Hi,

In today’s post I would like to share with you 3 easy to use ecommerce software applications that you can use to create an online shop for your website.

I am listing the following ones based on ease of use.

If you have any other suggestions for easy to use ecommerce applications feel free to share with us below.

Also may I bring to your attention if you have not done so already that you can download a Free chapter of our book “The Lazy Website Syndrome”

The book gives you 3-Step Sequence To Help You Transform Your Website Into a Powerful Tool For Growing Your Business Online!

The 3 Ecommerce tools that I recommend are:

Prestashop is a free open source ecommerce platform that has wide range of features. It give you the ability to fully control your inventory, orders, shipping, and tracking.

How complex it is?

Installing Prestashop is really easy. It can be automatically installed via your web hosting control panel if you use our web hosting services.

Is it suitable for beginners?

It is really easy to use and you can easily achieve a great looking online shop by purchasing a Prestashop template.

Level of difficulty?

Easy

Main advantages?

Prestashop is free with no license or installation fees.

Who this aimed at?

Personal, small and medium sized businesses

What you can achieve as an end result?

You can easily setup an online shop and manage its products, prices, descriptions images and so much more via the admin area.

To find out more about Prestashop go to http://www.prestashop.com/

Opencart is a robust and scalable ecommerce platform. You can create an unlimited number of categories, sell an unlimited number of products, accept multiple currencies, use multiple languages, and choose from over 20 payment and 8 shipping methods.

How complex it is?

Opencart is easy to install. It comes preinstalled in our web hosting plans.

You can install in just a few clicks.  After installation, you select a template, add products and you are ready to go!.

Is it suitable for beginners?

Yes

Level of difficulty?

Easy

Main advantages?

Opencart has a huge amount of payment gateways to chose from. It also supports multiple currency.

Who this aimed at?

Small business, medium business, b2b

What you can achieve as an end result?

You can create an amazing online shop. There are also lots of additional addons that you can integrate it with for extra functionality.

To find out more about Opencart go to http://www.opencart.com/

Zen Cart is easy to install, easy to customize and easy to manage. It is perfect for those looking for a straightforward platform. There are also numerous add-ons available to fit all needs.

How complex it is?

Zen Cart is easy to use because of its simplicity.

Is it suitable for beginners?

Yes

Level of difficulty?

Easy

Main advantages?

Zen Cart is a free program and continuously supported by the zen cart community. It is also packed with features out of the box. Also, the Zen Cart templates do not require experts to change it every time the client wanted to update part of the template.

Who this aimed at?

Small and medium business

What you can achieve as an end result?

After installation of Zen Cart, you can extend its functionalities by installing available addons or going into Zen Cart’s forum/community and asking for ecommerce support.

ctionalities by installing available addons or going into Zen Cart’s forum/community and asking for ecommerce support.

To find out more about Zencart go to http://www.zen-cart.com/

If  you have any other suggestions for other ecommerce tools that I should be listing feel free to comment below.

Thank you.

Love him or loathe him, Boris Johnson definitely has some kind of hold over people.

In fact, in a straw poll on the radio today 85% of people thought he could be trusted to lead our country.

This is despite all of the controversy that has surrounded him in recent years which would have finished off the careers of most “normal” politicians.

So what exactly is it about Boris? He seems to have this unique place in people’s imaginations. He has a Unique Selling Point, although I’m not quite sure what it is (answers below if you think you know!).

But seriously, what does this mean for your website and for your business?

Well, unless you have something UNIQUE about your business and your website then you run the risk of being another “Me Too” business. You need to find a unique angle that makes sure that you stand out from your competitors.

For example, Do you provide life insurance policies or do you help your customers to achieve lifelong financial independence?

Are you a small independent hotel or a Secret Romantic Retreat?

Are you a Printer or do you help small businesses to look like big businesses?

Imagine you are at a party & you are introduced to someone you have never met. They ask what you do. Do you tell them your job title and bore them to death? Why not tell them what you do in terms of the results that you can deliver.

So, do you have a USP? Give it some thought & please share it below so we can give you some feedback & ENCOURAGEMENT!

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PS: Do you have friends or associates who you know would find this useful? Why not send this video over to them. That way we ALL benefit!!

PPS: If you use Facebook, would you mind Liking this video? I know, I know, but it is easy & we do appreciate it. Thanks

Think about how you search online when you want something.

If you’re anything like me you’ll go to Google, click on the first couple of results & keep going until you find the site that just hits you and seems to be saying:

“I understand what you want & I have the answer”

That’s what most people do. They just haven’t got time to read “About Us” & “Our Team” and all that boring stuff. They want the answer to one question & one question only:

“What’s in it for me?”

You have got a very narrow window to convince them. How do you do this?
Watch this very short video to find out.

If you want to access the 1st Chapter of our book “The Lazy Website Syndrome” just go to this link for INSTANT ACCESS: http://www.pickaweb.co.uk/lazywebsitesyndrome

So, do you have a headline? It can TRANSFORM your website.

Better still, share it below so we can HELP you to get it right!

PS: Do you have friends or associates who would find this useful? Why not send them this video. You’ll be helping us as well as THEM!!

PPS: If you use Twitter, would you mind sharing it with your followers? Yes, OK, it’s a shameless plug, but it’s easy & we would really appreciate it. Thank you

What is Cpanel Hosting and What are its Advantages?

