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ShopFactory ecommerce solution and website provides the perfect website design ideas to create professional websites and online sores.

The best navigation is one that a young child can understand. You should leave out any fancy flash menus or excessive multi-tiered drop down menus. They only serve to make navigating the site harder.

Whether you are planning to launch a new online store, new product lines, or an entirely new business, you need to know who your target consumers are and how to reach them.

Since the arrival of Google's Panda update in February 2012, content writers have been working hard to do the right thing, and either avoid being mauled by the Panda or mend the damage already done on their websites.

In today's online market, technology and trends move faster than ever. Staying up to date, complying with country & regional laws and looking professional are the top issues you need to consider when choosing an online platform for your website.

It's no small wonder that eCommerce merchants have seen major increases in mobile device use. Sales of Smartphones hit a staggering 1.86 billion in 2013 — and a forecast of an expected 6.6 billion mobile devices will be in use by the end of 2017.

The amount of people that are doing their shopping online continues to increase rapidly. eCommerce websites will continue to take a higher percentage of sales from brick and mortar stores as shoppers realize and appreciate the convenience and ease of online shopping.

As an eCommerce store owner, you likely feel captive to what Google decides to do with its algorithms, search user interface, and ad placements.

For many online retailers, the month of January is a slow one. Consumers are generally paying off Christmas purchases and the remaining online shoppers are seeking good deals on accessories in the hopes of taking advantage of clearance sales.

Quite often we’re even surprised at how well some of our customers do when they move over to ShopFactory. Well, okay just a little surprised. After all, we designed ShopFactory to do just that.

If you are like me, you probably hate updating your software. After all you are use to the way it works. It seems to be doing its job and you really have other things to worry about, which are far more important.

With all the spam filters set up by email providers, ISP's and hosting companies, your order confirmation e-mail which was once safe — is not anymore.

As the busy holiday season is upon us, and we all have lots to do - What better to do than shop online? Your customers know this and be assured, online seasonal shopping continues to grow.

Quite often username and password characters can be a problem for most of us. At some point, we all get frustrated when trying to use them. These days using complex login information is very important though. Especially online when setting up or using hosting, secure accounts and email accounts.

We have just released ShopFactory 10 — our best ShopFactory ever! Do more with fewer click with the brand new interface. Make your stores work perfectly on all devices — from mobile phones right up to desktop PCs. And that's just the beginning.

Protecting your company's online reputation from negative comments is something every business may have to deal with. Whether from a disgruntled employee, an upset customer, and even competitors actions.

There's so much content on the Internet. This is why it is very important these days to develop more unique content for your products and website pages.

Build multiple websites with ShopFactory Gold; Gold — it's not only a precious metal. It's a valuable business tool for managing your online presence!

As a ShopFactory Total Care user, you have access to a very important online Fraud Protection Service automatically. Fraud Protection is a security protocol build into your Total Care account which notifies you when a potential fraudulent order has taken place on your website or an order has been placed with a higher level of risk than you may be willing or able to accept without doing some further security checks.

An online store's name is one of its most important assets and a potent part of your company brand. In some sense the business name can define your business identity.

One of the most effective ways you can improve sales on your website is to add multi-language support. If you have not considered adding multi-language capabilities — you could be missing out on some very large markets. Even if you only sell inside your own country.

A graphic image or photograph on your website is copyright protected as soon as you publish it. But, these days the Internet is rampant with copyright violations and stolen images. While there isn't much you can do to stop it, there are several things you can do to minimize someone else using your images for their own gain. Many of the tactics listed later in this article are deterrents you can use to reduce copyright violations. We have also listed the pros and cons of each. But, the best practice is to employ all of them if you're concerned about image theft.

The new and more powerful ShopFactory Total Care services — powered by Santu will start coming online on the 30th September 2013 as part of transitioning the ShopFactory services powered by GlobeCharge to Santu.

With our ShopFactory 10 release just around the corner the time is running out to take advantage of our special offer of receiving twelve months of Total Care Services for Free when purchasing ShopFactory 9!

The most overlooked part of good web design is text content. Far too often we see websites with text laid out in basic paragraph form on a page. Although text is one of the main factors used to rank your site, quite often it is not used correctly for eCommerce.