4 out of 5 stars for Sellerdeck 2013
Unlike many an e-commerce package, Sellerdeck 2013 loads on to a PC and once you’re happy with the solution, you then upload the settings to the web; either to your own servers, an internet host that supports Sellerdeck, or to its own hosting service.
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Nearly 90% of retailers believe that location and mapping will be a big trend in m-commerce in 2012 and that social will also play a big role in multichannel, finds a study by strategic information management company Stibo Systems. However, only a quarter of retailers are actually planning on investing in location-based and geo-spatial technology this year.
The study –which was undertaken in January 2012 by independent research house Coleman Parkes and surveyed 100 senior executives at the UK’s top retailers – found that cross-channel retailing remains a clear priority for UK retailers, with more than three quarters (78%) of respondents stating that strategic investment to enhance consumers’ multi-channel experience will drive retail sales this year. Read the full article here.
There are plenty of web design tools available for small and medium sized businesses, but most of these are online services tied to specific hosts. If you prefer to create your eCommerce site locally, and host it on a service of your own choice, or even on your own servers, your choices are more limited.
Sellerdeck, formally Sellerdeck, is a desktop-based E-Commerce application that has been around since 1996.
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Across the EU and Switzerland, Facebook enabled an economic impact of €15.3 billion in 2011, supporting 232,000 jobs. Deloitte’s report,‘Measuring Facebook’s economic impact in Europe’ breaks down Facebook’s economic impact across Europe and also in France, UK, Germany, Spain and Italy. Read the full article here.
Sellerdeck is the new name for Sellerdeck, a British company dedicated to online retail software. Sellerdeck Business 2013 is its new midrange software package.
Sellerdeck takes a different approach, providing a desktop application which creates and manages a shop on your own PC.
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If you don’t treat your customers with respect, it will come back to haunt you. Chris Barling shares a lesson about humility.
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The average order value has remained virtually unchanged at £76.30 for Q4 2011 compared to £76.38 for Q4 2010.
Simon Armstrong, marketing manager at Sellerdeck comments, “These figures show a turbulent time for SME online store owners with many needing special offers even before Christmas to tempt customers to place an order, thus hitting the gross profit margins for many e-tailers. However, in comparison to the high street, with frequent announcements of chains of stores in difficulty, online is still faring well in very uncertain times.”
January sales start early
This year saw a new trend in which retailers brought sales forward with many offering discounts to entice shoppers to spend in the last few days before Christmas. Many online sellers started their sales on Christmas Day with Experian reporting 86 million hits to British shopping websites on Boxing Day. This was borne out by Sellerdeck merchants like Nick Powell of Trout Catchers:
“It was noticeable that shoppers were delaying placing orders before Christmas. In fact, many waited until after Christmas Day, and we saw a definite increase in orders from 26th through to New Year’s Eve, which hasn’t happened before.”
This is backed up by Paul Nicolson, designer for TerraTag: “We are always trying different styles of promotions, but a percentage discount invariably works the best. Christmas 2011 was no exception; to get the orders we had to offer better prices than our competitors, but also ensure deliveries arrived promptly. That way customers are more likely to return.”
Online shoppers to spend nearly £8 billion this Christmas.
UK consumers are expected to spend almost £8 billion online this Christmas, despite tough economic conditions – a 14 per cent increase on last year, writes Simon Wicks. Research by the online retail membership body IMRG predicts that online shopping sales will hit £7.75 billion over the five weeks from Monday, 28 November – also known as ‘Cyber Monday’. Almost half (£3.72 billion) is expected to be spent in the first two weeks alone. The forecast is based on data from 100 online retailers and reflects the trend seen in the past two years in the run-up to Christmas. Read the full article here.
The latest update for Sellerdeck EPOS is now available for download. As well as a number of fixes, the new version adds:
Graham Hart is at the helm of family-run Harts of Stur, a business which has been trading for over 60 years. Before that, his great grandfather ran the blacksmith business manufacturing steel parts for agriculture.
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