recession that is going on. Lots of my clients, and the people near me, are hurting. I know that some of my clients are fighting to stay alive, and I'm trying to help them. However, not everyone is so bright. Here are a couple of examples. The Good One of my clients is offering a year of discounts and promotions as he likes to call it. Each month a different promotion has been offered to his clients. This March … [Read more...]