Among developing countries, USA has one of the lowest prices on technology products. It is a big market with a lot of competition and accordingly prices are lower. Also being a very big market, you may tend to find variations of products that are not easily available overseas. The cost of shipping overseas is prohibitive though, especially for small merchants who are shipping 1 or 2 items at a time. Large merchants, for them they can ship via container loads and freight cost is not that big of an issue for them, but for small merchants, the shipping cost makes their products expensive to the international clientele.
Lets say your item costs $100 and shipping is $120. To the customer, the total cost is $220. That makes your products very expensive to overseas customers.
Ebay understood this and so did Pitney Bowes. They joined hands and started a program called ‘Ebay’s Global Shipping Program’ and it has been a big boon for small merchants. We all know Pitney Bowes as the manufacturer of stamping machines and mail sorters but this has been a very smart move for both companies. The more Sellers sell on eBay, the more eBay makes in commissions.
Under the Ebay Global Shipping Program, merchants ship their products to a warehouse in Erlanger, Kentucky. They don’t need to do any complex paperwork. To the merchant it is a regular US destination shipment. Once Ebay receives the box, they do the paperwork and ship it to the destination country by air cargo. Ebay ships in bulk and passes on part of that saving to the merchant. Everybody wins.
So to the end user, instead of paying $220 in the earlier example, he may be paying only $20 to $30 in shipping. With no extra effort, all of a sudden your prices are more competitive. Bottom Line – increased sales and greater profitability.
Ebay global shipping program
I hope Amazon starts a similar program because that will really help small businesses grow their international business. For now, make sure you make good use of the Ebay Global Shipping Program. It’s an easy way to increase sales.
Shopify Ecommerce Developers serving Jacksonville-Florida and beyond
Shopify is increasingly becoming popular among ecommerce websites. It’s a hosted solution, that is, you setup your website on Shopify’s servers and that takes the hassles of server management out of the picture. One less headache for the small business owner.
Another reason Shopify is getting popular is the speed and ease with which you can setup your ecommerce website. There are quite a few templates available to get you started quickly. A lot simpler than many of it’s open source brethren like OpenCart, Magento, Os Commerce etc.
You would agree that most websites look like cookie cutter templates – right? Then why do people keep doing it? Maybe they don’t know any better. Maybe they think it’s expensive to have an elegant design.
What’s expensive is all those lost customers who come to your website and quickly click away.
Then there are savvy people like you who want to improve their websites and their user experience but don’t have the skills in-house to make the necessary changes. It’s hard to find Shopify developers and they are expensive at $60 to $70/hour even if you do get lucky. Paying them that kind of salary on an on-going basis may be more than your business can justify. What to do? When a job goes unfilled, projects get delayed. Delays cost you money and lost opportunities.
That’s where we at Interloper, Inc. come in handy. You can hire us at a fraction of the price and we don’t have to be on your payroll for ever.
We provide you the resources you need. You still remain in charge and in control – you get your job done at a lower cost and on time.
Accolades and a leg up over your competition may follow.
Sometimes you may look at competitors websites and they look beautiful and generate more business. You wish your website looked that good and delivered results. You can have an even better looking site given the right talent. Generally we first assign you one of our creative designers who works with you to put together a design that reflects your vision for your website, looks elegant and professional and most importantly meets the expectations of the type of customers you are trying to attract. After that, we hand it over to our developers to integrate the design into the backend and incorporate all the necessary functionalities. We do it this way because you get better results by putting specialists on the job rather than letting one person do everything. Contact us
– we can only help. Whether you are in Jacksonville-Florida or elsewhere in the world, we can help you.
At Interloper, Inc. our roots are in E-Commerce and it continues to
be the strongest part of our business. We ensure that your Shopify site is SEO ready, analytics and site map plugins are installed, payment and shipping integration is in place, and it has all the components necessary to conduct ecommerce in a safe and efficient manner.
What are the keys to an effective website?
