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Christmas is the busiest and most important season for many online shops. So how you can ensure this Xmas turns out to be a good one?

Merchandising

Help your customers to buy online by guiding them to suitable presents and stocking fillers. Use your homepage to present your recommendations. Buying presents can be a tricky decision so ensure that you make it as easy as possible. Seasonal categories such as presents for her/him/kids etc will be appreciated by your customers.

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It’s hard to believe but around the time of the Millenium there were only two types of shopping cart software available – Actinic or custom coded in-house software specifically tailored to the needs of that particular company selling online.  Neither option was cheap but the latter option was only available to big companies with big pockets.  Yes, there were also HTML websites with Pay Pal “Buy Now” buttons – but this is not “shopping cart software”.

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Sage Pay is a UK payment processing service (formerly known as ProtX). In short, they handle the credit/debit card collection and authorisation process on behalf on online businesses.

SagePay is used by many shops I’ve built and they provide a reliable service with realistic fees. They’re usually top of my list when customers ask for a recommendation. An additional benefit is that they’re developer-friendly (good integration guides and test environment).

www.sagepay.co.uk - the new home for ProtX

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We’ve worked with many start-ups over the past years and it’s always great to see a new shop succeed and grow. But not all shops make it and this can be very tough on the owner. So before you empty your savings account, read our 5 tips & make sure your money is well spent.

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Anybody selling online will need to settle one question: Which shopping cart system do I choose? Googling in this case will not help – for one simple reason: there’s no “one best cart” out there. But there is the right cart for you. And we’ve got 7 simple steps to get you there.

7 steps:
1. Have a business plan
2. Put together a list of requirements
3. Research payment systems
4. Decide on who does what
5. Look into the future
6. Make your choice
7. Test, test and test again

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