Fastcommerce

New templates are coming. Beautiful templates. One is almost as good as amazon.com.

Also coming, the ability to host your own domain on your fastcommerce store. Easy integration with Google Analytics. It is AWESOME

http://www.fastcommerce.com

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FastCommerce Small Business Ecommerce Offers Business Opportunities for Website Designers

Web Design Firms Can Now Offer Free eCommerce by FastCommerce.com as an Additional Service to Increase Revenue

Small website design firms can now offer the e-commerce system by FastCommerce.com as an additional service to drive revenue from new and existing clients. FastCommerce is a complete e-commerce that is offered at no or low cost. At virtually no risk, design firms can offer to set-up web storefronts for small business entrepreneurs looking to sell online.

San Mateo, CA, September 27, 2007 –(PR.com)– Web design firms have emerged as a fast growing client base for the free e-commerce applications offered by FastCommerce.com. The FastCommerce e-commerce system is easy to set-up, easy to use, and is offered at no or low cost. There is no risk to start, and in return web design firms get a state of the art, high performance ecommerce system to use as an additional product offering to boost revenue.

Small business design firms have been quick to sense a new and potentially lucrative business opportunity. Traditionally, web design has been only a part of a total ecommerce operation, a small part of the total software needs of the small business entrepreneur looking to sell online. Small business online retailers have traditionally used a number of diverse software programs to successfully run an ecommerce company. As e-commerce applications move to the web small business online retailers have greater access to single-system e-commerce services. FastCommerce.com is a powerful, low-cost Web 2.0 version of this new model.

FastCommerce.com has all the tools a small business needs to sell online. By simply signing up, online retailers have access to a full suite of tools that include an online store, online product catalogue, shopping cart, auto-email responder for order and shipping confirmation, as well as back office tools for order capture and processing, account maintenance in addition to automatic shipping calculations for USPS, USP and FedEx. Paypal will soon be offered as a payment option, and credit card transactions can be set up on the site through authorise.net.

But the FastCommerce.com ecommerce tools are free up to 250 products. By simply signing up, web design firms can quickly master the tools of setting up a complete online store, and then offer it to their clients as a service or product. Small business online retail continues to grow at an astonishing pace, and the FastCommerce.com ecommerce webstore has all the tools that small online retailers need to be successful.

The FastCommerce.com represents a new tool for website designers to offer to their established client base looking to extend their e-commerce capabilities. “We are finding the website designers have lots of clients require updates to their ecommerce systems” says Charles Han, FastCommerce.com CEO, “By simply learning the FastCommerce.com system, they can revisit their clients with a powerful and inexpensive ecommerce solution. For lack of time, many online retailers will be looking to third-party providers to set it up. And because it is easy to set up, and low cost, it’s a win-win.”

FastCommerce.com is also offering free additional training to all web designers looking to utilize the free e-commerce service to expand their business. Topics will include how to set up the store, and how to go live, setting up the store as a sub-domain of the existing website, etc. And since the FastCommerce.com e-commerce system is easy to use, website designers will find it easy to train their clients on the system to get them up and running quickly.

The response to the FastCommerce.com ecommerce system for small online retailers has been impressive. Small business retailers have been tremendously excited by having access to high caliber e-commerce software at little or no cost.

Fastcommerce.com provides business management software to small businesses, delivered on demand as a service via the web on a free or paid monthly subscription basis. We provide small businesses with a complete, fully integrated package that helps run their entire operations, including inventory control, sales and marketing, support, online catalogs, e-commerce, backend order processing, and built-in UPS and Fedex shipping tools.

The only requirement to use our software is an internet connection. Unlike a traditional software company, our small business customers do not need to buy and maintain expensive software and hardware.

STRATEGIES TO SUCCEED ONLINE: THE NEW YORK TIMES NOW HAS A SMALL BUSINESS SECTION

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/26/business/smallbusiness/26brand.html?_r=1&ref=smallbusiness&oref=slogin#

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September 26, 2007

Strategies to Succeed Online

By DAVID STROM

PUTTING a small business online used to be a relatively simple matter: buy the domain names that matched your company’s identity, set up a Web server and send out a press release and a few e-mail messages. No more.

These days, a Web site may not even be the best place to start promoting your products or services. Instead, you can consider setting up a blog, participating in social-networking communities like Facebook and creating a storefront in virtual worlds like Second Life to get the buzz going.

