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Magento Ecommerce Developers – Dallas DFW Area North Texas USA

July 23, 2015 admin Leave a comment

Magento Ecommerce

Magento Apparel and Accessories website

Magento is perhaps the most popular ecommerce platform of choice for larger websites. You can do pretty much anything in Magento, from a simple ecommerce site to a mid range ecommerce site with lots of products variations in size, color, and other variables to large websites with tens of thousands of products, upload feeds, downloads feeds to multi-vendor marketplaces – Magento can handle it all.

Like most open source software, the core Magento platform is free. However; many add-on modules called extensions have to be paid for.

Magento is popular all over the world, from Dallas, Texas, USA to Sydney, Australia to Shanghai, China.

Magento is not for everyone though. It is a very large complex software, requires at least a VPS or better server and requires developers with enhanced skills to manage it. If you are just starting out in the world of ecommerce or only have a few hundred products, then Magento would be an overkill for you. Talk to your developer and he will find you an alternate solution.

Being a popular ecommerce platform, there are lots of premium (paid for) extensions for Magento. That means you can pretty much do anything in Magento. If your requirements are very unique that cannot be met by an off the shelf extension, then developers like InterloperInc.com can build you custom extensions.

Custom tailored shirts – another Magento example

There are merchants 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 Magento developers and they are expensive at $80 to $100/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.

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.

Growth pattern of US ecommerce sales

So is your Magento 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?

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.

Magento Apparel / Swimwear site

Food site in Magento – Very versatile platform

Household hardware and fixtures store in Magento

Coffee distributor website in Magento

Interloper, Inc. is an I.T. Outsourcing company focused on small business. We are based in the Dallas area (DFW) of North Texas, USA but do business worldwide. Our roots are in E-Commerce and it continues to be the strongest part of our business. We ensure that your Magento site is SEO ready, analytics and site map extensions 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 establishes credibility and 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 in good hands.

Let us help you make the most of our Magento 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 Magento website that builds 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 Magento resources. Your job gets done economically, without hassle and on time while you focus on doing what you do best – running your business.

Another service that we offer our Magento 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 Dallas / DFW area of North Texas, USA or elsewhere in the world, thanks to the internet, we can help you with your Magento ecommerce site. Give us a call – you’ll be glad you did!

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Big Commerce – Ecommerce Developers Dallas Area North Texas USA

May 29, 2015 admin Leave a comment

Big Commerce Ecommerce Developers

Big Commerce Ecommerce – Apparel site

Big Commerce is increasingly becoming popular amongst ecommerce websites. It’s a hosted solution, that is, you setup your website on Big Commerce’s servers and that takes the hassles of server management out of the picture. One less headache for the small business owner.

Another reason Big Commerce 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.

Growth pattern of US ecommerce sales

So is your Big Commerce 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?

Big Commerce Ecommerce – Electronics

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 Big Commerce 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.

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.

Big Commerce Apparel Ecommerce

Interloper, Inc. is an I.T. Outsourcing company focused on small business. We are based in the Dallas area (DFW) of North Texas, USA but do business worldwide. Our roots are in E-Commerce and it continues to be the strongest part of our business. We ensure that your Big Commerce 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 Big Commerce 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 Big Commerce 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 Big Commerce resources. Your job gets done economically, without hassle and on time while you focus on doing what you do best – running your business.

Another service that we offer our Big Commerce 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 Dallas / DFW area of North Texas, USA or elsewhere in the world, thanks to the internet, we can help you with your Big Commerce ecommerce site. Give us a call – you’ll be glad you did!

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Is my website mobile friendly?

May 3, 2015 admin Leave a comment

These days a lot of people are wondering the same – is my site mobile
friendly. Google sent out an email to hundreds of thousands of
webmasters whose websites are not mobile friendly. Google also notified
them that if their site is not mobile friendly, it will be presented
lower in search results if the search is conducted using a mobile
device.

Is that a big deal? Very much so. There are various statistics
available that put mobile usage for web browsing at between 40 to 50%.
That is huge. If your website is being demoted in mobile searches, you
are potentially losing 40 to 50% of your traffic. That will hurt your
business. That better get your attention.

How to check if your website is mobile friendly?

Well Google in their email sent a link for testing mobile friendliness.
Here is the link: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/

There are also some useful sites that help you simulate various screen
sizes. Here are three such sites:

http://springload.responsinator.com

http://mattkersley.com/responsive

http://ipadpeek.com

So how does your site look like? Did it pass the test. Does it look
good on tablets and mobile phones? If not, contact us
and we will make your website mobile responsive.

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Shopify Ecommerce Developers Dallas Area North Texas USA

March 20, 2015 admin 2 Comments

Shopify Ecommerce Developers

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 Shopify Online Store Developers

Ecommerce Sales

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

Interloper, Inc. is an I.T. Outsourcing company focused on small business. We are based in the Dallas area (DFW) of North Texas, USA but do business worldwide. 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?

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

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 your business.

