Bydots http://www.bydots.com/blog/index.php?catid=1&blogid=1 en-us Nucleus CMS v3.51 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.bydots.com/blog/index.php?catid=1&blogid=1/nucleus/nucleus2.gif Bydots http://www.bydots.com/blog/index.php?catid=1&blogid=1 BIGCOMMERCE xml-rss2.php?itemid=14 Utilizing an easy to use interface, online retailers can publish products in seconds, accept credit cards, use multiple shipping methods, run effective marketing campaigns and more. Built from the ground up to support search engine optimization features such as search engine friendly links, effective use of heading tags, alt tags and per product and per page title tags.

BigCommerce also features a built in content management system to allow easy publishing of website content including web pages, news items, blogs, promotional banners and coupon codes.

BigCommerce Feature List

With BigCommerce anyone can quickly and easily create their own online store without any technical experience. Unique features such as Drag & Drop Design Mode make it easy to completely customize the look and layout of your store using just your mouse. BigCommerce has built-in search engine optimization features which help your online store rank at the top of all major search engines including Google and Yahoo. Below is a complete list of BigCommerce features:

Hosting & Security

  • Premium hosting for all stores
  • SAS 70 Type II certified hosting
  • Powerful Intel quad CPU servers
  • Daily offsite backups
  • 99.99% uptime track record
  • 3 co-located data centers
  • Create unlimited email accounts
  • FTP access to HTML and CSS files
  • Complete disaster and recovery support
  • 128 bit SSL certificate support
  • Hacker deterrent security provisioning
  • On-demand virtual data center
  • Geographic diversity
  • Three redundant network architectures
  • Best-in-class infrastructure
  • High speed, redundant connectivity
  • Hardware firewalls
  • Load balancing
  • Cisco hardware and networking
  • Denial-of-service protection
  • Free regular software updates
  • Network intrusion detection system

Search Engine Optimization

  • Fully SEO optimized HTML
  • Optimized by SEO experts
  • Per-page optimization (title, etc)
  • Proper use of H1...H6 tags
  • Automatically generated robots.txt file
  • Search engine friendly links
  • Alt tags on product images
  • Automatic sitemap XML file
  • W3C valid templates
  • Tableless CSS driven templates

Storefront

  • Full product catalog
  • Online checkout system
  • "Call for pricing" option
  • One click add to cart
  • Optimized for usability
  • Product comparisons
  • Order status updates
  • Live order tracking
  • Email/print invoices
  • Customer address book
  • Private wish lists
  • Public wish lists
  • Order messaging system
  • Related products
  • Suggestive cart
  • "You may also like"...

Marketing and Promotions

  • Trackable coupon codes
  • Coupon expiry date
  • Coupon limited uses
  • Google Analytics integration
  • Bulk discounts per product
  • Online certificate use
  • Promotional banners
  • Discount rules system
  • Buy one get one free, etc
  • Free shipping over $x
  • $x on orders over $y
  • Newsletter subscriptions
  • Export to Google Base
  • Affiliate tracking system
  • Gift certificates
  • RSS feeds
  • Google AdWords export
  • Yahoo Search Marketing export
  • Popular products list
  • New products list
  • Top sellers list
  • Quick search popup box
  • "Did you mean?" spelling
  • Integrates with any live chat software
  • LivePerson Express 30 day trial

Payment & Shipping

  • Accept credit cards online
  • Support for 50+ gateways
  • PayPal, Google Checkout, etc
  • Support for secure checkout
  • Support for "offline" payments
  • COD, pay in store, cheque, etc
  • Take orders over the phone
  • Sell in multiple currencies
  • Real time conversion rate updates
  • Auto-detect location for currency
  • Real time shipping quotes
  • UPS, USPS, FedEx, Aus Post, etc
  • Define your own shipping rates
  • Limit shipping methods by country
  • Limit shipping methods by state
  • Limit shipping methods by zipcode
  • Various free shipping options
  • Add handling cost to orders

Order & Checkout Features

  • Single page checkout
  • Shipping quote estimates
  • Guest checkout option
  • Refunds and store credits
  • Custom checkout form fields
  • Delivery/event dates
  • Shipping tracking numbers
  • Email order confirmation
  • Agree to terms before ordering
  • Add multiple items to cart
  • Create order shipments
  • Order messaging system
  • One click re-order

Technical Support and Training

  • Unlimited free email support
  • Unlimited free phone support
  • Hundreds of "how to" articles
  • Comprehensive user guide
  • Dozens of training videos
  • Weekly training Webinars
  • Built-in popup help tips

Design and Customization

  • Dozens of templates to choose from
  • W3C/XHTML compliant templates
  • Easily integrate your existing design
  • Edit templates in Dreamweaver
  • Drag and drop layout customization
  • Edit HTML and CSS in your browser
  • Upload a logo or use the logo editor
  • Change website text using your mouse
  • Edit email templates from control panel
  • Works in all popular web browsers
  • Web-based control panel

