This is my journey as an E-commerce Consultant
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Feeling international…in Berlin
8 days
When the rest of your team is based in Berlin sometimes you need to visit. That time is now and I am writing from the Createyourtemplate/Widshop office on Mainzer Street in Berlin.
Catalyst is looming and we are getting our game plan ready to introduce attendees to Widshops eBay design a fantastic scalable solution for your international plans.
E-business is international and part of our Widshop swat team for Channeladvisor Catalyst is Mathias who speaks German and English, Larissa who speaks 4 languages and Patrick who speaks German/English. So with my new found love of asian languages we are very much the international team ready to take our customers to the next level.
Quite often we partner with Intercultural elements who have helped our UK based customers become international eBay superstars with their translation, customer service and market knowledge.
Hopefully I will see lots of you at catalyst which is almost SOLD OUT, so you need to be quick to be part of the greatest date in the e-commerce calendar!
See you soon! I will have sherbert dibdabs, haribo and chocolate at the widshops booth so it is worth popping by!
Spring is here and WIDSHOP eBay Design is growing!
40 days
Ahh April, Cherry blossoms everywhere and my mother starts asking me to ‘water the garden’ while they of off travelling!
I have written a post on the WIDSHOP new section today about a new cleint that is looking exceptionally Spring like.
Makes me feel those random hail storms we keep having are a fallacy!
http://widshop.com/en/2012/04/widshop-ebay-design-is-taking-over/
On another note spring time is great to think about investing in your business. You know how much profit you made last year and how much you need to pay the taxman!
You can’t stagnate in the e-world, your competitors will leave you behind in a flash.
And while you are at it… Go Global or Go Home!
I stole this graphic from the Channeladvisor blog because I love infographics! Very US centric but it works both ways as the world wants UK stuff too!
WIDSHOP eBay design at Channeladvisor Catalyst 2012
071 days
Well…it’s that time of year again. Sandra (from the Berlin office) and I have been discussing hotels for Catalyst
This year though, we are introducing our Widshop eBay design service so we have a four strong team, 3 from Berlin and yours truly.
The reason we sponsor Catalyst and have done for 5 years is the very reason people GO to catalyst.
Relevancy.
The content reflects on the past success but mainly focuses on the future of e-commerce and what areas need investment for business expansion.
This year Catalyst will focus again on cross border trade as this is SUPER important and not just looking at Europe.
The east is where there is a massive amount of money and a love of UK goods. Check out http://import.buy.com – a site pushing American goods to the Japanese market.
And who owns Play.com – A Japanese company! Should you be selling to the East? Have you been watching the telly recently? Loads of programmes on the expansion of China and the east. Heck, we are asking China to bail out Europe!
I digress, where was I..oh CATALYST 
This year are some great speakers talking about social commerce, search, female representation in business (you can tell I have started to go to Girl Geek stuff and networking with my fellow business women) and all kinds of things relating to being a successful e-business.
One of the great things about Catalyst is meeting like minded people with the same goals, needs and problems as you. There are a lot of opportunities to network, party and you are ALWAYS well fed at this event.
This event is about information, relevant to your on-line business and where the sector is heading.
The other great thing about Catalyst is you can speak to various third party service providers (which I am one) and discuss potential future partnerships. Having everything in house is expensive and hard to run, third party companies are essential in e-businesses.
Well, I hope to see you at Catalyst and I (Createyourtemplate) will be there with chocolates and sweets as always.
Shameless self promotion – Widshop eBay Design Examples!
95 days
Mathias and I were on the promotion trail on Wednesday speaking to our key partners about Widshops. So I thought I would share two new examples of the Widshop product from two different design perspectives.
Even though widshop is designed and developed around a set frame designs can still look very different.
My first example is:
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This is a clean professional design within our standard frame and my current favourite:
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…which is the other end of the spectrum design wise but still around the same framework.
You don’t need to have ‘just three’ banners on the homepage, it can be one large image or a series of smaller banners (we don’t recommend more than 6 as they will get a bit too small)
The side navigation is driven in real time by the attributes you use to list to ebay so you never have empty results.
