Selling Online
This is the beginner’s section for starting an online business. We will cover all you need to know about owning an eCommerce website including starting your website, submitting your site to search engines, search engine optimization, selling online, getting traffic and marketing your products. Many sites have already talked about how to build a website and we’ll be covering the artistic and technical issues related to building a website in future articles. This article will help you learn how to go about starting your own online business.
Although our website is mainly geared for jewelry wholesalers and jewelry retailers, many of the useful tips explained here will also apply if you are selling other products & services online. Please do not think that you are in the wrong place! Your not.
We have published a few articles that talk about the benefits you will gain by having an online presence for your business. Those articles can be found on our home page as well as further below on this page.
Building Your Online e-Commerce Website
You know the feeling you get at a restaurant when you’re handed a menu with way too many choices? You know, that overwhelming feeling you get when you don’t know what to order or what’s going to taste good? Well, that’s how I felt about all the e-Commerce software packages that are available. There are many of them out there and they all claim to be easy to use and have very similar features.
I have researched them, read about them and tried many of them. Personally, I decided that BigCommerce is my favorite. I like their clean templates because I think it is search-engine optimized and search-engine friendly. The more complicated a website design, the less favorite of Googlebot. Many jewelers love Flash templates. Flash templates may look very elegant and fancy but it is not a good choice for a website that you want to be found easily by search engines. Click here to read more.
Who is BigCommerce?
With BigCommerce anyone can quickly and easily create their own online store without any technical experience. To read more about them. Click here
Why Having a Website is Important for Business
Another way of generating money.. Customers can buy from you anytime. If you are already selling online, don’t sell your product in one place, read more
How to drive instant traffic to your site using photo sharing sites
One way of getting traffic online is using photo sharing sites. Not many people use this creative medium to find customers, but after all, a photo speaks louder than words. Once you start using photo-sharing services, your product images can be found by Google’s Image search. Read more
Get more sales with email marketing
Remember to keep all your customer’s email addresses. They are your most valued asset. Read more
Free Graphic Arts For You To Download
Here are some graphic icons that we’ve designed. They are yours to download. If you need a quick start-up look to get your store going, you can use them for your website. Click here
245 Free Jewelry Photos for you to Download
Photographing jewelry can be hard for some people and it can be time consuming. I have these jewelry photos here that I am giving away for people to use for their sites. If you find some that you are selling in your store, and you like the photo, by all means, please feel free to use it. If you’re not able to find any that you are selling, you can find one you like and use it as a header image on your site, or in your emails. Click here to see them.
