Category — ProStores

Despite the economic downturn online sales for sellers on eBay and Amazon continue to rise as do the sales of other retailers as reported by various sources in the e-Commerce industry. Meanwhile as sellers prepare for Black Friday the rush to compete is on!  Free Shipping is permeating the web’s shopping sites as we speak, and life continues to roar as retailers compete for the supposedly last dollar available in the US as thousands man the OccupyWallStreet movement and things seem so depressing elsewhere. While stocks are plummeting at the mention of more financial problems for Greece, savvy sellers in the United States still appear to be somewhat unaffected by the slide.

You have a mobile device, like a smartphone or tablet, right?

Now that everybody and their brother has a smartphone, a tablet, or at least a laptop shopping for the 2011 season online is blooming all over.

Online sellers can prepare for the greatest month since last December by sprucing up their stores, checking their offerings and matching those other guys out in the forefront. Shopping feeds may be picking back up as  the use of bar code shopping on mobile devices is sure to make the competition fierce this year for sellers who have UPC coded products and free shipping offers.

The most important things to watch with your online store now is

1.  Get yourself into Google’s shopping feed

2. Offer Free Shipping wherever possible

3. Spruce up your store with at least one holiday message.

4. Make your site a mobile friendly website.

Its not too late to work for greater sales this holiday season.

When I first met Dale Miller of CanvasesbeGone.com she needed a nice ecommerce website. It turns out that Dale is a terrific woman who is both  industrious and generous as she endeavored to make just the right website for her customers.  When I got the flu about halfway through the job, Dale sent yummy soup from one of the online sellers of comfort food. What a thoughtful gift!

I thought that this gift of wonder couldn’t be topped, it was both delicious and beautiful, and oh so convenient for someone who didn’t have the energy to get up and make dinner, or lunch for that matter.

But Dale has done it again..This afternoon Dale so kindly sent a care package of my favorite things… Chocolate! specifically Chocolate Covered Strawberries and Cookies dipped in Chocolate.

It’s rare to find a client so easy to work with, not to mention one so generous and thoughtful as Dale Miller. Check out her needlepoint canvases at her website. Thanks so much Dale for your kindness and generosity, you make the world a nicer place!  …. Suzanne