In the new version of this unique online store builder software, we have made several significant improvements for the customer stores:

• Enables the individual store administrator to export users, orders, products, and other reports into the popular .csv format for advanced analytics. This allows for statistical analysis and exact inventory management by the vendor as well as extended email list building.
  
• The main store administrator can create multiple auxiliary administrator logins with different privileges for individualized staff such as bookkeepers, graphic designers and other webmasters. Employees and other developers can access the administrative panel to make additions or corrections to the home page.
  
• 100% search engine friendly script is very easily optimized using the latest techniques.  This allows the major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and Bing to index your site easily and climb the search results page with ease.
  
• Supports a custom form feature for products and categories to include details like size, shape and color when selecting an item. This can be easily added by product category to distinguish between stock types and increases inventory accuracy. Administrator can choose between a drop down field of predefined choices or a text field for custom orders.
  
• Store administrator can use Promotional Codes to discount items either by percentage or dollar amount to encourage purchases or for tracking the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. Deliver a coupon code to selected customers to encourage sales growth or track how well a specific advertising effort is selling your products.
  
• Additional 30+ preloaded layouts for easy visual customization. One-click simplicity helps vendors change the look of their individualized store fronts.
  

All of these features are included at no extra charge from the previous version as we constantly look for additional ways to improve our product to suit your niche better.

Find more details about the software features and check our live demo at iScripts GoStores.

iScripts.com provides the cutting edge of shopping cart builder solutions. Whether you are looking for a multi-vendor online mall, a brick-and-mortar easy setup, or a multi-tiered dropshipping solution, we can provide the most cost effective and customized solution for your needs. View out entire line of multi seller, multi vendor ecommerce solutions at www.iScripts.com ecommerce solutions.

Recently, we have come across one of the most heart-warming sites to ever grace the internet, worldwidesantaclaus.net. This site is a fully-functional way for “professional and amateur, real bearded and designer beard Santa Claus’, Mrs. Claus’, and Elves” to come together and share their hobby and passion with each other. A complete social network provided by Santa Claus Alan Fairbanks of Norton, MA, it houses many classified categories for Santa equipment, blogs for important happenings in the member’s lives, a live chat service for instant contact between Santas, as well as job postings and a list for important seasonal events.

Santa Alan continues to provide an excellent way for other hobbyists to meet and share their passions. We look forward to seeing his site grow with others all over the country participating in the Santa culture as well as another successful holiday season right around the corner.

If you would like your iScripts powered site on the customer showcase spotlight, submit your site jon@iscripts.com for more information.

Chicago, IL, Aug. 18 — iScripts.com today announced the general availability of the newest version 2.1 for the iScripts eSwap Virtual Swapmeet Software solution beginning August 18, 2010. This comprehensive, fully integrated on-demand swap business management suite is now available for instant download and implementation.

For customers who purchased the iScripts eSwap software within the last 12 months, the upgrade is free of charge at iscripts.com/eSwap through the service agreement that is included with purchase. Additionally, current users outside of 12months of use willing to renew their support agreement for a nominal fee of $49.95 may access the upgrade for free as well. iScripts eSwap software retails to new customers for $147 complete with one full year of technical support.

iScripts eSwap - barter software

Referral business continues to be a core part of the proactive market strategy for any ecommerce solution as well as solution resellers and developers leverage the new business model and opportunities to the advantage of entrepreneurs.

Fully Functional Software Suite Increases Opportunity for Immediate Profitability Standard package includes predefined, focused categories with sub-section capability as well as numerous other stability and functionality improvements over last version, starting at $147. A dedicated installation folder, as well as embedded visuals and graphics, enables these packages to be implemented quickly, in as little as ten to fifteen minutes depending on hosting requirements. As business grows, administrators can expand the scope and turn on additional functionality that is already built into the solution.

Available immediately, the standard packages currently available include:
• Multiple Voluntary Monetization Options – Administrators of sites equipped with the newest version have access to many options to additionally monetize their site.

