Good day everyone! Today, we’re trying something a bit different with our blog. Instead of offering up our regular tips, tricks, and personal opinions, I'll be walking you through how to implement your own Contact Us form on your store. Something kinda like this:       Having a Contact Us form is a great advantage to your site because it allows your customers to easily send questions, comments and concerns your way. As an aside, if you ever have any questions on how to use our system or wa... Read Full Story

Like many of our customers, I have very limited design experience and minimal technical knowledge. My goal today is to build a Shopster homepage that is both professional in appearance but simple enough that anyone can replicate the steps. I will also be using the functionality provided with a free account, which means no access to the css and frame file, so we will be limited to making all changes directly on the page. Let’s get started. Creating your logo Go to page: http://service.shopste... Read Full Story

We’ve mentioned this a couple times now and we’ll probably mention it a couple more in the coming weeks: Christmas is just around the corner.  As we've already discussed changes you should address on the policy side of things, we thought now might be a good time to throw out some sales tips.   One of the easiest things to do this holiday season is to add some seasonal touches to your store's design. By changing the aesthetic of your store to reflect the holiday season, you let your customer... Read Full Story

Hello everyone, Johnny here again with another holiday related tip for all you eTailers out there. Last week I discussed having a returns policy in place for the orders made over the holiday season. This week I'm going to touch on holiday order deadlines and the importance of making sure your customers are aware of the last possible day they can make an order and have it arrive in time for Christmas morning.  Every year the major carriers - UPS, FedEx and USPS, post their holiday shipping d... Read Full Story

With the holiday season soon approaching (take a look at the photo below - taken today at our Calgary, Canada headquarters this morning...feeling a lot like xmas here!), it's time to start thinking about what products will help your sales flurish during this time of year. So with this in mind, here's a list of in-stock and ready to sell hot products you surely want to consider carrying in your store this holiday season. As with most of our products, there's some nice profit potential too! It... Read Full Story

Hello again everyone, it's Johnny from the Shopster Customer Support team. If you read my last blog post, I touched on general Customer Service tips. oday, I have another tip for you, this time with a Seasonal twist -making sure your Returns Policy fits the needs of a Christmas Shopper. It may still seem far off, but Christmas is only 80 days away! What does this mean? It means you're going to have a lot more business coming to your storefront. It also means you’re going to have to modify h... Read Full Story

For everyone who isn’t up to date on the latest Twitter buzz, the company made a huge announcement on their blog yesterday.  Twitter is getting ready to launch a major new feature: the ability for members to create sharable lists of twitter users/accounts.  Twitter members will be able to organize their lists however they want- by theme, idea, or subject etc, and then have them displayed on their account (members will also be able to make lists private).  In a nutshell, this feature will ... Read Full Story

Buying online as a rule is an impersonal exercise. While very efficient, it’s essentially, a no-touch experience i.e. the consumer and the seller do not need to make contact for a sale to occur.  Because online business owners don’t have any live salespeople to fall back on, they need to guarantee that their site answers any questions a customer might have - hence, why great product descriptions are so critical. A product description is your salesperson, your chance to engage a customer and... Read Full Story

In this economy, finding alternate sources of income is one of those niggling thoughts on many people’s mind.  While you may currently enjoy gainful employment, job security feels like a luxury of the past.  It’s hard for even the most invaluable worker to feel entirely comfortable with his or her employment situation.  Too much can change too quickly for that to be the case these days - hence the thinking about other ways to bring in supplementary income into the fold.    Right then, supple... Read Full Story

Hey everyone, we wanted our blog followers to be the first to know that we’ve just released our latest Shopster package, PowerMerchant Starter. Over the last couple of months or so, many Shopster Merchants have made great strides in building their new Networked eCommerce businesses.  We’ve received lots of member emails sharing successes, challenges and valuable feature requests. One of the most notable requests, was that while many Shopster Members enjoyed the enhanced functionality and pe... Read Full Story