Kidson Talks | The E-commerce Chemist

Well on Tuesday evening I completed my new CubeCart 4 store, and by Thursday evening it had made back its purchase price. I doubt there are many systems that I could say it takes less that three days to see return on investment. This includes the price of the security certificate too.
A small targeted adwords [...]

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Google site mapping is a free service, and for those who do not like to deal with python script, generating said sitemap should also be free.
If you have a site under 500 links, try: Create your Google Sitemap Online - XML Sitemaps
but if you want more links, try: GSiteCrawler which is an application to download [...]

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Well hairfreax needed a revamp, and with the launch of Cubecart 4, I decided to do just that.
Cube 4 at a minimum (keeping the copyright notices) ~ £78 with the VAT added (subject to exchange rate as the price is quoted in dollars)
Your website needs to be secure, so with a £14 SSL certificate from [...]

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Designing within the constraints of a store front (notably Marketworks and Channeladvisor in the UK) can be tricky, but some designers don’t let anything get in their way:

http://www.cybercheckout.co.uk/ is a channeladvisor store designed by Sell-it-smart who have made this table based basic store look and feel like a real website.
More examples are Grapevinehill who have [...]

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My cousin has been a PA to the stars in Dubai…..well to managers at Hewlett Packard and Dell for the past 13 years, but has now decided to come back to the UK in the Spring. The cats have their passports so it is a serious move. Jane is going to set up a ‘Virtual [...]

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You can now get this blog feed as a widget!
Kidsontalks Widgetbox Shenanigans
Checkout the translate this page widget underneath my RSS feeds. Keeping myself international!

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If your messing with your DNS settings, it can take 72 hours to see if what you have done is right, and the same amount of time to correct a mistake. Here is a quick guide to masking your domain using the cname function in your DNS settings.
Rule 1: Do not touch your ‘MX’ records, [...]

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Did a bit more on this page:
Choosing a starting point - Your e-commerce platform.
In general there are three options:
1. A site hosted and created by a company for example Shopify
2. A site created for you but it is hosted on your own server space for example Cubecart
3. An Open Source Shopping Cart such as Oscommerce
Pro’s [...]

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I do feel I am being very eBay this week, but here is another snippet on eBay’s trust and safety from the Channeladvisor blog: eBay Seller Non-Performance Policy
A restriction to even 75% of the rolling 90-day average volume could mean at 50%+ cut to probable sales volume and leave many sellers sitting on a mountain [...]

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Seems so. Suitable mostly for hobbyists eCrater is
2 things in one. First, it is a 100% free online marketplace. Second it is a free ecommerce website builder.
They profess it will remain free, and the only charge will be for premium listings in premium positions on the site as the sellers discretion.
The feature include:
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