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There are more than 350 online shopping carts. And each week we feature one, interviewing both the cart’s developer or management and a customer. “Cart of the Week” is not a review or an evaluation, but rather an opportunity to learn about a shopping cart from the people who build it and use it.

This week, we’ll hear from Neil Smith, ecommerce director for G-Forces Web Management Ltd. His company owns Tiger Commerce, a hosted shopping cart located in Bearsted, Kent, England. After a decade in the business, G-Forces has more than 2,000 stores using its cart software.

We’ll also hear the views of Chris Smith (no relation), managing director of LIME, a seller of gaming console headsets, and a Tiger Commerce user.

PeC: How much does the…

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Cart of the Week: Tiger Commerce

Practical eCommerce periodically gathers seasoned ecommerce merchants and asks each of them the same questions around a given topic. We publish their responses in “Field Test,” and the topic in this installment is conversion strategies.

The participating ecommerce merchants are: Dave Norris, House of Antique Hardware; Justin Hertz, MuttMart; Lars Hundley, Clean Air Gardening; Richard Kuipers, Windmill Trading; Chris Moleski, Wetsuit Wearhouse; and Bryon Tabor, Practical Sports.

The responses of three of six participants were published previously. Here are the responses of the three remaining participants, published anonymously to maintain candor.

PeC: Roughly how many visitors come to your ecommerce site each day?

FIELD TESTER 1: 8,…

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Field Test: Conversion Strategies Part II

Drop shipping with Salehoo is a magnificent way to earn big money fast and about the best means to lose money too. And they deliver the item to them. That is your part done; now you can return to selling. That is the hypothesis; in practice it can be so dissimilar.

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Salehoo - Recognize Great Drop Shippers

Getting good drop shipping providers was really simple and all down to fine communications. You will have to contact every potential provider before you promote their goods so you’ll be able to know everything about their products, their product pricing as well as their shipping policies.

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Drop Shipping Made Simple With Salehoo

Most of the drop shippers on eBay know a little copywriting. The internet, regardless of what site you are on, is all about the written word. Hence it is more likely that products listed by a vendor can be bought from them at any time while in stock. Good directorial and communications skills are required especially where you market hundreds of different goods from various drop shipping and supplying businesses.

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Drop Shipping - Learn How to Market Too!