Tax

  • State-based taxes
  • Country-based taxes
  • Unlimited tax rates
  • Prices inc/ex tax
  • Flat tax option
  • Tax rate display in store
  • Tax shown on invoices, etc
  • Flexible tax rules and flow

Content Management Features

  • Full CMS functionality
  • 100% browser based
  • Publish web pages
  • Display returns policies, etc
  • Easy-to-use WYSIWYG editor
  • Page dropdown/pop out menus
  • SEO-friendly pages
  • Restrict to customer groups
  • Publish content from RSS
  • Contact forms on pages
  • Responses sent via email
  • Display page as home page
  • Recent news items
  • Banners and promotions

Search Features

  • Search suggest
  • "Did you mean?" suggestions
  • Related searches list
  • Advanced search options
  • Fiter by price
  • Filter by availability
  • Filter by free shipping
  • Search tips and advice
  • Shop by brand
  • Shop by price
  • Saved searches and views
  • Advanced order/product search
  • Search and export results (admin)
  • Search customers by name, email, etc
  • Quick Search popup in store
  • Search query reporting

Import/Export Features

  • Import existing products easily
  • Extremely flexible import system
  • Export products to CSV/XML
  • Sync to Intuit Quickbooks
  • Export to MYOB, Peachtree
  • Export to StoneEdge
  • Export in custom formats

Customer Features

  • Customer groups
  • Wholesale/retail pricing
  • Per-group pricing
  • Per-group discounts
  • Category level discounts
  • Product level discounts
  • Storewide group discounts
  • Move customers between groups
  • Add new customers to group
  • Filter customers by group
  • Export customers by group

Reporting Features

  • 25+ performance reports
  • Daily conversion rate
  • Top 20 customers
  • Best selling products
  • Order locations (Google maps)
  • Orders by item sold
  • Orders by revenue
  • Popular products
  • Inventory report
  • Customers by date
  • Revenue per customer
  • Search keywords with results
  • Search keywords without results
  • Best performing keywords
  • Worst performing keywords
  • Search term corrections

Product & Inventory Features

  • Per-product inventory levels
  • Automatic inventory control
  • Inventory reminder indicators
  • Sell physical & digital items
  • Product variations (size, color, etc)
  • Configurable purchase fields
  • Gift wrapping options
  • Per-product gift wrapping
  • Live shipping quotes
  • Product reviews & comments
* Feature list correct as of September 2009. Features are constantly updated, the latest feature list can be found on the BigCommerce website. ]]> Solutions xml-rss2.php?itemid=14 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:50:00 +1000 Bydots aproved as BIG COMMERCE Partner and Reseller xml-rss2.php?itemid=13 Verify our BigCommerce Reseller Status

BigCommerce - The Easiest Way to Sell Online!

BigCommerce is an all-in-one, feature rich ecommerce platform that allows even the most novice of user to create a fully functional online store and sell both physical and digital products online.

READ MORE about BIGCOMMERCE]]> General xml-rss2.php?itemid=13 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:46:00 +1000 16,000 products and still growing xml-rss2.php?itemid=12
As part of the new management process the entire product range has been updated and expanded to a mammoth 16,000 products (not including variations). Making it one of the largest installs of an Interspire Shopping Cart
Learn more about Interspire Shopping Cart ]]> Projects xml-rss2.php?itemid=12 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:30:04 +1000 Email marketing tool xml-rss2.php?itemid=11
Our all-in-one email marketing software includes everything you need to create, send, track and profit from email marketing - but it doesn't stop there. It also includes powerful tools to completely automate your follow up marketing and customer feedback loops too:
Follow up with prospects automatically using autoresponders. Send a series of personalized email messages to new leads at intervals you define. It's like having your own dedicated sales team working for you around the clock.

Optimize your email click thru rates with split testing. Send a few variations of your email to a sample of your list and have the best performing one sent to the rest automatically.

Automate your list management with triggers. Automatically convert leads to opportunities when they open a specific email, remove inactive leads from your list or even send a follow up email when a particular link is clicked - automatically.

Keep your lists clean and up to date with automated bounce processing. Invalid email addresses can be removed from your list automatically based on "smart bounce rules", helping keep your deliverability rate high.

See the complete activity of a lead with event logging. Every time a lead opens your email, clicks a link or performs any other activity, it's logged against their history making it easy for you sales team to qualify their desire to purchase.


Solicit and track feedback with surveys. NEW! Using the drag & drop editor you can create customized surveys and feedback forms which you can link to from your email campaigns or autoresponders and then blast to your list in minutes.More Features Than Any Other Email Marketing Software

Interspire's email marketing software is fully featured and was built specifically to help automate your follow up marketing, giving your sales team more motivated leads in the process. It will turn more leads into buyers - we guarantee it, or your money back.

  • Completely browser based

  • No monthly or per email fees

  • Perpetual, lifetime license

  • No list size limits or fees

  • No "powered by" link in your emails

  • Runs on YOUR web server

  • Use your mail server or 3rd party

  • 100% unencrypted PHP code

  • Private label in 5 minutes

  • Surveys and feedback forms NEW!

