Monthly Archives: October 2022

Last Updated on October 11, 2022 by Yasmin Estupinian

Online stores have evolved and have saved many lives during the Covid-19 pandemic. When the world was quarantined, there were many businesses that survived as they had the option to sell online. This means that there is always a great idea to think over about having an online store even if our niche is a physical store only. The main reason for many businesses not having an online store is that they do not want to invest or at least not invest that much, so in this blog post you will see some steps to help you create an online store that your shoppers will love.

Choose an eCommerce Website Builder

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There are many ways to create an online store, paid and free options. You can go for the free option to start so you do not have to invest a fortune. One of the best ways to do this is by using a free eCommerce website builder. These options will help you start your online store and make it easy for shoppers to find what they are looking for. The big question is where to find them.

One of the most popular is the open-source content management system (CMS) such as WordPress by using the Elemtor plugin features for free. The same as visual composer starter theme, Joomla CMS and nopCommerce platforms are available, you can choose any of those to start your online store and the most important thing is that you will get beautiful themes.

Get an Expert Advice

When it comes to creating an online store even though, you work with themes already established, you can still get advised to choose the best for your niche. One of the most important things that you can do is choosing the right colors for your niche. For example, if you sell furniture, then red may not be the best choice of color for your site. However, if you sell clothing or jewelry then red may be perfect! Therefore, it is important to get expert advice from someone who knows how these things work before making any final decision.

Get a Business Name and Registration

Another important thing you should consider doing is registering your business name before starting any kind of business activity as this will help protect your company’s interests against competitors that might try to get it registered under their names first. At SoftSys Hosting you can process your domain registration: the process is straightforward, and it will guarantee your choice of name.

Make It Easy-to-Use

Choose a theme where people can find the service or product easily. People do not want to see your story, but they want to find and inquire what they need in an effortless way. It is important that each page loads quickly, so visitors do not get frustrated waiting around while pages load slowly.

Configure Payment Options

PayPal, credit or debit cards are the most popular online payment options, so make the process easy as well. Ensure that your gateway is working fine and do not show any error that could make people doubt of placing the order: nobody wants to pay twice.

Choose a Hosting Provider

Finally, looking for a hosting provider is a great option, but try to search for a provider that can offer you 24/7 support so you do not have to worry at all if something goes wrong. Also take into consideration that the provider can host the CMS you have chosen for building your online store such as WordPress, Joomla or nopCommerce.

Last Updated on October 7, 2022 by Yasmin Estupinian

Nowadays global brand seems to be easier to build than ever before due to easy technology access. However, you need to make it work, because this is not only about letting people know about your brand, but letting them think they really need your product or service, or that this is the product or service they have been looking for.

Everyone wants to have a global brand and sell as much as possible although here are some useful tips that will give you an idea about how to start.

Brand Identity

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This should be unique and distinct from others brands on the market, even your niche is about many others products and services you still must have it different. This includes name, logo, colors, and typography you will choose for your company, so you will need get help of an expert because you cannot choose any color just that you like. Also it is imperative to think on what it means globally, not only on your local market but also does your audience is Spanish speaker? French speaker, etc. Think about the service you will be able to provide according to the language your prospective clients speak. What will happen if a Spanish speaker needs our service or product and we cannot handle it? Also, you must think that covering diverse types of countries you will have to deal with people from many other cultures which you must respect and adapt.

Understand Customer Behavior

Find out what customers want and what customers think, what their habits are etc., you will be able to discover them working closely with your marketing team. Due to the culture, and due to the time zone, this could change, hence you will have to work with the marketing team to make a deep study of the region you will be working in.

How will you be offering and position your product or service?

What type of advertisement will work better?

What is the purchase decision they use before acquiring this type of product or service?

How old are they?

How often will they be able to acquire it?

Once you understand your customer behavior, you will have a better idea about how to approach them and what will drive them to purchase your product or acquire your service.

Focus On Your Goals

Focus on your goals does not mean just to have them clear, but to work for them to make sure those aligns with your brand identity and mission statement so that when people see your logo or hear about your company in any way, they can easily connect those things back to what they know about it already. These could be achieved through marketing activities such as branding, advertising, social media campaigns, etc.

Take into consideration that people around the world have different values and cultures, so when designing advertising campaign for these people make sure that there are no cultural barriers between them so they can understand what is being advertised without any confusion.

Analyze Your Results

You must save some time monthly, quarterly on what you have been working on. You need to analyze your results to guarantee what you are doing is working perfectly fine or on the other hand you will realize you will have to change strategy immediately. This could be with your team member who has been involved in the process.

To have a successful analysis you must prepare all documentation, tools, surveys, and everything that was part of the process to properly study the results. When analyzing you could be able to understand in which countries you are having more presence, also in which countries you are not having enough presence at all and why. Based on the team analysis you will decide whether to continue putting efforts in that areas or move forward with others.

Conclusion

So, since the main purpose is to have a global brand, you must also entrust your company to a global brand as well. A company where no matter who you are you will be able to contact them and have answers to your queries or concerns in case you need it. With security and VPS offers SoftSys Hosting has multiple data centers which can help you to expand your brand globally.