http://www.ipages.biz News for Ecommerce websites, ecommerce website design and website design: iPages en-gb Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:58:53 +0100 Copyright: (C) iPages 15 1522 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:58:53 +0100 John Mason, Financial Adviser in Crawley and Horsham, has been known to iPages for many years. Helping staff with their pensions and financial investments, John has always been a welcomed figure in the office. "Trying to market yourself on the internet can be incredibly difficult for an Independent Financial Adviser like John," said Dr Stephen Khoo, Director of iPages. "All information has to be vetted to ensure that it is unbiased and legally correct, so we were wondering how John could attract new clients, whilst meeting all his legal obligations." "Over tea and a biscuit we realised that an iPages website was the ideal medium to place an advert online. No the website did not need all the functionality of an ecommerce site, but with its ability to be altered easily and be simply optimised, iPages was the perfect way to bring customers intouch with John's superb services. It probably only took our staff an hour to put a website together with all the information that was required, and with iPages inbuilt capacity to reach high rankings on Google we are looking for a discount for our future dealings with John!". If you would like a simple website that allows content to be changed and which gives you a superb presence on the web call 01403 786984 today. If you would like financial advice in Crawley or Horsham contact John Mason on 01293 88117. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1522 1519 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:58:47 +0100 Encouraging figures from IMRG Capegemini e-Retail Sales Index show that online sales are growing rapidly despite a down turn in the economy. According to IMRG online spending in July reached £4.8 bilion, up 11.3% on June's figures. "It's not difficult to understand why there has been an increase in ecommerce sales," said Dr Stephen Khoo, Director of iPages Ltd. "Consumers are turning to the internet to find deals on products that they want. iPages ecommerce solution is particularly geared to deliver special offers and discount vouchers, with this functionality as standard." "We can also help businesses to have a successful ecommerce website with very low risk to themselves. Our business ethos is to work with companies, not against them. Very few businesses these days want to part with £20k upfront not knowing if their ecommerce website will deliver. At iPages we design the site and then charge a small monthly fee, dependent on the website's turnover. We have no doubt that the system will deliver, but we see ourselves as partners with our clients helping them to be successful." "I think that it is probably time for businesses without a good web presence to strongly consider which ecommerce solution is right for them and I am confident enough to know that an iPages ecommerce website is an ideal way of increasing sales". For more information on how you can benefit from selling online call 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1519 1514 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:55:47 +0100 It is likely that by now you have been brave and are selling online. Whether this is through Ebay, or through a shop, you are probably at the stage where you are evaluating the success of your site, how much it frustrates you on a daily basis and whether it was good value for money. At iPages our ecommerce solution is revolutionary. We require no upfront development fee, unlike other ecommerce companies, and we are not selling you a shop. Now you probably know by now what the difference is between a shop and an ecommerce website. The former allows your customers to put things in their basket and then leave immediately. The latter gathers information from your customer and does everything for you. With a shop you have to do all the work to generate orders, invoices, delivery notes, create customer notes, sales analysis, reports, etc. With an iPages ecommerce website this is all done for you, so you don't have to employ staff time to manage the orders from your website. At iPages optimisation is provided as part of your website design, and in fact making you a success on Google is inherent within the website. The ecommerce system was written with Search Engines in mind so that your products can be found easily, News can be added in a Google friendly format called RSS, and your customers go straight into your CRM module so that they can be kept up to date as to what is new with your company. So this superb functionality is really low risk because you are basically leasing the ecommerce website from us. It can be designed so that it looks beautiful, and even if you are selling over £50,000 p.cm. through your site you will still find iPages superb value for money because it will save you so much time and money. One of our customers said this only last week: "I have carried on with my current ecommerce website in the hopes that it would get better. Sadly it hasn't and I decided that as iPages have done so much for my brother's company's internet sales, and because I don't have to give iPages thousands of pounds up front, that it was time to have an iPages' ecommerce website. I'm already excited by what I can do with it and am using the CRM module to contact prospects whilst we get the site ready." iPages can make selling online a pleasure rather than a misery, so why not contact us today to see how one of our ecommerce websites could benefit your business.   http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1514 1487 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:25:43 +0100 It is exciting for iPages to be able to offer smaller businesses the opportunity to sell their products online. Uni Millichap is an accomplished artist specialising in personalised hand made cards and wedding albums. Uni wanted an ecommerce website that would do her beautifully designed artwork justice and was affordable and could be easily changed at no extra cost.  "Although we have many large businesses that sell online through iPages," said Dr Stephen Khoo, Director of iPages, "Our websites are also affordable for the smaller business that wishes to have an ecommerce website. Uni Millichap is a perfect example of this type of customer. Uni designs exquisite cards and makes wedding albums that are unique and breath-taking. Our ecommerce solution offers the ability to show off Uni's designs perfectly and to allow her to make changes as and when she likes". "It is always important when investing in an ecommerce website to ask the question "Can I make changes myself?". If the answer is no there may well be a hidden design fee payable each time something needs altering. At iPages we want our customers to manage their own contect and to be able to make amendments as and when they are necessary. We do not charge for this service and the system is so easy that changes can be made without any complicated coding and at the click of a button." If you would like your business to benefit from an ecommerce website then call 01403 786984.   http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1487 1467 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:42:04 +0100 Over the past few years iPages has seen its client base change. Initially iPages attracted customers who wanted to manage the content of their own websites, but with the development of the functionality of iPages' ecommerce website more and more clients use iPages to sell online. However, iPages is still a viable option for businesses who want a small informative website, where information can be changed regularly. The Kings Arms, Billingshurst, West Sussex is renouned as a sports pub and home of the Ajax Kings Arms Football Club. Featuring Sky Sports and Setanta Sports The Kings Arms is a friendly and welcoming pub at the heart of the Billingshurst community. Committed to supporting local sporting teams and showing a wide range of sporting events The Kings Arms wanted a website that looked good, was easy to use and could keep people informed of local sporting fixtures and results as well as providing information on the pub. "We were looking for a friendly and professional website company that was reasonably priced," said Chris Shambrook, Manager of The Kings Arms, Billingshurst. "iPages provided a superb service and were able to help me to manage my own website content, even though I find using a computer challenging." "It was the personal touch that I particularly liked as I was listened to, gently shown round the website system and given confidence every step of the way. Although I know iPages has a diverse range of clients I was made to feel important at all times, even though I know that I am probably one of iPages smallest customers. There was never a moment when my phone calls or emails were ignored and I knew that I would be able to make the website work for me without difficulty. I might even put in a forum for my customers to discuss the sporting events because it is incredibly easy add one, and at only a fiver a month, financially viable". If you would like to find out how iPages can help you call 01403 786984.   