• Recurring Subscription fees
• Listing fees per item
• Success fees once a listing results in a transaction
Available now, additional fees can be placed on premium listings to increase traffic to certain swappable items and increase exposure, much like traditional advertising space. Listing fees can be arranged based on listing price similar to ebay listing fees. Another option is to have a recurring subscription fee for your members. Success fees allow for the administrator to capture additional revenue that would offset site maintenance. Fees for timeframe subscriptions have been requested and allow sites with high-in-demand swappable products to harness repeat customers. Each of these fees are customizable and optional. So if you want to operate your barter network as a free site, you can do that as well.

• Point System Implementation – With regards to the most profitable business plans, an optional points system has been utilized to allow for an instant ability to manipulate transactions. A custom conversion field allows administrators to change the dollar amount per point. Points allow for funds to be kept under control of the site and can be added and subtracted by the webmaster. Administrator can name this points/virtual currency any name. This point system enables more transactions as members can trade with others even if there is only a single transaction is happening any given time. Administrator can also choose if members can monetize their point and if they can transfer points between users.

• Visual Graphic Design Customization – Administrators looking to further brand their site can add a visual look representative of their products or company culture. Additional customization allows for user-friendly .CSS code to be used directly with the administrators’ interface and greatly change the look and feel of their site. As many niche markets emerge with custom-tailored solutions, an end-user visual style continues to be among the most important factors in generating significant traffic.

• Reports – We have added enhanced reports for sales, members, transactions etc.. These reports can be exported to other applications

• Payment Gateways – We have added new payment gateways like BluePay, Google Checkout, 2Checkout in addition to existing Autorize.net , Worldpay and Paypal.

Many additional features are being added to the software. Whether you’re looking to add a new feature to your existing site our capture a niche market with this software, it has the power and capability to handle any type of trade traffic on the internet. If there are additional features that your niche requires, contact us for a fixed-price quote on customization.

Visit iScripts.com/eSwap for more information and a live demo.

Research is an important factor in deciding what web hosting software works for you and your business. Web hosting software will give your website viewer traffic and popularity in search engines everywhere. If someone so much as types in your domain name, your website should be the first one on the list. The right web hosting software can help you to achieve this.

If you are not tech savvy here are a few simple suggestions you might want to consider when it comes to managing your web hosting software. Many web hosting software today comes with an integrated website builder to create and manage professional looking websites.  Think about: web design, web space, promotion, and maintenance.  When it comes to web design you should ask yourself what is the feel of my website? How do I want it to look? It is important to keep your website organized and easy for the viewer to access.

Try to estimate the web space you will need. Think about the traffic your site might receive. The more viewer traffic will require more web space, and obviously the less viewer traffic will require less. Obviously, you should keep your web space large and open to any/all viewers. This will bring your website to the very top of the search engine lists.

How can you promote your site? Advertising is key when it comes to managing your web hosting software. Think about what you want to advertise. Use advertising that relates directly to your business, your products, and your overall business goals.

Maintenance is a necessity for all websites. Think about traffic analysis, web site performance, link testing, and popularity testing to make your site the most successful it can be. When a potential client searches for your website in the search engine directory, the last thing they want to see is a 404 error page staring them in the face. You want to keep your website fresh and running all day, every day.

With commercial open source billing software you will receive more support than that of GPL providers. You have the right to make sure your software is your own, only you have the ability to modify and customize it to your needs. No one else will be able to hone in on your ideas. As the site administrator, you can copyright your own material. GPL providers do the exact opposite. They allow you to copy, distribute, and modify the material, but at a personal cost. None of the work goes to you or your company. Your name and your company’s name are unprotected after you submit the software online.

Although GPL providers may seem like a good idea, with further research you will see they are not. You need to take control of your own business, copyright your material, and make sure no one infringes on any of your online property. This is why open source billing software is the best idea. It is the best solution for your business and with careful consideration aside, it will make everything easier for you and your clients alike.