“We launched our company in May 2006 with a blog, not a Web site,” said Jody DeVere, the president of AskPatty.com, an advice site that helps women find car showrooms and repair shops that are friendly to them. “Our blog has been the driving force of our branding effort and become the way we find our readers and our customers.”

Earlier this year, AskPatty created a virtual coffee shop at the online community site Second Life, where people can swap tips and stories. That move turned out to be a gold mine for the company. “The women in Second Life are the ultimate power Internet users, and are very comfortable doing business online,” Ms. DeVere said. “Plus, it is a very cost-effective way to reach lots of people.”

The good news is that there are many sites that act as hosts for individual and corporate blogs at no cost. The three largest and most popular are WordPress, Google’s Blogger.com and Six Apart’s Typepad.com.

Any of these services is fine for most small businesses’ needs, said John Patrick, a former I.B.M. vice president for Internet technology, who is a consultant and a member of several Internet companies’ boards.

The important thing is to develop a lively and attractive Web presence, Mr. Patrick said, and to update it often. “You want to have an active and ongoing online discussion with your customers and suppliers,” he said. Pick topics that can be informative, and don’t shy away from controversy, but address it head-on, he continued, adding, “You want to give customers a recommended course of action and make them feel like they have a direct channel to your company.”

An active blog helps draw visitors to a corporate Web site and can improve a company’s search rankings, said Tristan Louis, an Internet consultant who is a blogger himself and an expert on Web technology. “Blogging isn’t just about promoting you or your business,” he said. Instead, he recommended that corporate blogs focus on a niche or industry segment and become an authority by publishing advice and commentary on it.

Once the blog is up and running, its reach can be extended by using so-called syndication tools — provided by the blogging sites — that generate “feeds,” to which customers can subscribe. Feeds are notifications that tell you when new content has been added, like comments and posts. Given the work involved, many businesses now have staff members whose responsibilities include maintaining Internet activities like blogs and online storefronts.

“The old ways of hiring a public relations firm and putting out press releases just don’t cut it anymore,” Mr. Patrick said. “Today’s businesses have to be more hands-on, grass roots, interactive and maintain this flow of continuous communications.”

Besides having a person responsible for online communities and communications, businesses must strive to develop a more conversational approach that includes everyone from the chief executive to the mailroom clerk. More than merely participating in social networks like Facebook and MySpace, that means answering e-mail, too.

In addition, corporations should make use of e-mail distribution lists (also called Listservs or groups) to stay in touch regularly with their customers, employees and suppliers. Running such lists used to require software that was sophisticated, expensive and quirky. Now there are popular services sponsored by Yahoo (groups.yahoo.com), Microsoft (groups.msn.com) and Google (google.com/groups) that offer free distribution-list programs.

What a company should not be doing is spending lots of money on dot-com speculators, buying specialized software or even paying for the services of Web developers.

As Ms. DeVere said: “A new business doesn’t have the money to build a brand and pay for advertising. The biggest investment is your time, and these tools require a lot of that, but they can really pay off.”

Website Designers Offer FastCommerce as a Value-added Service

www.fastcommerce.com

Web design firms have emerged as a fast growing client base for the free e-commerce applications offered by FastCommerce.com. The FastCommerce e-commerce system is easy to set-up, easy to use, and is offered at no or low cost. There is no risk to start, and in return web design firms get a state of the art, high performance ecommerce system to use as an additional product offering to drive revenue. 

Small business design firms have been quick to sense a new and potentially lucrative business opportunity. Traditionally, web design has been only a part of a total ecommerce operation, a small part of the total software needs of the small business entrepreneur looking to sell online. Small business online retailers have traditionally used a number of diverse software programs to successfully run an ecommerce company. As e-commerce applications move to the web small business online retailers have greater access to single-system e-commerce services. FastCommerce.com is a powerful, low-cost Web 2.0 version of this new model.

FastCommerce.com has all the tools a small business needs to sell online. By simply signing up, online retailers have access to a full suite of tools that include an online store, online product catalogue, shopping cart, auto-email responder for order and shipping confirmation, as well as back office tools for order capture and processing, account maintenance in addition to automatic shipping calculations for USPS, USP and FedEx. Paypal will soon be offered as a payment option, and credit card transactions can be set up on the site through authorise.net.

But the FastCommerce.com ecommerce tools are free up to 250 products. By simply signing up, web design firms can quickly master the tools of setting up a complete online store, and then offer it to their clients as a service or product. Small business online retail continues to grow at an astonishing pace, and the FastCommerce.com ecommerce webstore has all the tools that small online retailers need to be successful.