http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1467 1445 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:54:50 +0100 iPages are pleased to announce that Chester Hip and Knee Unit have chosen iPages to host and design their website. Experts in hip replacements Chester Hip and Knee Unit were looking for a website that has a simple content management system, offers an RSS news feed, and can be designed to look professional and clean. Also specialising in knee replacements Chester Hip and Knee Unit also wanted a contact management system to be able to keep patients informed of all that the Unit was offering. "iPages was the ideal solution for Chester Hip and Knee Unit." said Dr Stephen Khoo, Director of iPages Ltd, "Managing the website content is easy, keeping the News module up to date is also simple, and the Contact Management Module is a cost effective way of informing patients or prospective patients of what the Unit has to offer." If you would like to find out more about iPages superb Contact Management system, or for more details about their websites, call 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1445 1440 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:02:38 +0100 iPages ecommerce solution has always proved popular amongst companies that are looking to launch a new ecommerce website. However, recently iPages have been approached by businesses who have invested heavily in an ecommerce, only to be bitterly disappointed by the end result. "I think that it's incredibly difficult for a company to buy an ecommerce website because often people don't know what they want until they start selling online," said Dr Stephen Khoo, Director of iPages Ltd. "Unfortunately most web programmers ask for a large development fee, but there is no guarantee that the system will deliver. This is not always the case, of course, but at least with iPages there is no huge upfront cost, just a small monthly charge for having a superb, easy to use, functional ecommerce website. We want to minimise the risk to the customer, and of course provide a cost effective solution to selling online." "Currently we are working with a customer who invested heavily in an alternative ecommerce system whilst her brother was setting up an iPages ecommerce website. Interestingly, a year on she has come to us and asked to move her site to iPages because she has seen how well her brother has done and has experienced complete frustration with her own site." If you are frustrated with your current ecommerce website, why not contact sales at iPages and see how we can help you. Call 01403 786984 and we'll see how we can make ecommerce work for you. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1440 1391 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:44:40 +0100 iPages has extended the customisation of its invoices to help customers. Included in the admin area of each ecommerce website is an area where clients can customise their invoice. Ecommerce is not just a question of having a shop, rather it is having an entire system that manages orders, invoices, dispatch notes, sales data, suppliers, VAT etc. By having an area on each invoice that can include specific terms and conditions, act as a proforma and provide account details, the iPages ecommerce website has increased it's bespokeness once more. "We had been asked to introduce this function by several of our ecommerce customers," explained Dr Stephen Khoo, Director of iPages. "It wasn't too complicated to do, but gives each of our clients the ability to make their invoices even more customised." "Currently we have email templates that can be designed to include a client's chosen header and footer, whatever text they wish and their signature. The system generates whatever information is appropriate to the online sale and automatically sends the email. This is the main difference between a shop and an ecommerce system, the ecommerce website should do almost everything for you, and saves you time and money employing staff to retype orders. iPages ecommerce solution is superb value for money as it will save a company employing anyone to manage online sales. Only this week we were contacted by a company who were having problems making changes on their existing ecommerce website and wanted to know what the costs were of having an iPages' system. There was distinct silence when they realised that they could have had an outstanding ecommerce website from iPages at a fraction of the cost, and that the system was so easy to manage once it was in place." "Our ethos has always been to support businesses in their desire to grow and become more successful. We see having one of our ecommerce websites as a partnership where we work with a company to make things as easy as possible to make sales. That is why our costs are based on turnover so that as a business makes more online sales our fees reflect this. Obviously if a company is making over £10,000 pcm via their ecommerce site then our system is working extremely hard managing the sales, invoices, delivery notes, data, event records etc. iPages has been designed to take the strain out of ecommerce and probably our main route of sales is by recommendation." If you would like to take your online sales forward then an iPages' ecommerce website might well be your answer. Call Sales on 01403 786984 to find out more. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1391 1370 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:53:23 +0100 Helping customers to have a stress free ecommerce solution has always been iPages' aim. With many of iPages' clients using 3EX fulfilment software, but wanting a more functional and cost effective ecommerce website than 3EX can offer, iPages undertook the major task of integrating with 3EX. "We have always endeavoured to make ecommerce easy," said Dr Stephen Khoo, Director of iPages. "Developing the ability to export orders on our ecommerce websites in a format that can integrate 3EX has always been a long term aim, but with more and more customers looking for this feature we knew that it was time to add this functionality". "There will be situations where 3EX's ecommerce solution may well be the way forward for a company, but if you want a News panel, CRM integrated with your ecommerce customers, discount vouchers, price breaks, multi-buys and the ability to publish from one site to another, iPages is a no-brainer." "What we have developed is a system that integrates with 3EX and can check invoices twice daily and produce a report that can be held on an FTP site for our clients to dispatch from. This will save our clients time and money having to re-enter the details, and make iPages even more powerful." "At iPages our philosophy is always to continue and improve our software to benefit our ecommerce clients. If we can make their experience of having an iPages' ecommerce website more enjoyable, then we will develop the system to make their lives easier." "This summer we will be developing a complex stock monitoring system to help those businesses that want their ecommerce website to dovetail into a stock control program. It's been something that we have been looking to do for a while, but now we feel that we are in the right place to develop the software." If your business uses 3EX and you would like an ecommerce website to increase your sales call 01403 786984.   http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1370 1366 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:02:50 +0100 Venturing into the world of ecommerce websites is not what it used to be! Looking around for a value for money solution to increase sales via the internet is not just a case of having a shop online any more, now ecommerce developers are offering VAT solutions, in depth records and sales analysis. "What we offered three years ago to customers is a far cry to what we now offer," explained Dr Stephen Khoo, Director of iPages. "Originally we thought that iPages was revolutionary, and probably at the time it was, but because technology is constantly changing we now have an ecommerce solution that does everything from discount vouchers to variants. Each of our ecommerce websites can be designed to look distinctive and unique, without losing the functionality that customers have come to expect from an iPages ecommerce website." "We include Google analytics, optimisation, Sage exports, and offer add ons such as CRM, which enables mass emailing to existing ecommerce customers to take place at a click of a button. We have already had superb feedback on this facility, watching our customers' sales increase as a result of this marketing tactic." "To pay staff to undertake the type of jobs that an iPages' ecommerce website can do seems foolish because people make mistakes, and our computer programs tend not to! If companies want to target their resources more effectively then an ecommerce website from us may well be the answer". Currently Avonbar Racing, specialists in performance car parts, are making use of iPages' discount voucher campaign to promote their new ecommerce website. Easy to put into place the discount voucher campaign also encourages customers to register their details, which enables future marketing emails to be sent out to existing customers. To find out more on how iPages can help you to achieve the type of ecommerce website that you've been hoping for call 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1366 1357 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:31:56 +0100 With the economic climate looking gloomy, businesses need to consider how to maximise their sales on the internet. Having an online shop is one thing, having your products found on Google is another. iPages have worked hard developing their ecommerce website module to ensure that Search Engines, such as Google, actually look at products and cache them. "Having your products featured on page 1 of Google is essential for sales," said Stephen Khoo, MD of iPages Ltd. "Naturally if an ecommerce website is not properly optimised there is a point in paying for advertising on Google, but we want to try and save our clients time and money and so have built in optimisation on every one of our ecommerce websites. We want to make our online ecommerce shops as Google friendly as possible, after all we work in partnership with all our clients and as they succeed, so do we." "It's amazing how many ecommerce websites we see that don't have optimisation as basic. iPages' ecommerce module has been thought through to give our clients the best chance of achieving sales online. We know that it is successful from our customer's comments, who make sales because a certain product has been keyed into Google. Our ecommerce system has been written for the web visitor, our clients and Google. We wanted to provide ecommerce websites that are quick, easy to navigate and secure to buy from. To that end we are continually improving our ecommerce system to increase the functionality of the site and to make it as simple and easy to use". "We are also trying to meet the needs of our customers, who have found that because of their optimisation success their ecommerce market reach has extend beyond the UK. It is now very simple to sell items to anywhere in the world, and the ecommerce system works out if VAT needs to be applied or not." "Our real success has been to offer B2B ecommerce websites.  