I am happy to announce the release of iScripts Gostores 1.1 today. In the initial version the store built by the end users were fairly basic. We significantly improved the store and its capabilities. We have added a number of features to the user store:

• Your customer can configure their stores immediately and make it very attractive
• A number of professional templates from different store types for your customers to choose from. We can add more if you need them.
• Very flexible Promo codes for your customer to market their store
• Adaptive sales tax settings to run a serious online business
• Variable products settings for color, size with enhanced inventory management
• Bulk product uploads to save time for a initial large store
• Various easy to read, easy to understand reports on the strength of the business
• Ability to have multiple operators with different privileges to manage the online store
• Detailed and efficient Return merchandize authorization feature to make their bad customer experience a great one..
• Integrated fax orders
• Can edit website content from admin panel without FTP, html editor etc..

Overall we improved your customers’ store significantly so you can sell to your customer easily. Here is opportunity to create an ecommerce website builder like the big boys and beat them at their own game. They spend millions in developing the platform. You can receive the software for $700. Spend your funding in marketing instead of wasting money in developing.

When you have a brick and mortar retail business, you need to expand your market using online stores. On that same token, you don’t want to spend all your time managing the online business. If you are like most retail operations, you don’t have the ability to watch your online store for new orders all the time. You have to take care of live customers in the store. We added features like fax orders which will send you a fax when there is a new order. You can easily set it up to send the order slip by fax so it can be shipped out without losing time. You can also have multiple online store managers with different rights and access levels for your employees.

You can configure the online store easily using the browser. You can select different themes, which are included free of cost. Then, drag and drop the home page to change the look and feel of the website. Your website can look anyway you want it to. The appearance of your website can definitely affect your business. If your website appears disorganized, or has a confusing color scheme, it will be difficult for potential consumers to take you seriously. Think about how you want to express your product to the worldwide customers then, just design it around that idea. If you don’t like any of the layouts provided for you, just contact us to help you modify it.

You can manage your inventory and sync with your retail store sales. It supports products with different product parameters like size, color etc.. This allows you to manage each type of inventory independently.
The store is designed with Search Engine Optimization in mind. This allows your website to have higher search engine rankings and hence you will obtain increased business. Therefore this feature will make sure you appear in the search engine results well ahead of your competition. Software supports versatile promo codes to test your marketing campaigns and bring in new customers.

Product returns are a huge headache when managing an online store. With an intuitive Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) process you can help turn a negative experience into a positive one. Sometimes things just don’t work out the way your customer or even how your business wants them to. The RMA process is here to help you retrieve the information on the ‘returned’ product so you can give your customer the proper refund, credit, or exchange and neither party has unnecessary stress.

You can add products in a bulk format from an Excel sheet if you have large quantities of products. You can view different reports about your online business. These reports can be exported to Excel to further data management.

As with our other products like the multi seller shopping cart, and online store builder software, iScripts VistaCart supports payment gateways like Paypal, Google Checkout, World pay, YourPay, and Authorize.net.This software allows an offline credit card payment option where you can charge credit cards using your existing POS.

For real-time shipping calculation the software supports shipping options like UPS, USPS, FedEx, Canada Post, and Australia Post etc. Multiple flat rate shipping is also supported for simplifying the shipping process. Your customers need to know that they can rely on you. The previously mentioned payment gateways keep their personal information safe and secure. Since there are many payment gateways to choose from, even international clients can benefit from your business. It is always a good idea to be one step ahead of the competition, so instead of only relying on two payment gateways; this product offers five. If you need to add a different gateway, we can customize that for you.

Other features include:
• Multiple payment options for flexibility.
• Cart support multiple currency types.
• Multiple photo options per product, letting the site become as interactive as possible.
• Supports Digital products like eBooks, pictures, videos, software, templates etc.
• Automatic photo resizing, eliminating the know how to use other photo editing programs.
• Supports custom form fields for products and categories.
• Unlimited products, categories supported.

This feature rich open source ecommerce software is available for immediate download for $67. As with our other software products, this product is delivered as open source. Open source software is perfect because it lets you customize anything you need to meet your specific requirements. iScripts VistaCart works with you to maximize your businesses income and keep a successful relationship with your colleagues, customers, and future clientele. We work with you to further your business goals.

“Many companies will provide free access to their web-based applications to consumers in the hope that they’ll be sufficiently impressed to bring their enthusiasm for these applications to the businesses for which they work. Commercial pricing is then based on the number of users and the amount of storage used.”

