A look at e-commerce platforms Part VII

Now that you’re all set to start making money the question arises, how do you bring the most traffic to your site as possible and is all that work worth it?  Obviously, the more people that visit your site the greater opportunity, and this leads to more sales you’ll have the chance to make.  Here are some simple ways to bring traffic and to make the best of the opportunities available.

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A look at e-commerce platforms Part II

Having a product that is in demand in today’s economy is great, but being able to market and turn the lookers into buyers is a big task. Here we will cover some of the possibilities of taking a product from the shelves and turning it into a global commodity. There are many ways to sell your product online and there are just as many opinions on how to be successful, here are some details keep in mind from inside an e-commerce platform provider.

The first step of building any business not just an e-commerce business is to ensure you save as much of your time, energy and focus as possible for building the best products or services and then marketing them to the right audience. Then the next step is to find a provider to take care of building, developing and maintaining a sound e-commerce platform that is flexible and powerful enough to meet your needs. In this part of the building process the wise step to take is to take time to select the provider that is in the business for the long haul and not a flash in the pan operator.

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Only a small percentage of Germans have a credit card, and the ones that do prefer to use their bank accounts for purchases online. Payments with online bank transfers and electronic direct debits in Germany have been steadily rising in recent years and more and more internet users consider online banking to be a more convenient and safer way to pay online compared to credit cards. Currently more than 60% of online shopping is done through these two payment methods.
Gate2Shop has added giropay, a real-time bank transfer payment option with payment guarantee, and ELV (Elektronisches Lastschrift Verfahren), a direct debit payment option, in order to better serve its German consumers. Coupled with Sofortueberweisung, Gate2Shop now completely covers the German online market.

In today’s economy serious steps must be taken in both the commercial and private sectors to stay competitive and to stay ahead of the crisis. American Express has done just that. Founded in 1850, the American Express company had proved that it could withstand the test of time by remaining successful for over 150 years.  Now with global recognition the American Express (widely known as Amex) has not only withstood time but also the test of competition.
The credit card business is typically structured with three individual entities such as the acquiring bank (processes the credit card transaction), the issuing bank (the bank that issues the consumer’s credit card), and the network (the link between banks). This, as mentioned earlier is the typical structure. Amex though has proven not to be typical, acting as all three entities, and retaining the profit from the additional fees. In more recent years Amex has begun authorizing other bank to either acquire or issue the Amex cards on their behalf.
Doing business such as this over the years is a testament on how to take a company first formed as an express mail company and transforms it in to one of the leading credit card institutions in the world. When all is considered including many different economical hardships that have occurred over time, Amex proves to be the credit card to have.
Amex cards account for approximately 24 percent of the total dollar volume of credit card transactions in the US, the highest of any card issuer. Amex offers various types of charge cards for small business to manage their expenses, and Amex is also the largest provider of corporate cards. This has heightened the popularity of the Amex card on a global scale so now many vendors want to take advantage of accepting the card.
This is the resiliency that today’s e-commerce needs and what the vendors are asking for and what Gate2Shop believes they deserve. Providing additional solutions to each and every vendor is what keeps Gate2Shop a step ahead of the competition and providing excellent customer service is what it does best. With this payment option, Gate2Shop opens a continuously growing e-commerce market to vendors throughout the world with localized and globalized payment methods and options.  With over a decade of experience in the e-commerce industry, Gate2Shop delivers a complete time tested solution.

Gate2Shop (G2S) partners with Payment Network AG

As the financial tribulations span the globe, Gate2Shop continues to expand the solutions to provide the needed alternatives to e-commerce vendors worldwide. Gate2Shop takes time to listen to what the industry needs and develops relationships and partnerships with the institutions to acquire then necessary services for our vendors.

The latest payment option added to the Gate2Shop portfolio is DIRECTebanking.com through Payment Network AG also known as known as sofortüberweisung.de. DIRECTebanking.com is a new and TÜV certified online payment system based on the proven online banking system with PIN/TAN entry for a secure and fast processing of your online shopping. DIRECTebanking.com is the most popular Online Banking payment method used in Germany already and has more than 10,000 merchants currently using this payment method.

Advantages of DIRECTebanking.com;

• Fast - Immediate dispatch of warehouse stock.
• Comfortable - Immediately after finalizing your order, you can carry out the remittance transfer. Repetitive visits to your bank’s website are no longer needed. That saves time!
• Convenient - The data needed for your transaction is already entered on the form (invoice amount, payment recipient, order number, etc.).

With directebanking.com, Payment Network AG offers a secure payment service in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the Netherlands, and it can be used by approximately 77 million customers with an online compatible bank account, without the need for any additional registration. The direct money transfer system directebanking.com can be integrated into a respective shop with a minimum of difficulty thanks to the numerous prepared shop interface modules.

Providing additional solutions to each and every vendor is what keeps Gate2Shop a step ahead of the competition and providing excellent customer service is what it does best. With this partnership Gate2Shop opens a continuously growing e-commerce market to vendors throughout the world with localized payment methods and options.

By providing e-commerce solutions that extend globally Gate2Shop is able to offer vendors the needed service multiple currencies with weekly payouts. All of these options are offered to each and every vendor without additional fees.