These websites can either be account login only, or show the RRP on the web, alongside the retailer's price once they've logged in. The ecommerce system allows account customers to be set up, with credit limits, so that businesses can buy easily online." "Finally we have used much of our optimisation success for companies such as Honest John in the development of the ecommerce website module. We've added title tags, key words and tags for images to try to help the ecommerce sites to be friendly to Search Engines, and tend to use Flash or Script.aculo.us to enhance a site, rather than as the basis." To find out how an iPages' ecommerce website can make a difference to your business call 01403 786984 today.   http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1357 1354 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:42:57 +0100 Making the step into the world of ecommerce can be easier than you think. With iPages you can establish your website on the web, ensuring that you have the correct look and feel before incorporating ecommerce into the website. Cargill Sporting, team building and leadership experts, have a passion for field sports in particular fishing and shooting. Providing exciting experiences in these areas is central to their business, but offering beautiful and luxurious equipment was also an area that they wished to explore. This was easily achieved with iPages' ecommerce module that can be added to any iPages website with a click of a button. "Having an ecommerce website should not be difficult," explained Dr Stephen Khoo, Director of iPages. "When a business expands and wants to incorporate ecommerce into their site it can be easily set up. We do not charge any extra for putting in this function, we just give some advice and help the client in any way that we can. We've always wanted to provide a website that can grow as a business grows, and once clients have seen how successful an iPages website can be they are happy to include ecommerce within their website. For more information on how to develop your site into an ecommerce website, and make the most of online sales, call 01403 786984   http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1354 1333 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:17:36 +0100 MAKE International made its debut as a homeware retailer at last week's Summer Fair. Famous for procurement MAKE wanted to move into the retail market and bring its own brand of homeware to the public. However, ensuring that they had a good presence on the web meant looking for an outstanding and affordable ecommerce solution. "It's been an incredibly exciting, but stressful time," said Dominic Speelman, Director of MAKE International, specialists in homeware. "We have been overwhelmed by the response that we've had so far and pleased that the public and retailers like our products!" "But our success has been helped enormously by our two ecommerce websites, which allow us to take orders from both the general public and retailers. Not only are the sites beautiful to look at, but their functionality is second to none. Also they have been so easy to set up, and the support that I have had from the iPages' team is overwhelming. It was only 2 weeks before the Summer Fair that I decided that I wanted to have a separate retailer's website. Other companies would have balked at the prospect, but not iPages. They were able to duplicate my site and then put in dedicated staff to help me get everything working for the launch last week." "We are really pleased with everything and are excited that Google has found some of our less obvious products!" continued Dominic, "That seems to be the beauty of an iPages ecommerce website, every day there is something new that the website does. Obviously iPages know how to optimise successfully because we are already coming up on the first page of Google that we have asked to be found under, even though the site is incredibly new." "I would recommend an iPages' ecommerce website to any business as it is full of fantastic functionality, but at a price that is affordable. It was always my intention to have an online store that virtually managed itself and didn't require additional staff to manage it, and that's what we've got." For more information on how iPages can help you to have a successful ecommerce website call 01403 786984.   http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1333 1314 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:41:50 +0100 Avonbar Racing, experts in performance car parts, have launched their exciting new website today. Specialists in classic performance car parts, Avonbar have an enormous range of  products from air filters to racing gear. "Changing to a new ecommerce website company was a bit of a gamble for us," said Ian Hargreaves, MD of Avonbar Racing. "We are a small company, but do recognise the need to have a window to the world that not only promotes our business, but also facilitates easy sales and accounting. An iPages' ecommerce website not only offers superb functionality, but is incredibly priced. With the iPages' ecommerce solution we can continue to focus on the business whilst the website takes care of the online sales." What are the advantages of an iPages' ecommerce website for small companies: No upfront large development fee. Affordable design fee. Ability to sell B2C and B2B. Full sales and accounting analysis - exportable to Sage. Easy to set up. Easy to use. Optimised. News feed available to provide the cutting edge over competitors! Having an ecommerce website needs much thought. Companies can be successful through Ebay, but if there are numerous orders then the administration process can be onerous and expensive, and of course there are the fees to Ebay and Paypal. Another way of making online sales is having an inexpensive "off the shelf" solution, which again runs the shop, but doesn't undertake any of the administration tasks. Again staff time will be needed to input order details into a data base, send out emails, manage credit notes, analyse sales data and oversee customer events. With an iPages' ecommerce website all strain is taken out of selling online. Only uploading products takes a little bit of time, but once the products are in then they are easy to edit. The site will basically run itself once it is ready, all a company needs to do is keep its News up to date and let Google do the rest. If you are thinking of updating your ecommerce website then why not consider iPages? It really is an outstanding method of facilitating online sales. Call today on 01403 786984 for more information.   http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1314 1275 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:14:14 +0100 Making an identical ecommerce website would be expensive and time consuming with many other web providers, but not with iPages. With companies wishing to broaden their horizons and sell abroad iPages have developed a simple way to remake a site.  "Ecommerce website development is becoming a major part of our business," said Dr Stephen Khoo, Director of iPages Ltd. "When we first started with the programming we never envisaged that we would produce such a comprehensive and easy to use ecommerce solution. We can duplicate sites at the click of a button, publish information from one site to another, allow businesses to restrict access to parts of their site, manage VAT abroad, and so I could go on." "Only yesterday we were working with a client, who is currently constructing their ecommerce website, and I was able to answer 'yes' to all his questions. Not many ecommerce website development companies would be able to provide such sophistication at such an affordable price, and even we are amazed that companies are still hesitant at investing in ecommerce, when selling online is one area that is known to be a growth area in retail." If you would like to find out how iPages can benefit your sales call 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1275 1257 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:58:38 +0100 Make International's ecommerce website is almost completed, with just a few more products to be added before the final launch later on this month. Makers of beautiful designer homeware, Make International are launching a new retail venture to bring superb gifts at outstanding prices through to the general public. However, Make have another market that they want to capture and that is resellers. Already well established as a procurement company Make will shortly be launching an ecommerce website for resellers of their goods. "iPages ecommerce solution is growing so fast now that it is hard to believe where we've come from," said Dr Stephen Khoo, Director of iPages. "We are now in a place where we can offer B2B sales via the internet at superb price for our customers. Our ecommerce websites can manage as many retailers as a business wishes to trade with, along with differing discounts for each business. When large quantities are being sold our clients want to have a system that manages bulk orders, and produces reports which analyses their ecommerce success. Our system does all this and with our simple to use delivery options clients can manage their B2B sales easily." If your business would benefit from a B2B ecommerce website call sales on 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1257 1250 Wed, 28 May 2008 09:36:18 +0100 iPages launched its exciting new Reseller Ecommerce Module yesterday. Business to business sales can now be made through iPages' ecommerce websites, making the sales process so much easier. Website clients can set up reseller accounts with assigned discounts, allowing businesses to buy products at their normal rate.  "Developing this part of our ecommerce website is the icing on the cake," said Dr Stephen Khoo, MD of iPages Ltd. "Our ecommerce customers sell to both trade and the public and although there has always been the facility to set up account customers within the admin section of the website, this is the first time that different discount rates can be assigned to different businesses. The resellers buying online will see the Recommended Retail Price along with the price that they are being charged, which will make buying so much easier". Ecommerce websites from iPages are a superb way to sell online. There is no extortionate upfront development fee. Companies simply pay a monthly fee for the site along with a small commission from sales. The iPages ecommerce website manages the entire sales and accounting process and provides outstanding financial records to enable businesses to target their marketing. The ecommerce system is constantly being refined and improved to provide even greater functionality for clients. Taking the strain out of selling online ensures that clients can focus on other areas of their business and do not need to employ staff to manage the process. If you think that your business would benefit from an ecommerce website call iPages on 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1250 1242 Fri, 23 May 2008 14:18:08 +0100 With rumours of a downward trend in the economy it is refreshing to see that retailers' internet sales are going from strength to strength (BBC News). iPages are also finding that there is increased interest in its ecommerce websites and with its superb ecommerce solution feel confident that they can help businesses to increase sales via the internet. "I think that it is becoming more and more important for the public and businesses to be able to buy online," said Dr Stephen Khoo, Director of iPages Ltd. "and often ecommerce websites that were adequate 5 years ago no longer meet the public's expectations. Lately we have been approached by companies that have had an internet shop, but now want a far more comprehensive system. At iPages we have developed an outstanding ecommerce solution that makes internet sales simple. Our ecommerce websites provide a shop that is easy to navigate and has variants and related products. However, the beauty of our system relies not on the superb interface between the website and customer, but the functonality of the back office. The back office administers everything from orders, invoices, dispatch notes, credit notes, customer events, sales analysis and financial reports. Being able to click a button and export sales to Sage has been a real help to our clients, saving them time and money on accountancy." To find out more about iPages ecommerce websites call 01403 786984.   http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1242 1195 Wed, 07 May 2008 13:53:28 +0100 Shane Lynch, former Boyzone member, is set to have iPages first celebrity website. Shane has recently written his autobiography, The Chancer, which will be available through Canaan Press, one of iPages ecommerce websites. "It's interesting to see the range of clientele that are able to make use of iPages," said Dr Stephen Khoo, MD of iPages, "Normally we deal with businesses that wish to sell online or increase their market reach. Obviously iPages has such vast functionality that it can appeal to all sectors of the market. The ability to blog, promote news and events, and manage contacts successfully has helped iPages to appeal to a wider audience. iPages is an extremely cost effective way of having a successful on line presence and we are hopeful that more celebrities will be inclined to use iPages." For more information on iPages call 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1195 1185 Tue, 06 May 2008 11:30:54 +0100 Make International, specialists in designer homeware, are busy putting together their iPages ecommerce website. In the midst of the flurry of activity, fantastic news has emerged that 3 of their designer gifts have reached the finals of Gift of the Year Awards 2008. These beautiful items will shortly be available to buy through their online store and will make the ideal present for friends, family and work colleagues. "We are always pleased when our customers do well," said Dr Stephen Khoo, MD of iPages, "because we build such a close rapport with our clients that their achievements really matter to us. Putting together an ecommerce website does take time, so during the process obviously relationships grow. We treat each of our customers as individuals because their needs are quite different and are always there at the end of the phone when problems arise or clients need advice on how to use the internet more successfully. As a company we do appreciate that this is time consuming for us, but it is important that all our customers with ecommerce websites feel confident with the product and enjoy all the benefits that the internet has to offer a business." If you would like to find out more about iPages' ecommerce websites call 01403 76984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1185 1141 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:31:16 +0100 Small Luxury Hotels of the World have invited iPages to design an ecommerce website to complement their existing site. Wanting to distribute their Global Directory, Small Luxury Hotels of the World approached iPages with a view of having an iPages that linked directly from their own site, which allowed them to sell their Global Directory online. "iPages is sometimes accused of being a templating system," explained Dr Stephen Khoo, MD of iPages Ltd, "but the flexibility needed to mirror superbly designed sites such as Small Luxury Hotels of the World, would be difficult to achieve if the system was just a template. iPages can create beautiful ecommerce websites, such as Beautiful Britain and Buy Collectable Antiques, that not only look good, but have outstanding and affordable functionality. Our online ecommerce solution can cope with wide ranges of products from spark plugs to electronic downloads, but always in the background the client has the back office overseeing all aspects of the internet sales process." If you feel that your business would benefit from an iPages' ecommerce website, or wish to discuss how our ecommerce solution could ease your problems with your current online store call today on 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1141 1099 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:10:30 +0100 At iPages we understand how difficult it can be for a business to buy an ecommerce website, particularly when trying to understand all that is on offer from the various web design companies. At iPages our ethos has always been to work with a customer to ensure that their ecommerce solution is hassle free. We pride ourselves in having designed an ecommerce website package that is not just a shop, but delivers from the moment there is an online sale to the production of end of quarter accounts. However, we do appreciate that it is difficult to visualise iPages functionality, and therefore have created a test ecommerce website to help businesses who are serious about selling online. To find out how your business can benefit from iPages' outstanding ecommerce solution call 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1099 1066 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:45:51 +0100 Flow Techniques relaunched its ecommerce website today. Offering a wide selection of spray application equipment, foam application and watering equipment Flow Techniques hopes to bring professional and quality equipment to the cleaning industry at affordable prices. Flow Techniques was one of the first clients to have an iPages' ecommerce website, and has seen major developments in the system over the years. Although initially the system would undertake the full sales and reporting process the site can now include variables, multi-buys, electronic downloads, variable looks and multi-currency. "The beauty of iPages' ecommerce websites is that the system is almost organic," said Dr Stephen Khoo, MD of iPages Ltd. "What started as a superb functional ecommerce solution is now an outstanding piece of software which would cost around £100,000 to be developed. We are continuously adding to it and improving it so that the technology never stands still. It is amazing to think that this sophisticated ecommerce solution, which does the job of at least one person, is available to use from as little as £40 pcm." If your business would like to benefit from an iPages' ecommerce website please call Sales on 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1066 1063 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:26:59 +0100 RAPID IRELAND Search and Rescue Charity Launch takes place today at Castle Leslie, Co. Monaghan. RAPID IRELAND has been established to provide experienced disaster response personnel anywhere in the world when required, and to facilitate sustainable training and mitigation programmes in disaster prone countries. Alongside the launch iPages were asked to develop a website that mirrored the existing RAPID UK site. The site is also currently being developed as an ecommerce website to allow for online donations to be given towards RAPID IRELAND's outstanding work. "This site has been a real challenge for us," said Dr Stephen Khoo, MD of iPages Ltd. "We've never been asked to provide an online donation facility before, but with iPages' ecommerce solution there is flexibility to incorporate this type of request. We are currently working with our client to ensure that there is the range of donation options available along with downloadable certificates for each donation". To find out how iPages can help your business to earn money through ecommerce call 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1063 1057 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:16:04 +0100 Setting up an ecommerce website is always a daunting prospect for companies. Some businesses have a clear idea of how they wish to present themselves online, and others look for advice and guidance. Mostly businesses want an easy solution to selling online to ensure that they can continue with their day to day business. iPages Ltd have been providing ecommerce websites for the past few years and are now in an expert place to understand what works on the internet and what doesn't. Working with clients the iPages team will ensure that their customers present the best online solution. From choosing colours that work on the internet, to organising the layout of the shop, the iPages team will work with a company to ensure that buying online is easy. Make International Ltd make designer home-ware from scratch. Recently they have decided to offer their products directly to the customer via the internet. In additon they will also be selling to their resellers via the website. Setting up this entire process, along with organising trade fairs, and running the existing business is obviously very time consuming, but iPages have been working with Make