Online continues to shine with 15% growth this Christmas. Online retail is set for another bumper Christmas as consumers continue to embrace the internet to purchase gifts for friends and family. Read the full article here.
The Sellerdeck Conference on Wheels builds on Sellerdeck’s annual Ecommerce Insights Conference to offer help and advice that will enable you increase sales and create happy customers in an interactive environment.
The Conference on Wheels 2015 is not a sales event. During the mini-conferences, Sellerdeck’s team will be offering:
– Practical tips and advice on increasing website traffic and conversion rates.
– Expert advice on delivery for selling overseas and click-and-collect.
– A sneak preview of Sellerdeck 2016
– One-to-one sessions with technical support and traffic generation specialists
The conferences will be held on:
– Wednesday 22nd April at the Palace Hotel, Manchester
– Thursday 23rd April at the Colemore Gate Hotel, Birmingham
Two mini conferences will be held on each of the days, so you can come at a time that suits you. Choose between:
The afternoon session from 2pm until 5.30pm
The evening session from 6pm until 9.30pm
Just over £1 in every £10 spent in a UK retail transaction in February was spent online, according to the latest official retail sales figures.
The Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Retail Sales Bulletin for February 2012, published today, found that 10.7% of all UK retail sales were made over the internet – or £1.07 in every £10. The bulletin put the weekly average spent online at £573.6m, up from the £432.6m estimated for February 2011, when that was equivalent to 8.3% of all retail sales. Read the full article here.
Visitors to Sellerdeck Ecommerce Insights 2014 (SEI2014) will benefit from:
Sellerdeck’s user conference has grown in importance over the years and 96.5% of visitors to last year’s conference said it either met or exceeded their expectations.
We don’t like to rest on our laurels, though, so this year we have organised:
Tickets to SEI 2014 cost £99 plus VAT.
To purchase your ticket, browse to the Online Booking page or call Sellerdeck Sales on 0845 129 4888 (calls cost 2p per minute plus your phone company’s access charge) (+44 1932 358350 from abroad).
0930 – Sellerdeck Keynote
Sellerdeck directors, Chris Bray and Phil Rothwell present Sellerdeck’s plans for the coming year and announce new products and the enhanced PayPal integration
1015 – How to Grow Your Sales on Mobile Devices
Design and online marketing specialists, Tim Pritchard and Chris Dicken demonstrate how to grow your sales to tablet and smartphone users
1045 – Think Big, Spend Wisely – A survivor’s guide to online and social media advertising
PPC expert and conference regular, Jayne Reddyhoff and colleague Paul talks about the latest PPC strategies and explains how to go about promoting your products to mobile customers in two parts:
Part 1 – PPC advertising using AdWords
Part 2 – Social Media advertising using Facebook and Twitter
1145 – Coffee
1200 – Multi-Channel Payment Processing in the Mobile Age
PayPal’s Beverley Riley, introduces PayPal’s latest payments services and offer tips and advice for ensuring transactions don’t become a barrier to sale whatever channels or devices your customers use
1245 – Lunch
1345 – SEO, Email and Social Marketing – Working Together
Sellerdeck SEO and online marketing expert, Tim Pritchard, presents a practical strategy running a synchronised online marketing campaign across multiple channels
1415 – Introducing Sellerdeck 2014
Phil Rothwell and Chris Dicken provide a guided tour of Sellerdeck’s latest release including a demonstration of the product. A Beta test edition will be supplied to all conference attendees
1500 – Workshops
| Tech Stream | Marketing Stream | Services Stream | Support 1-2-1s* |
| Sellerdeck 2014 Technial Insights |
SEO Master Class | GFS Integration | Pre-Arranged Support Consultations*
PayPal Consultations* Sellerdeck Account Manager Consultation* |
| Upselling / Cross Selling | PPC Master Class | Payments Master Class | |
| Sellerdeck Sales Analysis | Facebook / Twitter Advertising | Feefo Masterclass |
*Book your session when you buy your ticket
1645 – General Questions
Open mic. Q&A session enabling “no holds barred” interaction
1715 – Networking Drinks
1830 – Close
The U.K. Internet economy contributed £121 billion ($191.7 billion) to the overall economy in 2010, representing 8.3% of GDP, the largest percentage of any of the Group of 20 industrial and developing nations, according to a new report.
Boston Consulting Group said the U.K.’s Internet economy will grow to £225 billion by 2016. Read the full article here.
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.
Click here to read the full Sellerdeck 2013 review.
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.
Click here to read the full Sellerdeck 2013 review.
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.
Click here to read the full Sellerdeck Business 2013 review.
