Posted by Miva Merchant
to Store Spotlight
on April 29th, 2009
Summer is just around the bend and what better way to spend those sunny Saturdays than with a RC car zipping through the park or a RC plane soaring above the tree line. Well, you’re in luck because today I’d like to introduce you to a wonderful hobby store, RCSLOT.com, which specializes in RC vehicles and model trains. Located in Franklin, WI, RCSLOT.com ships items globally to meet the hobby needs of enthusiasts worldwide. They have become one of the leading online retailers of RC cars and trucks while achieving global distribution using Miva Merchant’s shopping cart software.
Keith Kittoe, owner, says his company started using Miva Merchant in 2006 and quickly discovered the design and support team allowed them to compete on an international level after being frustrated and held back by the limitations of other shopping cart software. Keith noted, “From only a few products and categories to thousands of products and categories, Miva Merchant is capable of performing [as the] shopping cart software for RCSLOT.com.”
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Posted by Miva Merchant
to Marketing Tips
on April 27th, 2009
Today I bring you a guest post from Alexander Berger, owner of www.RedFlareKits.com, originally posted in the Miva Merchant forums. The content below is in response to Allen of mice-rides.com asking what marketing methods are available besides Google Adwords for his store.
I guess there is more then one way to build a business. If you have a lot of money for marketing - simply advertise, and eventually your efforts should pay off.
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Posted by Miva Merchant
to Store Spotlight
on April 22nd, 2009
Professional and passionate home chefs prepare for an exciting creation fest in the kitchen with an assortment of gourmet ingredients and premade products to streamline your artistic food preparation. Exceptional flavors mixed with a perfect palette will leave your taste buds craving one more bite from the Swiss chefs who love Albert Uster Imports edible products.
When asked about choosing Miva Merchant’s shopping cart software, John, from Albert Uster Imports stated, “The primary attraction was and is the presence of a very active user and developer community. This affords the Miva [Merchant] user a broad community of other users with whom to learn, troubleshoot issues and compare best practices.”
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Posted by Miva Merchant
to Store Spotlight
on April 15th, 2009
Just south of the Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida are two parents, Peter and Susan Petracco, blazing a trail with WonderBrains.com – a toy store dedicated to educational toys for every age group from infants to adults who are still children at heart. WonderBrains.com was purchased by Peter & Susan in 2003 from the Miva Merchant email user group (now our community forums) resulting in an expansion from 80 products to over 2,000 educational toys aimed at keeping young minds busy.
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Posted by Miva Merchant
to Marketing Tips
on April 13th, 2009
Link building is one of the cornerstones of ranking on the first page of Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Live and other search engines. Many directories and websites will give you a link in exchange for you linking to them a practice known as reciprocal linking. Although this works you can get more SEO benefit from a site that links to you without a link back which is known as a one way link. You may be thinking, oh great, another list of places to buy links but put your pocketbook away because all you have to spend is your time.
I personally was able to submit mivamerchant.com to each of the following directories this month (April 2009) so it is fresh but over time may change.
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Posted by Miva Merchant
to Store Spotlight
on April 8th, 2009
Today I want to introduce you to a small business doing big things in the wine industry in Southern California. The Wine Country started doing business on November 14, 1995 in Signal Hill which is surrounded by Long Beach, CA. After successfully launching the retail store Randy Kemner, Proprietor and wine enthusiast extraordinaire, expanded to the ecommerce realm in 2003 using Miva Merchant shopping cart software to put selling power behind www.thewinecountry.com.
Mr. Kemner states, “Miva Merchant 5.5 has been exceptional for us both on the customer side and employee side. Our customers are able to easily navigate the site and purchase any wines we offer. For our employees, with Miva Merchant 5.5 we are able to put information within the proper data field effortlessly.” after being asked how Miva Merchant has helped The Wine Country with its mission.
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Posted by Miva Merchant
to Store Spotlight
on April 8th, 2009
I spend quite a bit of time on the web daily for work and personal activities; I even purchase most gifts for family members online since I have to ship it 1,500 miles anyways. I also buy many products for myself off of websites when I can get a better price than a local store and don’t have an immediate need for the item. Every time I go to buy something a thought comes across my mind, “I wonder if a Miva Merchant store owner sells what I’m looking for…” which brings the inevitable Google search for a Miva Merchant store with the product I want to purchase. Sometimes this works but more often than not it yields no results. There should be a better way!
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Posted by Miva Merchant
to Design & Development
on April 8th, 2009
Do you use Miva Merchant e-commerce software to run your online store? Every month we highlight an entrepreneur from our community to show the world our great customers.
Get the spotlight on your store by contacting: marketing @ mivamerchant.com (you will need to remove the spaces).
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