  • Dozens of built-in templates

  • Step-by-step campaign wizard

  • Custom fields for personalization

  • In-email dynamic content blocks NEW!

  • Unlimited autoresponders

  • Split test email campaigns

  • Powerful XML-based API

  • Powerful, automated triggers

  • Full campaign statistics

  • Google Analytics integration

  • Automated bounced email processing

  • Full WYSIWYG campaign editing

  • Per user email throttling

  • Easily import/export contacts

  • Pause and resume sending

  • Automatic event logging

  • Built-in CRM functionality

  • Google Calendar integration

  • RSS email campaign archive

  • User groups with permissions NEW!




See more
]]> Solutions xml-rss2.php?itemid=11 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:09:00 +1000 Ecommerce solution xml-rss2.php?itemid=10 Shopping Cart Software To Skyrocket Your Sales In Record Time, Guaranteed.
What is Interspire Shopping Cart?

Interspire Shopping Cart is an all-in-one e-commerce and shopping cart software platform that includes absolutely everything you need to sell online and attract more customers using the power, reach and affordability of the Internet.
Are You a Business Owner Looking to Sell Online?

Business owners like you appreciate our ease-of-use and all-in-one feature set, meaning you don't need to pay for a web designer's help because you can do everything (yes, absolutely everything) yourself.

Imagine selling chocolates with this FREE template


Large range of templated designsSee the current list of templates here

Here are just a few of the hundreds of features included in our powerful, award winning e-commerce and shopping cart software which already powers over 8,250 online stores:


  • Completely browser based

  • Drag & drop layout editor

  • Fully SEO optimized by experts

  • Sell physical & digital items

  • Re-order functionality NEW!

  • Easy-to-use store control panel

  • Multiple logins with permissions

  • Refunds & store credits

  • Tabs on product pages NEW!

  • Groups & wholesale pricing

  • Single page checkout

  • Delivery/event dates NEW!

  • Business intelligence reporting

  • Integrates with 60+ services

  • Custom form fields NEW!


  • Fully PCI compliant software

  • Flexible discount rules NEW!

  • Per-product inventory control

  • 60+ designs included

  • Easily customize your design

  • Agree to terms to checkout NEW!

  • Shipping zones & options

  • Sell in multiple currencies

  • Gift wrapping & messages

  • Flexible tax settings & options

  • Real-time shipping quotes

  • Invoices & packing slips

  • Handing & free shipping options

  • Coupon & bulk discounts

  • Full CMS functionality

]]> Solutions xml-rss2.php?itemid=10 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:17:00 +1000 Bydots appointed Partner by INTERSPIRE xml-rss2.php?itemid=9 Interspire offer the best ecommerce, email marketing and information management solutions available on the web


ABOUT INTERSPIRE


Overview


  • 40,000+ customers, 50,000+ users

  • Founded and incorporated in 2003

  • 300% growth (staff & revenues) in 2008

  • We pioneered private label software


What We Do

  • Web-based software for businesses

  • Our products work together in a few clicks

  • Strong focus on great customer support


What We Believe In

  • Technology can solve business problems

  • Software should be affordable and fun

  • Customers are our greatest asset

  • Providing great support is a must

  • Feedback makes our products better



Shopping Cart

  • Shopping cart software optimized for search engines. Packed with beautiful store designs.


Email Marketer

  • Powerful email marketing and autoresponder software with advanced marketing features.


Knowledge Manager

  • An enterprise-grade system to easily capture and share company knowledge.


Website Publisher

  • Publish flexible websites fast with the ideal content management system for any website.

]]> General xml-rss2.php?itemid=9 Fri, 4 Sep 2009 22:05:00 +1000 Another month another online Shed Store xml-rss2.php?itemid=8
Bydots has completed the install of ecommerce software and a full product database for Shed marketer Shed Stores]]> Projects xml-rss2.php?itemid=8 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:05:00 +1000 Shed Specialists association selects BYDOTS xml-rss2.php?itemid=7
Shed Specialists awards ecommerce project to Bydots

The ecommerce solution was installed and full product database completed in very short time
Shed Specials"]]> Projects xml-rss2.php?itemid=7 Sat, 6 Jun 2009 21:52:00 +1000 Bydots part-owner and co-developer of leading Hardware Retail site xml-rss2.php?itemid=5
Bydots has completed the installation of an ecommerce solution for Hardware Delivered

Bydots as part owner of the site will also provide ongoing SEO and product maintenance services]]> Projects xml-rss2.php?itemid=5 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:46:00 +1000 Bydots part-owner and co-developer of leading travel site xml-rss2.php?itemid=4



Bydots has completed a 2 year long development program, resulting in one of Australias largest Tarvel sites.
The site Please Take Me To has the one of the largest (Australian based) repositories of travel media including thousands of of HD videos and High resolution pictures.

Bydots developed the initial database and backend admin solutions and business models
]]> Projects xml-rss2.php?itemid=4 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:39:00 +1000