1. Function – it must operate smoothly both for the customer and for the administrator.
2. Visual appeal – design is important. A visually appealing website makes the customer feel more comfortable about the company and it’s products.
3. User experience – Make it easy for a customer to find the information he needs, make it easy for him to place an order and build a follow up mechanism to stay in touch with the customer so he feels reassured that he is good hands.
Let us help you make the most of our Shopify website and do more business at a lower cost. Translation – greater profitability. Call or email us.
We can also help you build customer follow up functionalities for your Shopify website that build customer loyalty and can generate additional revenues.
For future maintenance also, you don’t have to advertise and spend precious time going over resumes. You just let us know and we provide the right Shopify resources. Your job gets done economically, without hassle and on time while you focus on doing what you do best – running.
Serving Jacksonville-Florida and clients worldwide.
Another service that we offer our Shopify clients is creating and
uploading product feeds to Google Shopping, Rakuten.com, eBay, Amazon, Shopzilla, Price Grabber, Shopping.com and Sears.com. The more customer exposure you give your products, the better the chances of making a sale. Whether you are based in the Greater Jacksonville-Florida, USA or elsewhere in the world, thanks to the internet, we can help you with your Shopify ecommerce site. Give us a call – you’ll be glad you did!
Why would it take 3 weeks? It looks like a one week project to me.
That’s one of the question clients quite often ask us, it can be a one week, two weeks or a 10-week project. Sometimes the client is right, it is a one week project but what the client does not realize is that developers are not idle, they are not unemployed, they can’t leave everything and start working 100% now on your project. So when you give a project to a freelancing company, they have to reschedule and adjust their developer’s time to squeeze you in and in the first few days, your project would get less time compared to whatever they are currently working on and as that ebbs off, your project will start getting more time. You’ve got to understand that developers have to juggle multiple jobs.
Sometimes the client says “No no, I want you to dedicate 100% off your time to me. Well, even if that could happen, the project manager will say, “Okay we can do that, but you have to guarantee it”. You can’t make us drop everything and work for you and after 10 days say ‘Oh I’ve changed my mind, I need to do this after two months, put a hold on it!’ If you do that, what is he going to do with his developers now? You must guarantee then and pay up in full.
So you’ve got to understand the other side, whether it is an individual freelancer or a freelancing /outsourcing company. This is how they make their living by renting their time, and unless you can guarantee it, they cannot give you exclusive either and even if they can give you exclusive, that would be after a certain number of days, so approach outsourcing with the mindset that your developer or your Virtual Assistant or your SEO specialist whatever you are outsourcing, they will manage your account along with two or three other projects, that’s the nature of this industry. I hope that helps.
Zoho is a suite of online applications (SaaS) that you sign up for and access from our Website. Heavily used by businesses, small and large, they pay a subscription fee for use. Zoho has multiple modules for automating different business processes.
Zoho integration
PandaDoc is a software platform that enables and enhances the creating, sending, and eSigning of transactional documents. Documents in PandaDoc are electronic, interactive, actionable, and feature-rich. Thousands of companies use PandaDoc.
Some of our clients want their Zoho setup integrated with Pandadoc and that’s what we can do. What requires skill is transferring relevant data accurately from Zoho to Pandadoc so it can be transmitted with confidence to the end user.
We can do a lot in Zoho like:
Customizing Zoho CRM
Migration from sales force to Zoho CRM
Develop custom apps in deluge scripting
Zoho Creator
Analyze data in Zoho Reports combining MySQL and data analysis
Integration API among Zoho Apps
Fixing bugs and updates in existing Zoho system
Maintaining systems once they are up and running.
Here is a list of apps that we have experience with in the Zoho ecosystem
Pandadoc to Zoho integration
Zoho CRM
Zoho Creator
Zoho Reports
Zoho Campaign
Zoho API
Zoho Wiki
Zoho SalesIQ
Zoho Motivator
Zoho Mail
Zoho Social
Zoho Projects
Zoho Meeting
Zoho Docs
Zoho Finance: Books, Invoice ..
