Jimdo Offers Easy Store-Building Service. Here in the U.S., we tend to hear about companies that start local (in other words, within the U.S.) and expand overseas. I haven't written about one that started abroad and moved to the U.S. - until now, that is. Jimdo.com is Germany's largest website builder and lets beginning and intermediate users create websites of all sorts, including online storefronts complete with shopping carts and checkout systems. It's developed a solid user base that includes 4 million websites, with 200,000 more going online each month, and is expanding to the U.S. this year. Jimdo.com expanded to China in 2007, so the U.S. was hardly the first country on its list of expansion plans.
The question for U.S. users is: why consider Jimdo.com instead of all the U.S. -based marketplaces? What advantages does it give to sellers? Jimdo.com is free if you only want to sell 5 items or less (though at this level, you pay a 10 percent sales fee on each sold item). Ecommerce delicacies: Magento & Ebay integrations to look forward to - Guido Jansen — Guido Jansen. As you probably know by now: eBay agreed to acquire Magento. Everything looks like it will stay ‘business as usual’ at the Magento offices, just with more resources to do what they do best so I think that is great news for everyone at Magento (and eBay) and everyone using Magento at the core of their ecommerce business. Although there are no concrete plans about any further integrations (at least not that are being disclosed yet), the acquisistion got me wondering what integrations between Magento and eBay services/ companies and other x.commerce partners might be pretty nice to look forward to.
Let’s start with the obvious ones and work towards some more exotic integrations. Magento + eBay The most obvious one I suppose. Managing listings, importing orders and customers from eBay and syncing stock levels. Of course working for all international eBay stores and with multiple Magento shops. Magento + Paypal Magento + Omniture Magento + Terapeak Magento + Where Magento + Kenshoo Magento + Milo. 5 DIY Ecommerce Solutions for Small Business. This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Small business often have small budgets, and many times having a custom ecommerce solution developed simply isn't feasible or practical (or, let's be honest, necessary). Fortunately, for the small retailer who wants to get online and start selling quickly, there are several great options available in the form of hosted services and subscription-based web applications.
Below, we'll take a look at five of those options, their average cost, basic requirements and what sets them apart. Our list is by no means exhaustive. There are many great services available, and we urge you to consider them all to find the one that's just right for your business. Image courtesy of Flickr, Dave-F. 5 Services For Building Websites On A Budget. Designing your own website can feel like an impossible feat. Mashable's Kelli Shaver has five programs to help you out. July 05, 2011 There's little doubt that a custom-designed and developed website is ideal for business. However, large Web-development budgets often just aren't possible, particularly for small businesses or entrepreneurs who are just getting started. In these cases, a number of Web services exist to allow you to grow your company's presence online, often in just minutes. We'll take a look at five of them below. 1. One of the most popular of these services is Squarespace.
One thing we really like about Squarespace is its visual designer. 2. For those of you on a really small budget—or who just like getting something for free—Weebly is an entirely free service that will have you up and running in no time. 3. Jigsy is another easy-to-use website builder offering hosted plans for businesses and individuals alike. 4. 5. Goodsie makes setting up a gorgeous online shop dead simple. If you’re someone that’s trying to sell some of your wares online, you know how much of a challenge that can be. You either have to deal with website plug-ins that are difficult to master or end up using third-party sites that offer limited control and customization. These barriers to entry don’t encourage online retailing and as a result you end up leaving the thoughts of setting up shop online behind. But as of today there’s an easy and elegant-looking option: Goodsie. And it certainly is good, if not better than good. Goodsie is an online retail solution that comes from HiiDef, the creators of the popular Flavors.me.
“While there are hundreds of e-commerce options available, they’re still too complex for most retailers to use themselves. Complete with full management options and a variety of payment options, Goodsie is the ideal solution for anyone who has been thinking about selling online but wants to avoid all of the drawn-out set up required. Prostores.