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 Dallas / DFW area of North 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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Web Development

August 21, 2014 admin Leave a comment

Web Development

For
Retailers, Manufacturers, Distributors

Small brochure style website:
Great for small retailers & service companies
- Helps you establish a web presence
- You can mention it on your marketing material
- Gives you a chance to show up on local searches
- Allows you to talk about your products and services, the owners and
  their background.
- Allows you a forum to post testimonials from satisfied customers
- Allows you to mention the major brands and product lines you cover
- Allows customers to fill in a contact form and send in inquiries
  even when you are closed
- Allows you to post promotional discounts / coupons on your website
  to encourage customers to visit you
- If you don’t have web hosting account, we can even help you sign up for a hosting account, get a domain name and install the
  necessary software for your website
- Your investment:
  - ~ $1,500
  - Optional: $50 / month retainer to take care of software updates
    and minor adjustments to website – not to exceed 5 hours / month
  - Optional: For an additional $1000, we can add a small scale
    ecommerce component to your site so customers can place orders
    online, you
    can charge their credit cards and ship or get the order for Will
    Call pickup.
Midsize eCommerce website:
Great for mid size retailers
– helps them strengthen their web presence and increase online sales
- Establishes you as a strong ecommerce merchant
- You focus on promoting your website and the site is ready to handle the
  flow of traffic and orders
- You can list thousands of products with all kinds of details
- You can list primary products and then secondary products or derivates
  under them.
- You can list variations by size, color, length etc
- Strong search and filter functions
- Data mining to present similar products
- Maximizing purchasing by presenting impulse and related items in the
  shopping cart
- You can integrate customer communications, promotionals, specials
- Your investment:
  - $~ 4,500
  - Optional: $150 / month retainer to take care of software updates and
    minor adjustments to website – not to exceed 15 hours / month
Large eCommerce website:
Great for larger retailers –
helps them strengthen their web presence and increase online sales
- All of what the Midsize eCommerce website does plus the following:
- Ability to support multiple domains from one backend
- Upload large product data feeds from manufacturers and distributors
  to your ecommerce platform
- Check price and availability daily with suppliers in an automated
  way
- Send drop ship orders straight to distributors, manufacturers and
  specialty drop shippers / fulfillment houses
- Import shipping data and update order status
- Inform customers about their order status
  - Open Orders
  - Shipped Orders
  - On-Hold Orders
- Forms for credit applications, claim forms etc.
- Handle returns in a semi automated manner
- Your investment:
  - $15,000
  - Optional: $500 / month retainer to take care of software updates
    and minor adjustments to website – not to exceed 50 hours / month

Catalog Site:
For manufacturers: No ecommerce. Pure informational:
- Allows you to provide your retailers and even end users greater
  product details, images, sketches, PDFs, engineering drawings etc.
- Helps reduce your cost of supporting your retailers.
- Helps you support your own sales team. They don’t have to make
  specific requests to engineering for additional information. They just
  have to point their customers to your website and all the details are
  provided there.
- Training videos
- Product usage videos
- Updated price sheets download
- New product announcements and displays
- Product discontinuation announcements
- Your investment:
  - $4,500
  - Optional: $150 / month retainer to take care of software updates
    and minor adjustments to website – not to exceed 15 hours / month

Manufacturer or Distributor website:
All the benefits of a catalog site + the following:

Create customer accounts, retail or wholesale or both

Accept credit card payment, Net Terms, PO’s

Inventory Management

Shipping integration

Customer communication modules

Specials and limited time sales management

Your investment:

~ $7,500

Optional: $250 / month retainer to take care of software updates and
minor adjustments to website – not to exceed 25 hours / month

Large Manufacturer or Distributor website:
All the benefits of a
manufacturer’s website + the following:

Ability to create API’s that you allow your retailers and
etailers to integrate in their online or offline order processing
systems. Using these API’s, your retailers can:

Automatically check price and availability

Be informed of new products

Download product details

Send you orders

Import tracking information

Ability to handle multiple type of retailers, and large
institutional clients

Your investment:

~$15,000

Optional: $500 / month retainer to take care of software updates
and minor adjustments to website – not to exceed 50 hours / month

Additional a la carte services:
If you need help with very specific issues, we can help you with:
- Mobile Apps for Android, IOS and Windows mobile
- Convert existing site to mobile responsive
- Programming – specific application / task oriented
- Design – website, logo, banners
- Image editing & illustrations – for catalogs and ecommerce sites
- Website content
- Article and blog content writing
- Research
- Competitive analysis
- SEO, SEM, Social Media Management
- PPC and PPV
- Email marketing – campaign management

Summary of Services:

How can we help you?

Our contact information is at the bottom right.
Call or email us. You’ll be glad you did.

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eBay listing services

June 22, 2014 admin Leave a comment

eBay related services:

eBay is where the customers are. It’s like opening a store in a mall.
Customers are there already with the intent to buy and you get the opportunity
to present your products to them. The more customer exposure you give your
products, the better your chances of making a sale. Some of the customers you
make on eBay will buy directly from you in the future saving you on eBay
commissions.

How can we help you?