These are the live stores:
http://stores.ebay.de/ZENDAGO
http://stores.ebay.at/toyworld24
Included in the standard package is:
- Adaptable homepage
- Dynamic search
- Adaptable product view
- Integration of custom pages
- Category filter navigation
- Cross-selling galleries
- Full text search
- Social Bookmarks
- eBay integration
and this is a eBay certified application which is very important
More info and examples are on the website http://www.widshop.com
People always ask me the difference and eBay design makes, and a good one at that and I always say that you can make up loads of reasons why an eBay design such as this is good. But our clients see a significant uplift in sales. That is what it is all about in the end, return on investment.
Widshops with a bit of tweaking can also be used on your facebook page….but this is a secret at the moment
eBay Design 3.0 – Widshops the New Generation of eBay Shop and Listing Template Design
106 days
Well as promised full details of our new eBay design service…
Some might say we are ‘late to market’ with now providing a solution for the SME market but we decided not to rush. We wanted to be ahead of the game and provide something that is intuitive and very ‘now’ in relation to how the world of e-commerce is progressing. We wanted to look forward with our design innovations like with our premium service eBay designs. We want you to be future proof!
Widshops is an affordable ebay design solution (set up and design around £1500) but it provides all the look and feel of a professional stream lined shopping experience. It carries a subscription cost based on number of listings (http://widshop.com/en/prices/)
The key features are:
- Fast – Your new template delivered quickly
- Easy – only the best features show up in your shop
- Economical – Sales increase, costs decrease
- Optimised – HTML template also works on iPhone and iPad
- Compatible – works with all eBay listing and sales management tools
- Professional – Project managers at your side
The best bits are:
Category and filter navigation just like on the eBay platform
We filled an important technical gap with the eBay category and filter navigation. eBay® customers are already familiar with the intuitive filter navigation. This is now available with WIDshop in your eBay® storefront as well.
WIDshop navigation sorts your items out in real time and automatically recognises in which eBay® categories, and with which items specifics they have been listed. Through this, the WIDshop generates a navigation that displays all of your eBay® categories and item specifics filters. This way, your customers can search by category and filter the results according to items specifics. Your customers will easily and comfortably be able to find the right size, colour or material! You are thereby significantly enhancing your customers’ shopping experience!
Sell more with clever cross-selling
Every eBay® customer who clicks onto one of your products is very interested in buying. You keep your customer in your shop by using clever cross-selling. For this purpose, WIDshop makes a product gallery available to you which automatically presents similar products from the same eBay® category. This way your customer sees, for example, additional t-shirts, CDs from the same music genre, more hard drives or different trainers. The WIDshop cross-selling gallery can also work with customised rules based on item specifics or keywords, if desired. We would be happy to advise you.
Reach more customers with Facebook etc.
By linking the WIDshop to Facebook and Twitter, your customers can inform their friends that they like your storefront. You benefit from this additional marketing channel, which increases the popularity of your storefront and thus, the number of your clients.
The list of search results for a positive shopping experience
The most important thing about search results is their speed. Not only have we made the WIDshop search very fast. We have also made it look appealing and incorporated a few added features for your customers, such as wish lists or the display of the item condition. The search results are compiled and loaded anew in the navigation and filters after each click. This way, your customers always have an overview and can find their way easily and quickly through storefronts, even with a larger selection of items.
Integration of custom pages
All custom pages such as the legal notice, etc., that you’ve created as personal pages in your eBay® storefront can be easily accessed through the navigation and are displayed in your storefront design. This way, the entire storefront features your corporate design.
You can also easily manage and update your custom pages in your eBay® account. Therefore, the WIDshop works like a small editing system.
Examples:
http://stores.ebay.de/Sport-Fischmann
http://stores.ebay.de/outdoorsportshop24
http://stores.ebay.at/123boerse
So feel free to quiz me or comment on our new service and watch our for the discount code worth £250 in the 2012 Tamebay Tools and Services Guide