The FastCommerce.com represents a new tool for website designers to offer to their established client base looking to extend their e-commerce capabilities. ”We are finding the website designers have lots of clients require updates to their ecommerce systems” says Charles Han, FastCommerce.com CEO, ”By simply learning the FastCommerce.com system, they can revisit their clients with a powerful and inexpensive ecommerce solution. For lack of time, many online retailers will be looking to third-party providers to set it up. And because it is easy to set up, and low cost, it is win-win.”   

FastCommerce Continues Success with Free Online eCommerce Webstore for Small Business

Free Ecommerce Webstore

HTTP://WWW.FASTCOMMERCE.COM

Building their own online stores, hundred of small businesses and individuals continue to sign up for the FastCommerce.com online store builder and free ecommerce website. Designed to be easy to set up and use, the FastCommerce.com service is a web-base, Web 2.0 free shopping cart software with free hosting. It has the advantage of enabling small business start ups and individuals to set up and grow their online businesses with a state of the art webstore and back-office management capability for order capture, account management, shipping and tax calcaulation: everything needed to run a business online. It has the singular advantage of being inexpensive (free, or practically free) while running on a proven Web 2.0 technology platform for speed and performance. The feedback to the free service and the ecommerce shopping cart tools has been tremendous.

Looking to build an online store? Just starting out? The FastCommerce.com ecommerce software is easy to use, easy to set up, and it is free to start. Free, not a free trial. What do we mean by easy to use? Our shopping cart software was designed especially for simplicity and ease of use. You will be impressed by the elegant design and the coherent layout of the management console. You will also be impressed by a level of speed and performance unmatched by the majority of shopping cart software solutions available on the web. And it is free! How cool is that?

The FastCommerce online store management tools let you quickly create new products, create complex and deep product category trees in minutes: it is well designed to let you create and modify to best suit your needs as they evolve. It is remarkably easy to build an online store with our FastCommerce.com ecommerce management tools. And after a short learning curve, our easy to set up, easy to use ecommerce solution becomes a remarkable productivity tool. You move quickly over the face of these ecommerce tools to manage, adapt and fine tune your online store to meet the evolving challenges of Internet ecommerce retail. And because of our Web 2.0 technology, we will be able to make enhancements and add new products without any disruption to your current ecommerce store. Our Web 2.0 ecommerce shopping cart software will meet and exceed your growing expectations as you continue to compete and succeed in Internet retail ecommerce.

Even better, once you set up your FastCommerce.com free online store, you will find that the other tools make complete sense at first sight. Order capture, order processing along with inventory management, account management and shipping: all the ecommerce online business applications on the FastCommerce solution are state of the art productivity tools designed by some of the industry’s top user interface designers. New features and functions will easily integrate with the existing set of applications: the final result will be one of the best ecommerce solutions available. And it is available to small business for free. How cool is that? Additional, third party fees are offered as options.

So go build an online store with FastCommerce.com. It’s fast, simple and cheap; that is, it’s a free ecommerce solution. Free to set up and free to use. You only pay when you want additional tools. And even then, our set of new and powerful options might be almost as inexpensive as the free service. Building an online store with FastCommerce lets you focus on your business, not on your budget. And with our state of the art Web 2.0 ecommerce solution, the days of having to run both an online store while supporting complex software and hardware are rapidly receding into the early days of online ecommerce.

A second release has been scheduled for early October to include Paypal, drop-down menus for product variables, five new templates that are professional, attractive, and have remarkable branding capabilities for non-technical marketing people, and more. FastCommerce.com will continue to develop products with a focus on offering low cost, state of the art small business applications for ecommerce and back-office business utilities.

FastCommerce.com is a free Web 2.0 ecommerce shoppinng cart software and business application for small businesses, start-ups, and individuals looking to grow their business with online sales.

Feedback has been awesome as hundred of small business entrepreneurs build their online stores and ecommerce business with a state of the art web 2.0 e-commerce applications from FastCommerce.com

SHOPPING CART SOFTWARE with FastCommerce.com

THE NEW WEB 2.0 ECOMMERCE WEBSITE AND SHOPPING CART SOFTWARE IS OFF TO A ROARING START. HUNDRED OF PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP AND SIGNED IN TO BEGIN BUILDING THEIR ONLINE STORES. THIS IS NOT A SHOPPING CART SOFTWARE EXCLUSIVELY, BUT IT ALSO HAS BACK END OFFICE MANAGEMENT LIKE ORDER MANAGEMENT, ORDER PROCESSING, CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT, AND MORE.