According to ABI Research practice director Larry Fisher, “The consumer value proposition for many Cloud Computing applications is simple; they’re free. Most of the 1000+ US consumers responding to a 2010 ABI Research survey said they were hesitant to pay anything for use of a cloud-based service site.”

Right behind the price/cost issue, the major reason most would consider using a cloud-based application was ubiquity: the concept that they could access their valued content from any Internet-connected computer. Online data backup business like Mozy.com and Carbonite are thriving on these business models.

iScripts Backuper allows MSPs , ISPs and other businesses to create online data backup business within few hours. They can offer fully branded online backup solution which can backup to their own servers and infrastructures. This model is a comfort for end users who are concerned about the security and privacy of their data.

ABI Research’s analysis found that just 11.6% of the US consumer markets for online backup/storage services were paid for in 2009. Most cloud-based backup and storage sites provide consumer services either entirely free or free at the entry level, but several do provide a more robust offering on a paid basis.
The ABI Research forecast model indicates that the paid portion of the sector will grow along with the increasing use of net books to replace (or supplement) consumer laptops and other mobile Internet devices. Other factors supporting growth in the sector include growing public awareness of cloud computing applications, as well as disasters that result in utility service disruptions.

Fisher continues, “Many companies will provide free access to their web-based applications to consumers in the hope that they’ll be sufficiently impressed to bring their enthusiasm for these applications to the businesses for which they work. Commercial pricing is then based on the number of users and the amount of storage used.”

A new study from ABI Research, (www.abiresearch.com/research/1004998).
“Consumer Cloud Computing Web-based Applications for E-Mail, Document Storage/Sharing, PC Protection, and Backup has found that more than 143 million consumers took advantage of the free or low-cost applications that reside in the Internet cloud in 2009, a number that is forecast to grow to nearly 160.6 million by the end of 2015.

Cloud computing provides off-site storage and software applications similar to those used by consumers. In this way, the consumer doesn’t have to buy the software; they can access it for free. ‘Such services provide access to new or upgraded versions of these applications as they become available at no additional fee, and ultimately provide the consumer with peace of mind that a hard drive failure or other catastrophic event will not result in irretrievable loss of prized data.’

Storing your data in an off-site storage application will ensure that your business information is kept safe. You no longer have to worry about power failures or any other mishaps that could potentially destroy your crucial information. Save and store everything and anything that has to do with your consumers as well as your online business. This will certainly help you in the long run. Now, your business is ready for the internet world.

I hear it every time I talk to potential customers requesting our software products. When I ask customers that are already using, iScripts SocialWare sometimes they say, “I want to create a website similar to Facebook or LinkedIn. My question is why? When you are trying to create a Facebook clone or Amazon clone, it should be targeted for a niche market if you really want success.

At iScripts, we have helped create thousands of online businesses. I have compiled some of the lessons learned from it and some sample online business ideas in a free course on How to create an online business. Most of these ideas can be implemented under few hundred dollars. However, in order to be successful you need to focus on a niche market and work hard on marketing.

This is why iScripts eSwap is the perfect solution to monetary problems. This online barter software allows the user of the site to swap, buy, and/or sell items. You can create a barter network 2.0 using this software in less than 30 minutes. The users of the site are able to add a wish list to share with their members. They can also negotiate offers and exchange items to their discretion. This is an open source barter script that can allow any amount of modification to bring the wonderful world of bartering to your business.

If a user posts their wish list to their members, this shows what the user wishes to purchase. The members can respond and suggest a trade. Let’s say, the user doesn’t have the money to pay for something he/she wants right away, perhaps another member of the site can barter with them. Instead of paying over the site with a credit card, they can exchange a trade of sorts. The user will provide a service to the member, in order to receive the product they desire. In this way, there is no money exchanged directly, and both parties are satisfied. One party receives a service (maybe car repair) and the other gains an object from their own wish list.

This definitely seems like a win-win situation. The user and his/her member are not using money, but services instead to complete their transaction. Bartering will help those that do not have the necessary funds to complete transactions either for personal or business use. You can keep your business running, with iScripts eSwap. In this day and age, services rendered instead of money are the keys to success.