The V11 update has received lots of positive feedback from our customers. Here’s what the press think Actinic Business v11 (Extract from The Telegraph) This ecommerce software is an improvement on earlier versions and sophisticated enough to suit most online retailing needs So you’ve set up a decent website, but you want to sell things …
We often recommend email marketing to our clients and customers. It is often touted as the most cost effective way to market to your customer base to grow your online sales. To demonstrate this we undertook a recent survey from a sample* of our customers which yielded some powerful and interesting statistical results. Over 65% …
From last couple of years, the Social Media is becoming more and more prominent in the marketing mix. There are many social media sites and it can make one feel overwhelmed. There are some which have more power than others, Twitter being one of them. Twitter is becoming a very effective platform for getting engaged …
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Selling online potentially opens your business to a global market as well as your local, regional or country specific market. With such a massive increase in potential customers the voracious competition also expands and increases with equal ferocity. How can you ensure your products reach the largest audience possible?Submitting your products to Google Base is …
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On 17th December 2010, HMRC announced their intention to roll out a programme of Business Record Checks in the second half of 2011.As of today there have already been some recorded cases where HMRC have investigated business’ accounts and records. HMRC intend to raise £150,000,000 annually from penalties brought about by these record checks. With …
Are you using Actinic? Do you have a PCI DSS Compliant Payment Service Provider? If you are one of many Actinic ecommerce website merchants who do not currently use a Payment Service provider (PSP) then we recommend you read this case study to find out why you should. Put simply, using a PSP can protect …
Actinic Payments – one of the best Actinic PSP option? Read More »
We create hundreds of great designs for our customers but we have always stressed that in the construction of what is beneath should always be at the forefront of thinking when embarking on a new design. The future months and years will, inevitably, see competition for consumer spend heating up and functionality will be key …
The key to opening the door to your store Douglas Adams once said: “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” And the author of the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” was way before his time in predicting how an electronic …
Search Engine Optimisation-Why your website needs it? Read More »
A cautionary tale to online retailers It came to our attention that banks are more frequently putting pressure on SME merchants with ecommerce websites to become PCI compliant. In fact, several banks have “threatened” merchants with additional charges for failure to comply with the PCI DSS standards. What shocked us the most is that these …
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Most people decide on hosting for a key reasons, features (or simply speaking to a supplier that doesn’t use too much jargon and can describe what you are asking for) reliability (speed and stability) and, importantly, price. But, as Harry Hill would say “Which is best? There’s only one way to find out” So it’s …
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