Are you a Zoho user or a Pandadoc fan? Can we help you with your integration?
Shopify Ecommerce Developers serving Austin, San Antonio and beyond
Shopify is increasingly becoming popular among ecommerce websites. It’s a hosted solution, that is, you setup your website on Shopify’s servers and that takes the hassles of server management out of the picture. One less headache for the small business owner.
Shopify Ecommerce website
Another reason Shopify is getting popular is the speed and ease with which you can setup your ecommerce website. There are quite a few templates available to get you started quickly. A lot simpler than many of it’s open source brethren like OpenCart, Magento, Os Commerce etc.
Shopify Developers
So is your Shopify website delivering?
You have good products, you have competitive prices yet you are not selling much. Why? Either you have no traffic or your website stinks.
Ecommerce sales are projected to grow to 434.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2017. Will you be able to capture your share of it?
Ecommerce Sales
You would agree that most websites look like cookie cutter templates – right? Then why do people keep doing it? Maybe they don’t know any better. Maybe they think it’s expensive to have an elegant design.
What’s expensive is all those lost customers who come to your website and quickly click away.
Then there are savvy people like you who want to improve their websites and their user experience but don’t have the skills in-house to make the necessary changes. It’s hard to find Shopify developers and they are expensive at $60 to $70/hour even if you do get lucky. Paying them that kind of salary on an on-going basis may be more than your business can justify. What to do? When a job goes unfilled, projects get delayed. Delays cost you money and lost opportunities.
Shopify Ecommerce example
That’s where we at Interloper, Inc. come in handy. You can hire us at a fraction of the price and we don’t have to be on your payroll for ever.
We provide you the resources you need. You still remain in charge and in control – you get your job done at a lower cost and on time.
Accolades and a leg up over your competition may follow.
Sometimes you may look at competitors websites and they look beautiful and generate more business. You wish your website looked that good and delivered results. You can have an even better looking site given the right talent. Generally we first assign you one of our creative designers who works with you to put together a design that reflects your vision for your website, looks elegant and professional and most importantly meets the expectations of the type of customers you are trying to attract. After that, we hand it over to our developers to integrate the design into the backend and incorporate all the necessary functionalities. We do it this way because you get better results by putting specialists on the job rather than letting one person do everything. Contact us
– we can only help. Whether you are in Austin, San Antonio, Round Rock or elsewhere in the world, we can help you.
At Interloper, Inc. our roots are in E-Commerce and it continues to
be the strongest part of our business. We ensure that your Shopify site is SEO ready, analytics and site map plugins are installed, payment and shipping integration is in place, and it has all the components necessary to conduct ecommerce in a safe and efficient manner.
What are the keys to an effective website?
1. Function – it must operate smoothly both for the customer and for the administrator.
2. Visual appeal – design is important. A visually appealing website makes the customer feel more comfortable about the company and it’s products.
3. User experience – Make it easy for a customer to find the information he needs, make it easy for him to place an order and build a follow up mechanism to stay in touch with the customer so he feels reassured that he is good hands.
Let us help you make the most of our Shopify website and do more business at a lower cost. Translation – greater profitability. Call or email us.
Shopify Ecommerce Austin, San Antonio, Round Rock, Texas, USA
We can also help you build customer follow up functionalities for your Shopify website that build customer loyalty and can generate additional revenues.
For future maintenance also, you don’t have to advertise and spend precious time going over resumes. You just let us know and we provide the right Shopify resources. Your job gets done economically, without hassle and on time while you focus on doing what you do best – running.
Serving Austin, San Antonio, Round Rock and clients worldwide.
Another service that we offer our Shopify clients is creating and
uploading product feeds to Google Shopping, Rakuten.com, eBay, Amazon, Shopzilla, Price Grabber, Shopping.com and Sears.com. The more customer exposure you give your products, the better the chances of making a sale. Whether you are based in the Greater Houston area of Texas, USA or elsewhere in the world, thanks to the internet, we can help you with your Shopify ecommerce site. Give us a call – you’ll be glad you did!
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