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Free .co.uk Domain Registration Initiative for British E-Commerce

By E Shops For Sale | April 4, 2010 | Uncategorized | No comments

Free .co.uk Domain Registration Offer

e-commerce domain name for free

We love things for free at E Shops For Sale and we thought we would share the news of an initiative from GBBO that we stumbled across that offers any U.K. business a .co.uk domain name registered for two years for free!

All that is required is an account with google (if you haven’t got one already then you can set one up as part of the registratiion process), a U.K. address and phone number and e-mail address to meet registration requirements. You have the option to create a free hosted web page using Google Sites along with other Google features such as Google Maps etc. If you don’t want to use your free domain with the Google Sites option then you can alter your Name Server settings to point at a hosting package of your own and create your own e-commerce site.

So if you were looking to get online with your first e-commerce store, then you can save a few pounds with this offer.

GBBO is a joint initiative by Google, Enterprise UK, BT, e-skills UK and many other partners to help small businesses create their first website and help them understand the opportunities offered by the Internet. We’ve set a target of helping 100,000 UK organisations get their first website easily and for free by the end of 2010.

Why is it free?

Because we’re working with Google & BT we’re able to offer you a free website for 2 years, after that you’ll only have to pay a few pounds to renew your domain name for a further 2 years – you’re not tied in to a contract and we won’t put ads on your site without your permission.

With a website you’ll be able to reach new customers as people look online for information about the goods and services they want to buy. If you don’t want a website then you can still add your business to Google Maps.

We went through the process and it took no more than 5 minutes to register a domain name using an existing Google Account so it may take a little longer if you have to go through the registration process with Google but either way it is time well spent.

So if you are looking to get online with an e-commerce venture, full details of this offer can be found Here.

Ready Made Clubwear E Commerce Store For Sale

By E Shops For Sale | April 2, 2010 | Uncategorized | No comments

NeonClubwear.com

ecommerce web site for sale Newly Built Site For Sale – NeonClubwear.com

This is a new site built with a modified template using the latest version of Zen Cart. With a dark theme and stocked with the latest in demand clubwear dresses, sets and fluffies, the site also has streamed club music on demand along with potential for affiliate income gained from commissions for MP3 downloads, this site will appeal to the clubbing genre.

It has quite a few additional modules along with some Flash / Java scrollers etc.

The site is populated with products available from dropshipping suppiers that supply regular stock updates by way of CSV files that can be easily modified and uploaded usuing the installed Easy Populate module. The item descriptions are ‘as is’ and could do with being rewritten but in effect this site is ready to trade from and could be an ideal ‘first’ web store for somebody.

Zencart Version 1.3.8a Patch lvl 1 (Latest Version)

Zencart Mods Installed

Custom/Modifed Template

Editable Sidebox

Sitemap XML (formerly Google Sitemap)

CEON URI Mapping SEO

Easy Populate v 1-2-5-7

RSS Feed

Manufacturer Info + Sidebox

J Scroller Sidebox Package

Editable Sidebox

Google Checkout

Meta Tags Manufaturers

Plus a few other additions

The site is populated with products available from a couple of dropship suppiers that supply regular stock updates in the form of CSV files which can be modified and easily uploaded using the installed Easy Populate module.

At present the item descriptions are ‘as is’ and could do with being rewritten but in effect this site is ready to trade from and could be an ideal ‘first’ web store for somebody.

The domain is registered until 26/02/2011 and the site will come with three months free hosting and support, additional modules or tracking codes can be also added for the buyer if needed.

With this site you can be up and running with your own web store in no time, as with all of our offers this site will be fully supported from the start, with assistance on setting up and configuring your store ownership/additional pages/payment modules, adding and changing stock details and images along with installation of any addon modules that you may require. In short you will have a store customised to your identified needs, ready to trade from within 24 hours of acceptance of your order.

Please note that the suppliers of the products populated on this site are both wholesale and dropship suppliers and registration is required with them which which may involve a fee.

Got a question? For further information Click HERE and drop us a line and we will respond as quickly as we can.

Joomla! Overview

By E Shops For Sale | March 21, 2010 | Shopping Cart Software | No comments

Joomla is perhaps one of the best known names in the world of Content Management Systems and can with a little effort be adapted to create a good looking e-commerce web store. Not ideally suited for for inexperienced users when compared to some of the other shopping cart software that is currently available.

A free open source content management system for publishing content on the World Wide Web the latest system includes features such as page caching to improve performance, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, website searching, and language internationalization. Joomla is licensed under the GPL and is written in the PHP programming language and uses the MySQL database.

Originally a fork of Mambo, Joomla has surpassed it’s predecessor in popularity and size by a massive margin, it has a very large support community, a large number of available addon modules and a wide choice themes available from either premium sources or free.

First released in January of 2008, version 1.5 has since seen a number of point releases to cover security holes and issues but it is still considered by some developers as bloated and cumbersome and quite emanding on the hosting server which impacts on page load times etc.

Store setup

Adapting the look is simple if you are happy with changing some colors and the logo. Beyond that, you will find that Joomla has a complicated structure and even seasoned web developers have to go through a learning curve before they master the layout system, and that approach is different depending on the layout template you chose.

Baring in mind that Joomla is structured to create sites for a community or a network with a membership area, newsroom, forums, blogs etc. so there is some work involved and additional module installation required to create an e-commerce store set up.

Usability

Joomla has a nice Administration Area with option dropdowns that can take a while to get used to, it does a good job of making everything available. There are lots of options and it will take a while to get used to manoeuvering within the Administration area, but once you do get used to it, you will find it functions quite nicely.