International to minimise the stress of putting their ecommerce website together. " We understand the problems faced by busy companies," said Dr Stephen Khoo, MD of iPages Ltd, " and can offer a service whereby we do much of the work of setting up the ecommerce website for our clients. Once an ecommerce website is in place there is very little day to day work needed to run it, but the first month or so is always time consuming as categories need to be set up and products uploaded. We can do this part of the process for a company although some of our clients prefer to do this part themselves. We are always wanting to support our ecommerce clients as we see the website as a partnership whereby we work together to make it a success". For more information on how you could benefit from an iPages ecommerce website call 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1057 1040 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:49:12 +0000 Working with businesses to ease the burden of sales has always been iPages aim. One area of ecommerce that is often overlooked by internet companies is business to business sales. Many businesses sell online to the public, but are unable to offer this method of sale to their resellers because of trade discounts, and varying discounts between resellers. iPages will be launching B2B sales next month, enabling their ecommerce customers to offer sales not only to the public, but also to their resellers. "It is something that we've talked about doing for a while," explained Dr Stephen Khoo, MD of iPages Ltd, "but to add this complexity into our ecommerce websites was quite a daunting task. However, we are pleased with the end result and now our clients will be able to add the B2B module to allow for their resellers to purchase through their sites alongside the general public. We've always had the ability to sell to account customers, but now our ecommerce system will know exactly who is buying through the website and what discount applies for what product. Some of our ecommerce website customers wish to sell their goods at different rates, depending on the purchaser. This will be possible with the B2B ecommerce module because we've designed the system so that once registered on the ecommerce website iPages will know what discounts to apply." Currently the module is being tested, but excitingly it will be ready for use next month. "I think that we always want to move our programming on when it comes to ecommerce," continued Dr Khoo "because this is the area of real sales growth for most businesses. We are determined to be at the cutting edge of design and functionality when it comes to ecommerce websites, so that we can offer our clients an outstanding solution to online sales. Obviously any business can find an off-the-shelf shop to make sales over the internet, but if businesses are really serious about their ecommerce sales then iPages truly is an outstanding and affordable solution. Can you imagine the saving in time and staffing resources if your ecommerce website administered all your trade sales simply and efficiently? Can you imagine how easy it would be at the end of the financial quarter to just click a button and all the sales were exported to Sage?". To find out more about iPages ecommerce websites and how your company could make the most of B2B sales call iPages on 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=1040 974 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:25:11 +0000 When Make International Ltd, manufacturers and retailers of designer home-ware and table-ware, wanted to have an easy to use ecommerce website they came to iPages. The remit was to provide an ecommerce website that linked to Make International's logistics company, International Logistics Group, and to have a system that registered customers, took orders on and off-line, could manage account customers, generated invoices, dispatch notes, credit notes, and provided accounts that were exportable to Sage. Being a large manufacturer of designer products Make International wanted to ensure that their ecommerce website did most of the work for them, ensuring that they had time to focus on other areas of their business. "iPages ecommerce solution really is the answer to a company that wishes to have an online shop that runs itself," said Dr Stephen Khoo, MD of iPages. "We know from our clients that the whole ecommerce process is efficient and cost effective because the website is designed to oversee the sale from not only order to dispatch, but also beyond that to sales analysis. Sales can be taken online, or through a call centre, and there is no limit to the number of account customers that can be set up. We are about to introduce the ability to sell to retailers as well as customers so that our clients can reduce their admin time taking sales from their business clients. The outstanding functionality of our ecommerce websites is the reason that we are seeing growth in sales in this area of our business because the ecommerce module is superb value for money and will do all the hard work for you." If you would like to find out how an ecommerce website could benefit your business please call 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=974 957 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:15:13 +0000 These days the internet has broken down many barriers for international sales. iPages' ecommerce websites have found particular success on Google, meaning that the market reach for companies has grown beyond the UK shores. With this in mind iPages has introduced the ability for its ecommerce websites to work with different currencies by a simple click of a button. "It's something that we introduced a while ago," said MD Dr Stephen Khoo, "but we're beginning to see the strength of incorporating this option into our ecommerce websites. Our clients wanted to open online stores for overseas customers where English is the first language so we developed the ability for products to be published from one website to another, making duplicating an ecommerce website simple." Rumours abound that iPages may well be available for non-English speaking clients later on this year, but as yet there are no dates confirming this. For more information on iPages ecommerce websites call 01403 786984.  http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=957 941 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:35:27 +0000 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is thought to be one of the mostdebilitating of illnesses, in terms of loss of income and poor qualityof life. And, after depression, alcohol and substance abuse and socialphobia, OCD is the UK's fourth most common mental disorder. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder manifests itself through a number of different patterns of thoughtand behaviour, some of them obsessions, some compulsions, and othersare examples of avoidance. Together, these can become a destructivecycle which brings great distress to many people with OCD, and to theirrelatives and friends. Overcoming OCD is a website providing self-help for sufferers of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders. Part of the Overcoming series Overcoming OCD aims to provide advice on symptoms and treatment.   http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=941 905 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:23:31 +0000 Based in Worthing, Sussex, Amy Barnes Counselling offers confidential, one to one person-centred therapy for women. Helping women to live a full and free life is Amy's aim and information about her services can be found on one of iPages newest websites at www.amybarnescounselling.co.uk. Beautifully designed the site takes full advantage of the News Module that allows current news to be added to a site, not only informing visitors to the website, but also assisting with optimisation as the Module is written in RSS. To find out how your business might benefit from an iPages' website call 0403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=905 904 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:05:19 +0000 Suffering from mental illness is difficult and can affect people in many different ways. There are a range of problems that affect one in four people in this country and knowing what symptoms are, and how to find help, is not always easy. A new website has been launched providing self-help for mental health problems at www.overcoming.co.uk. Covering a range of mental health problems from self-esteem to obsessive compulsive disorder, this self-help website includes advice to listen to and download, along with books that are available to buy. iPages developed its ecommerce solution for Overcoming, so that electronic downloads could be bought via the website. This option has been offered to all iPages' ecommerce website customers to increase the range of goods that they can sell online. To find out more about self help and mental illness visit www.overcoming.co.uk.   http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=904 896 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:01:19 +0000 iPages ecommerce websites can still be the answer to selling online, even when a company has gone to the expense of developing an internet shop. ECAP Ltd, specialist suppliers and fitters of woodburners and wood stoves, have recently commissioned iPages to transfer its current ecommerce site into an iPages. The reason for this was simple, the company wanted an ecommerce website that could be easily managed in house, and where the site could compete in the market place without the use of Google ads. "We want to be found on Google without the expense of advertising," said Steve O'Reilly, MD of ECAP Ltd, "and iPages not only have in-built optimisation, but also a News Module which is easily found by search engines, where I can write about what we are currently offering and all that we can offer". All iPages' ecommerce websites have an easy to administer shop along with a superb back office, which runs the entire sales, processing and accounts. The beauty of having in built administration means that a company can focus on its business, rather than on fulfilling sales from the website. Not only that iPages are able to quickly create a site from one that is existing, helping clients wishing to change from their existing ecommerce website a simple process. For