It is free to 250 products, and the software is easy to use, beautifully designed. You can go live with your own ecommerce website in no time at all.

It gives you all the tools you need to run your business online, and it will let you grow while keeping your costs non-existent, or very low.

Please checking out at fastcommerce.com or email sales at gregory@fastcommerce.com

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WEB 2.0 ECOMMERCE AS A FREE SERVICE at FastCommerce.com

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FOR PERFORMANCE, EASE OF USE, AND AWESOME ECOMMERCE TOOLS

Web 2.0 is simply software delivered over the web, via an Internet connection. But the big deal in Web 2.0 ecommerce solutions is that web-based ecommerce software now rivals in-house solutions in features and functions, and also in speed. A web-based application is great if it only does one thing like email, less great if it runs the whole of your business, right? Guess again.

Among the number of trends driving innovation in ecommerce software is the development of WEB 2.0 technologies that not only deliver low-cost ecommerce applications, but deliver speed and performance as well. Speed for the online store customer as they roam an ecommerce site, and speed for all the ecommerce utilities that drive the business end of the ecommerce software.

The ultimate goal of WEB 2.0 ecommerce software is to replace in-house and legacy systems with ecommerce web applications that offer the same features and functions, but at lower costs. Web applications can also be updated on an ongoing basis so that the Web 2.0 ecommerce application incorporates the best possible ecommerce web applications available at any time.

Google, and now Microsoft, are now offering many applications as web 2.0 applications. The FastCommerce.com ecommerce solution delivers ecommerce applications on this same model. We’ve developed an ecommerce software that enables small to medium sized business to have access to a single-system that can run the whole of their online store and online business are one application, delivered over the web, delivered at and no or low cost. FastCommerce.com’s Web 2.0 ecommerce includes a website, online product catalog with related products, order capture and order processing, a shopping cart, contact and customer management, as well as shipping, inventory and more.

All the tools are there in a high performance and inexpensive ecommerce solution that will let small business grow their online stores while not having to worry about costly investments, or having an in-house IT department. With the FastCommerce.com Web 2.0 software, Internet retailers can focus on running an ecommerce business, on customer service, not on hardware and software support.

FastCommerce.com will being rapidly developing products and features to its main ecommerce software: the goal is not simply to be an ecommerce shopping cart provider, but a platform that gathers together all the features and functions (for example, ERP) that a small business need to run the whole of their business. FastCommerce.com is a small business ecommerce utility that is pure Internet Web 2.0 in easy of use, speed and performance, and at low or no cost for businesses large and small.

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BEST SMALL BUSINESS ECOMMERCE SOLUTION AVAILABLE

BUILD AN ONLINE STORE WITH FASTCOMMERCE.COM

Looking to build an online store? Just starting out. The FastCommerce.com ecommerce
software is easy to use, easy to set up, and it is free to start. Free, not a free
trial. What do we mean by easy to use? Our shopping cart software was designed
especially for simplicity and ease of use. You will be impressed by the elegant
design and the coherent layout of the management console. You will also be impressed
by a level of speed and performance unmatched by the majority of shopping cart
software solutions available on the web. And it is free! How cool is that?

The FastCommerce online store management tools let you quickly create new products,
create complex and deep product category trees in minutes: it is well designed to
let you create and modify to best suit your needs as they evolve. It is remarkably
easy to build an online store with our FastCommerce.com ecommerce management tools.
And after a short learning curve, our easy to set up, easy to use ecommerce solution
becomes a remarkable productivity tool. You move quickly over the face of these
ecommerce tools to manage, adapt and fine tune your online store to meet the
evolving challenges of Internet ecommerce retail. And because of our Web 2.0
technology, we will be able to make enhancements and add new products without any
disruption to your current ecommerce store. Our Web 2.0 ecommerce shopping cart
software will meet and exceed your growing expectations as you continue to compete
and succeed in Internet retail ecommerce.

Even better, once you set up your FastCommerce.com free online store, you will find
that the other tools make complete sense at first sight. Order capture, order
processing along with inventory management, account management and shipping: all the
ecommerce online business applications on the FastCommerce solution are state of the
art productivity tools designed by some of the industry’s top user interface
designers. New features and functions will easily integrate with the existing set of
applications: the final result will be one of the best ecommerce solutions
available. And it is available to small business for free. How cool is that?