Cpanel is a very popular web hosting control panel that is easy to use and feature rich.
With Cpanel you can manage all aspects of your hosting service such as setting up email accounts @yourdomain names, creating MySQL databases, setting up custom error pages.

cpanel web hosting

What are the Features of Cpanel?

Manage email accounts:
You can setup email accounts @yourdomainname, setup autoresponder messages (eg: for when on holidays), setup mailing lists, check your email via webmail (access email from any internet connected device)

• Create POP3 & IMAP Email accounts
• Email Forwarding
• Web Mail

Website Builder:

You also get several website builder tools such as rvsitebuilder. With the online website builder Rvsitebuilder you can create a website in minutes. You just select the look of the website from hundreds of templates, insert your text and images and when you click on publish it will automatically publish your website to your web space.

Manage domains:
You can setup addon domain names (additional domain names to your hosting account that will hold a separate website), setup subdomains (eg: blog.yourdomain.com), park domain names (eg: you want to have several domain names redirecting to the same website) and setup redirects (redirecting pages to other urls)

Manage analytics:
You can view and analyse the traffic to your website, see who is coming to your website, where they came from (what search engine), what keywords they inserted in the search facility to reach your website.
View Error Log: You can see the errors of your website so that you can try to correct them.

Manage FTP:
Setup ftp accounts. An ftp account is what you need in order to access your web hosting space to publish or modify pages etc.

File Manager:

You can upload files via the hosting control panel file manager. But we do recommend using an ftp tool such as filezilla or a web design tool such as dreamweaver or Iweb etc.

Backups:

You can make your own backups and download them to your own pc anytime by using the cpanel control panel.

You can also restore your website anytime by using one of your own backups.

Disk Space Usage:

You can alson monitor the amount of disk space used.

Error Pages:

With these feature you can create your own custom error pages. So that if a page is not found instead of being redirected to an ugly error page you can redirect to a nice customized and branded page.

Database Management
Manage your MySQL databases. Create a database, remove one. You can also manage it online with the easy to use tool phpMyAdmin

Advanced Tools:
Setup Cron Jobs, IP Deny Manager etc.

Demo Cpanel

If you need any assistance with regards to cpanel web hosting please chat with us via the chat button (on the top right handside) We are available 24×7

To check our cpanel hosting plans go to http://www.pickaweb.co.uk/webhostingservice.htm

Are you tired of Free Email Addresses & are looking for Mail Hosting?

Would you like to show a more professional image of yourself or business?

Nowadays if you want to present a professional image for your business it is vital that you avoid using a free email address.
By using a personalised email address such as sales@yourbusiness.com you will instantly convey a sense that you are confident, professional & ready to do business. A professional mail hosting service will offer this to you.

How do I setup a personalised email account (mail hosting)?

First register a domain name.
A domain name is your address on the internet
This will allow people to find out about you, your company or organization or your products or services.

In the same way that you have a physical address so that people know where you live or where your business premises are, your domain name identifies your address on the internet.

To give you an example, Pickaweb´s domain name is pickaweb.co.uk

Where Can I find out if the domain name that I am interested in is available?

You can do a domain name search at Domain Search Facility

If the domain name that you are interested in shows as available you can then register it to either just take it off the market so that nobody else can register it or use it for your website and emails.

How long does it take for a domain name to registered?

Domain names can take up to 24 hrs to be fully registered. In most cases just a few hours.

This video explains the process of registering a domain name.

Once I have my domain name registered How do I setup personalised email accounts eg; john@mydomain.com or setup a website?

In order to setup personlised email accounts or setup a website you would need a web hosting service or just a mail hosting.

A web hosting service is the space that you need in order to publish your website, setup email accounts etc.

Check out our web hosting plans We offer UK web hosting & mail hosting with 24×7 support via phone, chat and email. We have over 20.000 successful UK customers.

Where can I find out more about Mail Hosting services?

To find out more about our mail hosting services check out Mail Hosting

The following video explains in more details mail and web hosting.

If you found this post useful we would appreciate your comments below.

If you are looking to get your business online we can help you achive your goals.

We have over 20,000 happy customers.

Our website is http://www.pickaweb.co.uk

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Why Blog With WordPress?

If you set up a blog with WordPress you are basically creating a dynamic section of a website that is eay to update. The reason that blogs are so popular is because they allow non technical users to quickly & easily add regular content to their website. You can create a blog with WordPress either as a section of your website (i.e. our blog is at http://www.pickaweb.co.uk/blog) or you can even create your whole website with WordPress.

What are the advantages of a Blog with WordPress?

Simple. Google & the other search engines love blogs. They love the fact that they have fresh, new content to index for their users. The more content you provide & the more regularly you add content, the more Google will reward you with a higher position in the search engines.

Is it Difficult to create a blog with WordPress?

Creating a blog with WordPress is easy & can be done directly from your Pickaweb Web Hosting Control Panel through the Fantastico or Softaculous links.

There is nothing to download. Just a couple of clicks & you are ready to start blogging.

When you are ready you can start to add some content. If you are stuck for content then I have the perfect solution for you. Remember the video on getting backlinks? All you need to do is to get your article & re-write it slightly & you can use this as the basis for your first blog post. Even better, why not try & break it down into several smaller articles & get even more content. That way you really make use of your content.

So go on, create a blog with WordPress & see your traffic increase.