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are you ready to sell
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calling wahms, merchants and artisans: if you're into the arts and crafts, gifts and collectibles, fashion and accessories or any such related activities, you can now open an online store on smartshoppingworld to showcase and sell your wares or creations to the world.
 test drive your online store today with our free 30-day trial offer! | | |
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at smartshoppingworld, we place top priority in establishing a close relationship with all our merchant-clients and we work hard to maintain the highest standards of reliability, integrity and support for their online business. if you are an individual aspiring to own your very own online business and selling your wares or creations on the world wide web, now is the best time to consider setting up your online store on smartshoppingworld.
to open an online store on smartshoppingworld is simple. we only require that you be in the relevant trade and you must operate your business in a credible manner. we will give you all the necessary support that you need to ensure that your online business is up and running smoothly. as a subscriber, you will get to enjoy full use of the many user-friendly features that your web store offers for free. you pay only for the amount of retail space allocated based on the maximum number of products items that you can list in your store. all these at an affordable price and without any unnecessary investment in additional specialised personnel, maintenance or internet infrastructure
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| 30-day risk-free trial offer! |
setup your online store for a 30-day risk-free trial. you've got nothing to lose. if after the trial period, you find that it's not what you're looking for, you don't have to subscribe to our hosting services at all. click here to sign-up for a test drive today! |
| easy setup with full technical support |
user friendly store management |
simply fill in the online account setup form using only your browser and our support people will handle the rest.
no technical knowledge or experience required. your webstore will be configured and set up accordingly without any hassle. we believe you should only concentrate what you do best, (ie. manage your business) while leaving the technical aspects to us
full support provided
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add, edit or delete your product items online anytime using only your browser.
create unlimited number of product categories.
view all orders online
manage and control the availability status of any product item, including those which you have put up on auction. keep your stock availability level for individual product item updated. edit and update your quantity available for individual product item only when you have verified that payment has been made and the order will be processed and shipped. deactivate and put on hold any item (including those on auction) in your webstore. activate them only when you are ready to sell.
easily include up to 2 product images for each product listing by uploading them into your webstore using only your browser.
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| low, affordable hosting fees |
accept online and offline payment |
our entry level standard plan costing a low of $11.95 per month and which provides up to a maximum of 300 different product items that can be listed in the store is more than enough for an average small merchant
all subscribers, regardless of the type of hosting plan subscribed, will get to enjoy the same full features offered by the webstore for free.
no setup fees
no commission on sales
no long-term contract
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| auction gallery showcase |
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easily set up an auction gallery to showcase your store's auction items with direct links to your auction listings on ebay and yahoo auction sites. now, even visitors to your store will not miss out on any of your items which you have put up for auction. this will not only help to generate greater interest and awareness for your products but it will also direct more traffic to your auction listings, thereby increasing the opportunity for you to generate even greater sales. at the end of your auction, simply delete the item from the auction gallery if it is sold or simply transfer it back to its original product category for normal listing in your webstore in the event the item fail to be sold at the auction. | |
you have the option to accept mail-order purchase with ease.
accept secure online credit card payment via paypal, one of the most popular and user-friendly online payment processor with over 20 million members worldwide. this easily translates to a huge potential base of ready customers (paypal members) for your webstore.
with the latest paypal's multiple currencies feature, you will be able to use your paypal account to accept payments in u.s. dollars, canadian dollars, euros, pounds sterling, and yen.
you can sign up for a paypal business or premier account with ease and be ready to start accepting credit card payment online in a secured environment. signing up is free
for more information about paypal, its fee structure and its secure transaction services, please visit the paypal website
affordable. no upfront fees to be paid. no need to incur additional cost by going through tedious and expensive route of applying and paying for secure certificates and pricey merchant account fees, etc.
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| flexibility. no domain registration required |
increased exposure. available selling tools |
you don't need to incur additional cost by registering for a domain name or own an existing website address in order to operate a webstore as your store will be hosted under the smartshoppingworld platform. a typical webstore will have the following address:
http://www.smartshoppingworld.com/stores/your storename
if you have your own domain name and would like to use it for your webstore, no problem. all you need to do is simply point your domain to the url address of your webstore and whenever visitors key in the url address of your domain name http://www.your domain , they will automatically be directed to your web store on smartshoppingworld.
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you can set up individual promotional messages to draw shoppers' attention to any particular product listed in your store. eg. limited time offer ! , new ! , special offer ! etc.
your store will be listed for free under smartshoppingworld stores directory and also within directory of sites listing and be searchable by all visitors to smartshoppingworld.
you can create your own meta tag description and keywords for your store for our submission to major search engines for increased accessibility by visitors worldwide.
free advertising campaigns to promote your webstore on smartshoppingworld on a rotational basis. for eg. featured store highlights, products highlights, etc.
enjoy greatly reduced rates for selected advertising campaigns and our other merchant services.
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standard plan
this is an entry level plan with a maximum listing limit of up to 300 different products that can be listed at any time by the merchant in his store. it is suitable for small merchants or anyone who has limited products to offer or prefers to keep the number of products listed to a manageable level, preferring instead to rotate their product listing from time to time, ensuring sufficient exposure for all their products while keeping their cost to a minimal.
this plan will include the setup of the merchant's storefront design (4 different color theme designs available - with one design for each category of arts, arts and crafts, gifts and collectibles and fashion and accessories),
webstore setup and integration of e-payment facilities enabling the merchant to accept credit card payment online via paypal. merchants will need to sign up for a paypal account in order to accept credit card payment on their webstore. signing up is free. to find out how to open a premier or business paypal account that will enable the acceptance of credit card payments, click here to visit paypal website for the latest details
click here to test drive the demo store 
| webstore hosting plan |
standard plan |
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standard plan
usd 11.95 per month |
maximum listing limit of 300 product items
proceed to subscription page |
classic plan
the classic plan is similar to the standard plan in all features except that the classic plan allow the merchant to list a maximum of 500 products in his store..
merchants will need to sign up for a paypal account in order to accept credit card payment in their web store. signing up is free. to find out how to open premier or business paypal account that will enable the acceptance of credit card payments, click here to visit paypal website for the latest details
click here to test drive the demo store
gold plan
the gold plan is also similar to the standard and classic plan in all features except that the gold plan allow the merchant to list a maximum of 700 products in his store..
merchants will need to sign up for a paypal account in order to accept credit card payment in their web store. signing up is free. to find out how to open premier or business paypal account that will enable the acceptance of credit card payments, click here to visit paypal website for the latest details
click here to test drive the demo store
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gold plan |
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gold plan
usd 23.95 per month |
maximum listing limit of 700 products.
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for enquiry regarding product listing greater than 700 product items, please use the enquiry form below. |
for all store hosting plans, hosting fees are charged accordingly based on the maximum number of product listing allowable. all subscribers, regardless of the type of hosting plan subscribed, will get to enjoy full use of the webstore and all its available features for free. they only pay for the store space.
other merchant services
for a list of other merchant services, please click here
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