Do you want to be able to sell your products directly from your website via a shop? Our ‘buy it now shop‘ allows you to do just that via the Google checkout. You are able to sell online without having a full blown  ecommerce website or a Internet Mechant Bank Account.

Alternatively, using our existing template in your colour scheme you can have a full online shop with unlimited categories and products. You can also have your own bespoke layout if you require it.

For more information on all our services visit our website at primatedesigns.com

One of our favourite online shopping ePayment gateways is rebranding. Protx has been owned by Sage for a while now, but they’re going one step further and rebranding the service to tie in with the rest of the Sage family of products. The name change is effective from 21st April 2009 and will also see the launch of a 24/7 telephone support service. Protx has been one of our favourite ecommerce tools as the staff have always been helpful and the service has always worked without any hassle - let’s hope the quality remains high.

More and more people are finding the value an online shop can bring to their business both in sales and marketing. Not only are they much cheaper to set up than a physical shop on the high street, but can raise awareness of your business as clients search for the products they want to buy on the internet - most importantly, people are actually buying online.

According to a recent report by the Office for National Statistics, Internet sales represented 7.7% of the total value of all sales by non-financial sector businesses in 2007. That’s £163bn, up around 30% year on year - a figure which is growing rapidly. You can read the full report at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/ecomnr1108.pdf and bear in mind this is data from over a year ago now so current trends are likely to be even higher.

Primate Designs have a range of ecommerce options for those looking to venture into selling online:

• “Buy It Now” Shop - add in products with Paypal or Google Checkout buttons for a one-off cost.
• Simple Shop - create categories and products, integrated into a secure payment gateway of your choice for a lease fee and one-off integration cost.

Both of these options are compatible with our Silverback Editing Platform and can be bolted on to even our £500 templated websites.