So go build an online store with FastCommerce.com. It’s fast, simple and cheap; that
is, it’s a free ecommerce solution. Free to set up and free to use. You only pay
when you want additional tools. And even then, our set of new and powerful options
might be almost as inexpensive as the free service. Building an online store with
FastCommerce let’s you focus on your business, not on your budget. And with out
state of the art Web 2.0 ecommerce solution, the days of having to run both an
online store while supporting complex software and hardware are rapidly receding
into the early days of online ecommerce.

SHOPPING CART SOFTWARE (free)

Starting an Online Businesss?

Can you start an online business with a free ecommerce solution? You can if it is a free online store from FastCommerce.com. THere are many things you need to start an online business, and with FastCommerce.com you get nearly everything: you get your own free website, a free webstore, free shopping cart, all on a single system in a secure, high performance environment. You also get back office tools: order processing, account management, inventory, shipping and retail tax calculation, along with reports. By simply signing up and going through a few simple steps, you can set uo shipping and tax calculations, and even go live with your very own free website; all this can be done in a few minutes.

Ecommerce software is moving to the web, and at FastCommerce its been designed to be easy to use while delivering all that you would expect from a high end package. And the free part is not a gimmick, there is no ‘free trial,’ no requirement to sell someone else’s merchandise. Instead, we give you a system that let’s you start an online business quickly and inexpensively, all built on an easy to use, rock-solid technology
platform.

And as your company grows, so will your needs: FastCommerce.com will be there with an array of new products and features that will give your the flexibility and agility to expand your online business. In the short turn, you get an ecommerce solution to grow your online business without taking on additional costs.

Starting an online business? Do it for no or low costs at FastCommerce.com. Designed as a high performance Web 2.0 ecommerce solution, you get to start out with your own free online webstore. It doesn’t get better than that, at least until we bring on ERP and accounting.

Again this is a free ecommerce solution with all the tools you need to run a business online. In the future additional features will be added as low cost options: you will choose those features that best enable your online business to compete in the larger world of online retail. With FastCommerce, you have a Web 2.0 software and design that will take you all the way to your success.

http://www.fastcommerce.com

FastCommerce.com is a Web 2.0 Ecommerce Software

FastCommerce.com Press Release, August 2007

FREE ONLINE STORE FASTCOMMERCE

 

FastCommerce.com is WEB 2.0 Ecommerce Software

Web 2.0 is simply software delivered over the web, via an Internet connection. But the big deal in Web 2.0 ecommerce solutions is that web-based ecommerce software now rivals in-house solutions in features and functions, and also in speed. A web-based application is great if it only does one thing like email, less great if it runs the whole of your business, right? Guess again.

Among the number of trends driving innovation in ecommerce software is the development of WEB 2.0 technologies that not only deliver low-cost ecommerce applications, but deliver speed and performance as well. Speed for the online store customer as they roam an ecommerce site, and speed for all the ecommerce utilities that drive the business end of the ecommerce software.

The ultimate goal of WEB 2.0 ecommerce software is to replace in-house and legacy systems with ecommerce web applications that offer the same features and functions, but at lower costs. Web applications can also be updated on an ongoing basis so that the Web 2.0 ecommerce application incorporates the best possible ecommerce web applications available at any time.

Google, and now Microsoft, are now offering many applications as web 2.0 applications. The FastCommerce.com ecommerce solution delivers ecommerce applications on this same model. We’ve developed an ecommerce software that enables small to medium sized business to have access to a single-system that can run the whole of their online store and online business are one application, delivered over the web, and deliver and no or low cost. FastCommerce.com’s Web 2.0 ecommerce includes a website, online product catalog with related products, order capture and order processing, a shopping cart, contact and customer management, as well as shipping, inventory and more.

All the tools are there in a high performance and inexpensive ecommerce solution that will let small business grow their online stores while not having to worry about costly investments, or having an in-house IT department. With the FastCommerce.com Web 2.0 software, Internet retailers can focus on running an ecommerce business, on customer service, not on hardware and software support.

FastCommerce.com will being rapidly developing products and features to its main ecommerce software: the goal is not simply to be an ecommerce shopping cart provider, but a platform that gathers together all the features and functions (for example, ERP) that a small business need to run the whole of their business. FastCommerce.com is a small business ecommerce utility that is pure Internet Web 2.0 in easy of use, speed and performance, and at low or no cost for businesses large and small.