more information on how iPages can help you to run your ecommerce website more successfully call 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=896 881 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:14:35 +0000 With spring in the air Fire It are bringing al fresco cooking to the great British public. Specialists in wood fired pizza ovens Fire It have chosen iPages to host their ecommerce website. Fire It Online is currently under construction, but with iPages information about Fire It's products can be shown immediately. Our ecommerce websites can offer our customers the chance to show pages or hide them until they are ready to be published on the Web. In addition the shop can have its cyber shelves filled before a visitor to the site sees what is for sale. There is also another advantage of having an iPages' website in that the shop can be shown with all its products whilst the ability to sell online is being set up with the bank and payment service provider. "Having used iPages for one of our other sites we knew that they would provide superb service, and that iPages' ecommerce solution would work," said Iain Thurgar, MD of Fire It. "I also didn't want to have to pay an extortionate upfront fee for an ecommerce website that may not do all that I wish it to. With iPages there is just a design fee and then a small monthly hosting fee to pay, which would take years to amount to the price of having an ecommerce website designed from scratch. More importantly I know that with iPages their ecommerce websites run the entire back office so that I do not have to worry about retyping names and addresses, and I can take payments with the system offline over the phone, which will save me time and money". "The other advantage of having an iPages' ecommerce website," Iain continues, "has to be the way in which the site is automatically optimised for us, even from the first day that the site was on the internet, and we have seen how successful the iPages' News Module is at improving ranking on Google and other Search Engines. I understand that each Headline on the News Module is tagged for Google, meaning that it will be given a high priority by the Search Engine. By writing a little bit of News about our Pizza Ovens each day we are hoping to out-strip our competitors and be quickly found high on Google." If your company would benefit from an iPages' ecommerce website contact Sales on 01403 786984.   http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=881 873 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:48:47 +0000 With iPages' ecommerce websites being found so easily on Google, oversea product sales have been dramatically increasing for our customers. The advantage of having such superb in-built optimisation with each ecommerce website has meant an increase in market reach for our clients, especially as iPages' online stores are being found throughout the world. With an increase of use for our ecommerce customers from far flung places, iPages have overhauled its administration to help overseas buyers enter their address easily. There is still a UK postcode picker for UK visitors to each site, but for non-UK buyers they can now pick their country from a drop down list. The advantage of this for our clients is that the visitor's country is then fixed in the address and ensures that the correct delivery charge for that country can be made. It is obviously very important where items are being shipped abroad that the iPages' ecommerce website calculates the right fee for delivery so that our clients do not lose any money, and that our clients' customers cannot override the system to ensure a cheaper delivery fee. "We see our relationship with our clients with ecommerce websites as a partnership," said Dr Stephen Khoo, MD of iPages Ltd. "We want to ensure that using iPages for an ecommerce solution is easy, and allows time for our customers to focus on other areas of their business. Improving the way that foreign visitors provide address details on a site may seem like a minor issue, but with ecommerce business there is often only a small percentage made on each transaction to make prices competitive. This means that the delivery charge has to be correct and reflect the cost to our customers. We have devised a simple way of inputting delivery details that calculates the fee for delivery based on the weight of the item. With the changes made to the address picker there can be no doubt as to where a customer lives, making the choice of the delivery charge simpler." For more information on how an iPages' ecommerce website can benefit your business call us now on 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=873 854 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:47:39 +0000 Trying to make your website attract more customers on the internet is always challenging. Ecommerce websites especially need to have visual appeal, particularly where a product can only be seen in action. More importantly an ecommerce website needs to be constantly changing and updating to try to encourage visitors to buy again from a store. At iPages we are committed to partnering with our clients to ensure that their ecommerce website is at the cutting edge. Therefore where customers want videos on their shop front, these can easily be incorporated, and changed on a regular basis. Urbane Racing has recently been commended by MCN for 2 of their products and a video of this can be seen at www.urbaneracing.co.uk. Adrenalin ATV have also used videos to show how exciting quad bikes can be and have raised interest in their online store purely because of the clips. With iPages' ecommerce websites naturally optimisation is included in the cost of a site and with the News Panel works highly effectively at ensuring a customer's online shop has a high ranking on Google. However, the site itself has to appeal to its visitors and that is where an exciting video can help. The site itself also has to be easy to navigate, but iPages has done all the hard work for its customers and ensured that shopping on an iPages' ecommerce website is simple,quick and secure. Notwithstanding this the site will also run all the online store's processing, accounts and customer events making selling online uncomplicated and stress free. For more information on how iPages' ecommerce websites can help your business to grow call sales on 01403 786984.   http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=854 849 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:59:42 +0000 Matthew Leitch's story moved me to tears when I read it on Matt's Canaan Trust earlier this year. When facing the death of their only son, Matthew's parents decided to give back something to society and help others experiencing the anguish of living through terminal illness. As a result they opened their home to other families facing the same agony to help build precious memories. Matthew's parents have recently launched Canaan Press, a company interested in good stories, which offers unknown writers an opportunity to be published and earn some money alongside confidence and self-esteem. Using an iPages ecommerce website Canaan Trust has been able to create a forum where others can have their work published and tell their story. An ecommerce website from iPages is an ideal way of selling books online as the system allows an unlimited number of titles in the shop, shows visitors examples of pages, and manages the ordering and dispatch process from start to finish. The ecommerce website will also provide a customer event trail, allow part-shipping, and export accounts to Sage. To find out more about having an ecommerce website with iPages call 01403 786984.         http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=849 826 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:29:46 +0000 Lagom Design launched its ecommerce website today through iPages Ltd. Specialising in greeting cards and gifts, Lagom Design brings a fresh perspective to card design, whilst maintaining a balance between creative indulgency and care for our natural resources. A range of products are available from the online shop including furniture, gifts, textiles, greeting cards, and prints. iPages' ecommerce websites are superbly versatile so that even the most creative designers can produce totally individual sites with the system, without losing any of the functionality of the ecommerce admin back office support. Lagom even included some drop down menus, and changed its site colours so that the product pages were easy to buy from. To find out how your shop could benefit from an ecommerce website call sales on 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=826 825 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:15:19 +0000 iPages' website customers are now enjoying the ability to customise their URL for certain browsers. Knowing how important branding was for their customers iPages' developers have included a simple way to upload a customised icon for the address panel at the top of each page. "This has been something that our clients have been asking for so we felt that we should include it as part of the iPages' package," said Dr Stephen Khoo today, MD of iPages Ltd. "It helps to maintain the professional look of a site if the browser address panel is customised, and maintains continuity throughout the site. The icon will also appear on every product page of an ecommerce website, adding to the overall look for visitors to an online shop."   http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=825 804 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:41:27 +0000 With hints of recession being reported daily businesses need to look at how to entice their online customers back to their ecommerce website. One way is to send out regular email campaigns to those visitors who have bought off a site, or have registered, but are yet to buy. Sending tempting discount vouchers can assist with sales, as can regular news letters about what is currently on offer from the online shop. iPages offers an outstanding Contact Management System that dovetails into their ecommerce solution. HTML emails can be designed to send emails, or letters, to all registered customers, increasing the potential of sales. The Contact Management System can also group individuals into prospects or customers, depending on how a client sets up the system, so marketing emails and letters are simple to facilitate. Finding the right ecommerce website company is never easy. Many companies want a large development fee of several thousand pounds to design a shop which integrates to an online payment system. However, often the fee does not look at how the online shop will work behind the scenes, and may not even include optimisation. iPages believes that its ecommerce websites have much to offer a small, or large company. The sites can be designed so that they look bespoke and beautiful, but the ecommerce website also incorporates superb functionality. All orders, invoices, delivery notes and credit notes are generated by the system with accounts exportable to Sage. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=804 787 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:17:52 +0000 Managing a busy internet store can be daunting, particularly if products are received from a number of suppliers. An iPages' ecommerce website already manages emails to suppliers as soon as an order is placed, but now iPages have introduced a new feature where all the suppliers' notes can be seen alongside the order details. This will make keeping track of suppliers' comments easier and assist the customer event trail. Currently products can be allocated to a supplier. When an order is made through the online shop not only does our client receive an email, but so does the supplier. The supplier can then add notes to the web-based purchase order detailing information on the product e.g. if in stock, or if stock is due in etc. This enables our stores to give up to date information on items being sold that are not kept on our client's premises. The system now combines customer notes with suppliers notes giving easy accessibility to information. With many of iPages' ecommerce websites making numerous sales per day the ability to have all the information on one screen will make doing business easier. For more information on how ecommerce websites and how they can improve your business call 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=787 786 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:45:25 +0000 iPages has introduced Google Analytics to all its website customers. The feature can be added simply by creating an account at Google and then adding Google's ID into iPage's admin panel. With everything programmed in for all its clients iPages has made using Google easy. "We are totally committed to continually developing our software to benefit our clients," said Dr Stephen Khoo, MD of iPages Ltd. "Looking at website traffic trends will be of benefit to all of our customers, especially those with ecommerce websites. Knowing that some of our customers prefer a simple interface we have made putting in the link to Google simple. Our updates and improvements are only part of the service included with our clients' monthly fee, which includes hosting and email, but that is the beauty of having a website with us. We are always researching the internet to see what would benefit our customers and how we can make their website run more of the business for them. This is particularly important for our ecommerce website customers as we are keen to ensure that they are at the cutting edge when it comes to the internet." If your business would benefit from an iPages website, particularly if you are thinking of having an online store and need an affordable and professional ecommerce website, call us today on 01403 786984.  http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=786 783 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:27:06 +0000 With more people shopping online on Christmas Day than going to church, businesses need to seriously consider their ability to sell online. At iPages our ecommerce websites provide an easy way to set up an online shop, which is easy to navigate and offers secure payments. Not only that, but an iPages' ecommerce website will run your entire back office for you. There is no need to use Excel to process your orders because the iPages ecommerce package does this for you. The customer themselves generate the order, invoice, delivery note, and account details. Our ecommerce website will also provide you a complete breakdown of sales, let you know about empty carts, provide a VAT analysis, enable you to look at sales trends and at the end of each quarter provide an export to Sage - making accounting simple and easy. Although there are many companies providing online shops, an iPages' ecommerce website offers so much more. Firstly the ecommerce website can be totally customised so that the site appears bespoke, but still benefits from the admin office associate with every iPages' ecommerce website. However, there is no upfront development fee because the iPages ecommerce website solution has already been tried and tested and our customers merely play a small rental fee for having a website. In addition all our ecommerce websites are optimised so that they perform well on Search Engines such as Google. We pride ourselves in being able to partner with our customers to make their online shops successful. Each page can be given an individual title to help it to be found on the internet, and even our News Module has titles linked to each News item. Recently iPages have attracted clients with existing ecommerce websites that have a front online shop, but no back office support. Having to re-enter addresses, set up accounts and analyse trends is very time consuming, and leads to mistakes. With an iPages ecommerce website the system practically runs itself, which is why businesses have turned to iPages to take over their online shop. The iPages ecommerce website system is so flexible that has been relatively easy to copy a client's site and often we have been able to import data to save client's time inputting products. Once products are in however, and the external financial set up sorted, clients are up and selling. We do recommend that our customers look to market their ecommerce website and goods because there is so much competition. Our ecommerce websites will make it easy for customers to buy online, and we do have the ability to have voucher campaigns, price breaks and special offers. Also because the iPages ecommerce website is managed by the client it is simple and easy to make price changes and to add new products and news items. Although we appreciate that it is a daunting thought to set up an ecommerce website, but without the ability to sell online trends would suggest that retailers will need to be able to compete on the internet to profit their business. iPages offers a cost effective way for businesses to have a successful ecommerce website, and would invite businesses to contact us on 01403 786984 to discuss how an ecommerce website could help them. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=783 735 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:14:16 +0000 When people contact us at iPages to ask why their site could not be found on Google we ask some very simple questions. Firstly we ask if their site has the title tag that they want, what other tags have been built in for Google, and what links there are to the site. We do not offer optimisation as a separate service because at iPages we have built in page title and search engine tags as part of the website, always put a link on our site to a client's site, and offer an RSS News Module, which dramatically helps optimisation. Recently we have made a site for Ashington Parish Church, Ashington, West Sussex. This is just a simple one page site linking to Ashington Church's main site, but as this had not been found on Google we wanted to see if we could help them on their way. Sadly Ashington Church had already finished their site before making contact with us, but that often is the way. We hope that via iPages they will soon be found on Google. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=735 692 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:55:26 +0000 With internet sales expected to increase by 40% this year Avonbar, car performance parts specialist, were anxious to increase their market reach. Although their current website provided an online store Avonbar recognised the importance of having an ecommerce website that managed the entire process from the shop to managing accounts and customers. "Avonbar are renouned for providing superb performance parts for cars, especially parts for Classic Cars," said MD Ian Hargreaves "and with business ever increasing we wanted to have an ecommerce solution that virtually ran itself so that we could focus on our day to day work. We looked around at other ecommerce packages and visited a number of ecommerce websites, but ultimately we couldn't beat iPages on price and the service that their ecommerce website provides. Being able to have orders, invoices, and dispatch notes generated by the system saves vast quantities of time and money, and having the ability to part-ship, have account customers and not charge customers until the item is dispatched has been fantastic." Avonbar have also benefitted from being optimised and from having an RSS News Module included in their site. This has helped them to be found on the various Search Engines and of course has increased sales for the company. The cost of optimising has been included in the price. For more information on how an ecommerce website can increase your sales call 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=692 628 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:16:23 +0000 When iPages were asked to design an ecommerce website for Adrenalin ATV last year they had no idea how things would develop. Adrenalin ATV online sells ATV performance parts for quad bikes and has great enjoyed success with their site. Business has gone so well that they have now opened a shop in Hinckley, Leicestershire. However, Adrenalin had no need to bring in expensive branding consultants to design the look of the shop because iPages' design team had done that for them! Using the graphics from their ecommerce website the team at Adrenalin ATV were able to create an exciting and eye catching look to the front of their premises, proving that iPages really does save you time whilst making you money! Find out how your business could benefit from an iPages ecommerce website, designed by our expert web designers to reflect your company's