Listing Products on eBay:

Starting from $6.50 an hour, we can help you list products on eBay remotely. You provide pictures, prices and descriptions and we can format and list them on eBay. We can even write the
description if available on the internet.Saves you money. Helps you sell more at a lesser cost. Improves your profit
margins.
eBay templates:

Need a custom eBay template? If you are
listing quite a few products, it is best to have a template that you use for
all your products. It allows you to present all your products in a uniform
cohesive manner. We can develop product templates starting from $150.
eBay stores:
eBay allows it’s larger users to setup a full store on eBay. Many businesses
prefer to have their eBay store look like their website to offer their
customers the same consistent look and feel. We can build you an eBay store starting from $450. If your requirements are very specific, we can also develop custom
stores.
Custom work:
For any custom work, we charge a flat $25/hour.
Automatic product uploads:

If you just have a few products, then manual listings is not a problem.
But when you go big time, manual is time consuming and expensive. We
automate the process for you and make you more efficient. Your inventory
is synchronized daily so if something is out of stock, it is removed from
eBay. Helps avoid negative feedback. Cost depends on your ecommerce platform
and the complexity of your listings.
Automatic download of orders:

We automate the process and download order data from PayPal or eBay and
enter it straight into your system. All you do is review and process. A
big time saver. Custom work charges apply as every ecommerce platform is
different.
Upload to multiple shopping portals in addition to eBay:
If you would like to maximize all possible opportunities to promote your
products, it is best to list your products on multiple shopping portals in
addition to eBay. See
Shopping Portals Command Center for more details on this service.

What would you like to start with?

Fill out the contact form or call us. You’ll be glad you did!

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eBay image resizing

June 20, 2013 admin Leave a comment

eBay image resizing:

eBay’s research shows that having images improved sales by 5%. eBay
wants sellers to ideally have images with the longest side 1600 pixels.
The minimum however is 500 pixels on the longest side. They have been
advising sellers to change their image sizes to correspond to the new
rules by July 1, 2013. Listings that don’t have the right sized images
will be deleted.

If you are a seller on eBay, that is not good news.If you have a few
listings, changing image dimensions is not that big a deal. However; if
you have hundreds and thousands of images, it is simply impractical to
do it manually besides being extremely expensive. That’s where we come
in. Through the use of eBay API, we download your images, resize them
and then upload them.

Would you like us to resize your images? Fill the contact form in the
top right corner, leave your contact email and/or telephone number and
we will quote you. Don’t forget to mention how many listings you have.

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Shopping Portals

April 18, 2013 admin Leave a comment

Shopping Portals

Every business wants to increase sales. You can increase sales by selling
more to existing customers and also by acquiring new customers. Acquiring new
customers is not easy. One important element is to get in front of prospects.
The more people get to see you, the better your chances of making a sale.

How do we get in front of more prospects? By showing up where the customers
are?

Shopping Portal Command Center

What does that mean? In the conventional marketplace, a business’s chances of
success are better in malls or streets with high foot traffic. The same thing in
the online world. You need to have a presence where the customers are.

Where do shoppers congregate online? Some people prefer to use search engines
to find the products and services they need. Others frequent shopping portals
where hundreds and thousands of merchants have their wares on display. For
example, ebay, Amazon, Rakuten etc. There are about a dozen such shopping
portals.

If you have just a few products, listed them on multiple shopping portals is
not a big deal. But if you have hundreds and thousands of products, it can
become a very time consuming process and will drain your resources. Products
change daily, so does stock on hand and prices. Trying to keep your products
updated on so many sites is tough – very tough. That’s where we come in to the
rescue.

We have developed a ‘Shopping Portals Command Center (SPCC) ‘ that puts you
in control. The SPCC downloads all product data from your e-commerce system /
shopping cart and creates data feeds. These data feeds are then uploaded to the
various shopping portals. You are in total control. If on certain dates, you
don’t want to uploade data feeds to the portals, you don’t upload them. If you
only want to upload to select sites, you may do so.

Can’t remember when you uploaded data, the SPCC remembers. You need to make
portal specific notes for reference? SPCC provides you a field for your own
internal notes.

Are we the only ones offering such a service? No. There are others doing the
same but for larger companies. Most such services are targeted towards bigger
companies and range in price from $700 to $1500 / month. At Interloper, Inc., we
have our focus on small and mid sized businesses and our services are priced
accordingly.

The ‘Shopping Portals Command Center (SPCC) ‘ is priced at $695. It is a one
time charge. We custom install it for each client. We map your database to all
the shopping portals you are interested in then put you in command.

To order, call us or fill out the contact form and we can send you an
invoice.

Looking forward to doing business with you.

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Innovative Balance

April 13, 2013 admin Leave a comment

The emphasis is on the overall customer experience. The objective of an innovative design is not to get high marks from critics but to enhance the customer experience. There must be a balance between design elegance and simplicity, between form and function.

Design is an art form. The nuts and bolts of a website are pure science. When you blend the two, the result is an engaging website, easy to use, and above all, contributes to your bottom line.

Sometimes a very simple site or subset of a site delivers far better results than a complex artistic site. For example, we advised a computer company to build a black and white configurator and that has generated them in millions of dollars of sales besides being a go-to resource for computer techies and even their competitors. See http://www.interloper.com/mbsearch.php

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