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How We Shop in 2010: Habits and Motivations of Consumers
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E-commerce: A Beginner's Guide
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Managing Director at Free Rein Ltd
13 March 2007 09:10am
Hi Jon, Diane
Jon, that is not entirely true. A lot of people in the ecommerce/content management market place a lot of spin on the functionality and capacity. It's then a question of how hard the IT or Marketing managers look.
You do not need to go to a big vendor to get a big solution. Some of our most interesting projects have been to provide solutions for some well known names when the "big vendor's" system has failed in some of the basic functionality areas.
Diane, I would recommend exploring both larger and smaller suppliers. You will often find some of the best solutions in small companies quite close by. Using a more local company and possibly smaller where you have more clout, can often make a difference in project delivery and ongoing support and cuistomer service. If you know where the owner lives ......
If you are not sure, I'm happy to show you what we do for some of the blue chip companies and you can use that as a yard stick for looking further afield. The worst that can happen is you save money.
Tony Addison
On 13:28:26 12 March 2007 JonBov wrote:
Business Development at Moodia
13 March 2007 09:43am
Hi Diane,
Jumping on the band wagon here and putting ourselves forward as a recommendation for eCommerce projects.
Take a look at http://www.moodia.com/products/storemanager.html for details of our proprietary eCommerce platform as well as examples of our work. We don't only design great, eCommerce sites, we specialise in optimising conversions on these sites to create a powerful sales tool to increase your brand-awareness and bottom line.
Feel free to get in touch to discuss further.
Cheers,
Ryan
On 10:07:05 12 March 2007 dianecuk wrote:
Managing Director at indiumonline
13 March 2007 09:44am
Hi Diane,
I run a web management consultancy dedicated to helping UK mail order companies make the most of their web presence - be that helping them find the right website provider, and ensuring they get what they want, to running email, ppc and other online campaigns for them. Having previously run the catalogue side of Past Times (as well as their email etc), I think I can safely say I've got mail order experience!
As you can see from the list of clients on our site (www.indiumwebmanagement.co.uk) there are quite a variety of sites there, none of which cost even high 5 figure sums! and many of which cost well below £10k. Many of them are also fully integrated with the companies back end system. What any site project boils down to is finding the right solution for the business.
As other respondents have mentioned it's hard to recommend someone without knowing more about your business and what you hope to achieve, but if you want some free informal advice as to who to talk to please feel free to get in contact!
Cheers
Chloe
07815526868
Ecommerce Director at Digivate
13 March 2007 17:05pm
Hi Diane,
As you're open to self-promotion I suggest that you talk to us at Digivate (www.digivate.com). We're specialists in building e-commerce websites (about 95% of our site build work) and most of our clients were originally mail order companies, though we now work with many retailers. We have 10 years experience in integrating the web and mail order and our founders and directors all came from mail order before then.
In addition, we're very strong at traffic generation - SEO, email marketing, affiliate marketing etc. so not only can we build your site, but we can also help you to promote it.
The best person to speak to is Matthew Roberts (matt.roberts@digivate.com or 020 7845 9996).
Well done to be planning ahead for this autumn - now is the time to start!
Regards,
Lysander
On 10:07:05 12 March 2007 dianecuk wrote:
Founder / Director / Co-founder at easyBacklog / Aqueduct / Econsultancy
14 March 2007 00:18am
Hi Diane
We would love to help out and have numerous e-commerce, design & build projects under our belt. Happy to give you an elevator pitch if I could find out a little more... I am confident we will be able to offer you a more cost effective solution utilising our various products, frameworks and experiences of many similar projects.
Regards,
Matthew O'Riordan
020 7681 4040
www.lemonfoundation.com
matt AT lemonfoundation.com
On 10:07:05 12 March 2007 dianecuk wrote:
HR Manager at STEEL
14 March 2007 10:59am
Hi Diane. STEEL is a full-service digital agency with experience in all areas of web design, usability and development, and in particular transactional and fully content managed websites. We’ve built sites for AOL, Emap, Charles Worthington, Cannons and the NHS.
We’d be happy to talk to you about your web project. The best person to speak to is Michelle Saynor on 020 8871 2656 or email her - michelle.saynor@steel-london.co.uk
Director at Fat Horse New Media Limited
15 March 2007 16:06pm
Di,
I have read some of the replys to your original post. Chloe's credentials really stand out! I don't know her, but if I was in your shoes I would give her a buzz.
best wishes and good luck
Rob Taylor
On 09:44:48 13 March 2007 ChloeThomas1 wrote:
Director of E-Commerce, Sales & Marketing at Savile Row Company
15 March 2007 21:07pm
Hi Rob,
I have already called Chloe and we're meeting up but I also contacted everyone that took the time to respond - I'm very polite! Of course not all fit our requirements but I also think listening is all part of the learning curve.
Di
On 16:06:06 15 March 2007 RobTaylor wrote:
Retired at Retired
22 March 2007 13:41pm
Take a look at http://www.dotcomstore.co.uk/ it is a joint venture between us and a design agency.
The market ranges of cost are:
1. Frelancers and outsourcers to India £1,000 - £5,000
2. Small UK agencies with code pre-built £10,000 - 30,000
3. Larger UK agencies c £50k
4. Enterprise level builders £ six figures as mentioned.
We are in the second range.
Bob
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