image, by calling 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=628 612 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:23:40 +0000 An iPages' ecommerce website not only makes selling online via the internet easy, but also allows businesses to take orders for their customers directly through the system. "Our ecommerce website system was designed with call centres and sales departments in mind" said Dr Stephen Khoo, MD of iPages Ltd. "We worked closely with a couple of clients to develop this part of iPages, who both used call centres to increase their market reach. We were asked to come up with an ecommerce solution that allowed for credit card payments online, and permitted office staff to use the website to create orders and take payments." "It was also a high priority for some of our clients to provide a facility within their ecommerce website for account customers. This is possible with iPages where there is an area in the admin section of the website to set up accounts for customers, with credit limits and the ability to reorder using existing orders. We have also incorporated part-shipping as part of iPages' ecommerce solution because some things are in stock and some things aren't, and we wanted to provide the ability to ship those items that were available". "There are many ecommerce website design companies around, and many of their solutions are excellent, but we do pride ourselves in our ability to run the admin side of an internet shop business for our customers. The monthly leasing fee covers the creation of orders, invoices and dispatch notes, provides a customer event trail, analyses sales and allows websales accounts to be exported to Sage. All this saves an enormous amount of time and money, and means that customers can focus on their business rather than the frustration caused by their online shop." If your company could benefit from having an internet shop, with a full ecommerce solution, call us on 01403 786984. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=612 592 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:50:08 +0000 Changing the content of your website couldn't be easier with iPages' simple editor. The ability to alter text, add pictures and links, and write news on an RSS feed can all be achieved by a click of a button and a nudge of a mouse. As a business changes its range of products, or employs new people, or gains new contracts the website can be altered from anywhere in the world, at any time. "We wanted to design a website system that was cost effective," said iPages' creator Stephen Khoo. "If you want to use your website as a 24/7 marketing tool then it has to be flexible and simple to change. As the system is dynamic and web-based then pages do not have to be redesigned every time an alteration is made. With web designers charging around £40 per hour then iPages saves our clients enormous amounts of money, and generally our websites are used by our customers to promote all their activities and changes. We have one company that updates its News daily, which keeps its clients up to date with what's going on and also helps to drive Search Engines to their site." "The ability to manage content is also useful for a company with an ecommerce website because the products are not on flat pages which have to be redesigned each time there is a change in price. As the pages are produced by the system then price changes are easy. Also we find that with an ecommerce website terms and conditions can change, delivery times and dates might need tweaking, and information on any help pages is often refined. With iPages this takes no time at all, and there is no charge for the alterations. A company can make as many changes as they like for their set monthly fee. Also if they wish to add another page this is also quickly facilitated by a click of a button. Therefore with the ecommerce website iPages can be used to promote the company as well as sell online. We have one ecommerce site where our client believes that informing their web visitors about their company takes priority over the shop. The fantastic thing with iPages is that should the client ever change his mind then the order of the web pages can be changed easily." iPages is a superb way to raise your profile on the internet, and to keep your clients and potential customers informed of your latest news. Call today on 01403 786984 to find out how iPages can help you.  http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=592 585 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:13:26 +0000 Obi and Moo specialises in home furnishings and sells beautiful things, from uniquely designed deckchairs to candles and napkins. Needing to upgrade their current online shop they looked around at various ecommerce websites, but as with many things chose an iPages' ecommerce website from a recommendation. "That's often the case," said Dr Stephen Khoo, MD of iPages Ltd., "people want to know that a website will work and that the website design company is friendly and has their clients best interests at heart. We offer such a service to all our customers, but are totally confident that our ecommerce website solution will run the internet side of the business for our clients without any problems. The other thing about our ecommerce websites is that they can be so heavily customised that they resemble bespoke websites. We were looking at one of our competitor's ecommerce websites today and couldn't believe that every time an image loaded it came up with the website designer's logo rather than the clients! It seemed surprising that with a system that expensive that it didn't have the finishing touches!" "We do believe that we are extremely competitive, and maybe too cheap! After all our ecommerce website package does more than most on the market at a fraction of the price! Still we are pleased that our current customers are happy to recommend us because of course that speaks volumes for the company." If you feel that your business needs its online shop improving, or you are frustrated that your ecommerce website takes so long to administer, why not call iPages today and see how we can help you to increase your sales via the internet. http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=585 573 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:01:29 +0000 ADT Site Services, specialists in pressure washers, cleaning equipment, components and accessories, selected iPages.biz today to launch its ecommerce website. "It was a no-brainer," said Andy Turner, MD of ADT Site Services "We'd been wanting to sell online for a while, but when we heard how iPages had helped our neighbours Adrenalin ATV with their Quad Bike Sales we knew that we weren't taking a risk. Plus we wanted a system that wasn't time consuming and costly to maintain. There are many companies out there selling online, but we believe that with our experience and iPages' ecommerce solution that we will be able to significantly increase our turnover. Now all I need to do is choose what we want to sell and get the products onto the database". An iPages ecommerce website is ideally suited to this type of client, which specialises in machines, parts and accessories. Once products are uploaded onto the internet they can be easily edited and found by Google. If you intend to use Google targetted ads then they can point straight to the item, which has been shown by some of our clients to dramatically increase sales.  For more information on our ecommerce websites call 1403 786984.  http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=573 567 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:01:49 +0000 Sorted, a Christian Magazine for men, includes the usual mix of blokey content – "tons of football, good books, DVDs" – as well as articles such as "How do I bring my mates closer to God?" and "How can I be a decent witness in a secular workplace?". To increase its market reach its directors have launched an accompanying ecommerce website, currently under construction, to enable customers to purchase the magazine online. "We will be selling the magazine, along with subscriptions, shortly online", said Steve Legg for Sorted Magazine. You can contact us through our website, but soon you will be able to buy there". Selling subscriptions through iPages' ecommerce websites is just one of the many products that can be sold. With an iPages' ecommerce website the possibilities are endless. Currently clients are selling online a range of products including books, magazines, car parts, antiques, clothing, pictures and quad bikes. "An ecommerce website that is successful can greatly improve a company's profits," said Bob Francis, Marketing Director with iPages.biz "but finding an ecommerce website that does the job is not always easy. Web design companies can promise to deliver an ecommerce website that is easy for customers to use, but not many have thought about the back office, and the impact on a business of a successful ecommerce website. Even if you are only receiving 6 orders a day, if you have to then key them back into Excel, and make out orders, delivery notes, and invoices, then valuable time is lost, and of course mistakes can be made. iPages' ecommerce websites have taken the burden from company's whose current ecommerce website makes selling online a burden, rather than a viable business venture". Although it is possible to run a successful online shop with Ebay, companies would do better with an iPages' ecommerce website if they make more than 4 sales per week - unless the goods are expensive and then the iPages ecommerce website is the best option. The News Module on iPages ensures that the ecommerce website can compete with other websites which sell online, and each ecommerce website has built in optimisation as part of the design fee. HTML emails are the norm on iPages' ecommerce websites, as is the ability to send goods directly from the supplier. The other advantage with iPage's ecommerce solution is that it is constantly being developed to meet client's needs. These developments do not have to be paid for, but are included as part of the monthly fee. So the ecommerce solution does not date, but instead is always at the cutting edge of programming. To find out how an iPages' ecommerce website can help your business to sell online call 01403 786984.   http://www.ipages.biz/news/item.htm?pid=567