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Instantcart has announced the launch of its Facebook Application; a great new tool, that allows Instantcart webshop owners to link their online stores to their Facebook Fan page via an Instantcart Shop tab.

Always pushing the boundaries to explore new avenues and maximise the potential of social networking, the new Facebook Application should help store owners market their special offers to their Facebook fans whilst at the same time being subtle about it.

By keeping the Facebook Application Shop page clean and removing Buy Now buttons, Instantcart has succeeded in not over powering the Fan page with too much commerciality.

Instantcart feels that users of Facebook are there to socialise and check up on what their friends are doing, so being too commercial might push fans away.

To find out more, visit our application page on Facebook.

We are currently looking for freelance graphic designers and web developers who are looking for deskspace in the Leeds area.  After moving to larger offices just outside Leeds City centre, we now have space for freelancers to operate along side us.  For more details about our workspace facilities, please contact Paul on 0113 256 0200 or send us a message using the contact page.

Redbeck launched Watercooling UK's new website in January. The new feature rich website is designed to help the company expand its operations and integrate both its trade and retail businesses into one central backoffice.

The website features alot of Web 2.0 interactivity, from new product sliders to simple intuitive navigation. The unique and clear design keeps Watercooling UK's brand in the spotlight, without compromising the sites usability. If you are looking for either an ecommerce or design quotation, then please don't hesitate to get in touch!

What Watercooling UK have to say...

Now as we progress into 2010, the WatercoolingUK website has entered its second generation with fresh new look, keeping our original "Edwin" branding but more importantly with a rock solid platform capable of increasing our commitment to the watercooling scene even further. This new software will enable us to bring back the retail sales which once dominated the UK from before our B2B adventure started into the foreground and increase sales once again. This new software incorporates both systems giving us the ultimate setup to move forward with WatercoolingUK Web2 in 2010 and any other component based companies under our main Company name as our company goal was written.

Promote your business with your own computer website and online computer store, if you dont have a website, then this is a great opportunity to get your business online!

• Get your own computer website, plus a branded online shop and catalog, use this as a sales tool to sell more instore! Add additional pages and news - theres no need for your own website!
• Give your business a bigger image, with access to 1000's of products and descriptions.
• Earn commission on orders placed via your website.
• 100% Full-filled, no need to pack orders, take payment or deal with RMAs.
• Hosting and emails fully included. (Worth £10 a month alone!)
• No contract, we don't tie you down to the service.
• Setup Now from just £59! (limited time only)  (£40 cash back on £99 setup)
  

X2tek is an exciting reseller program which provides a sophisticated e-commerce solution to all JLT Resellers as well as your own website.  The website service is provided by Redbeck, a software company, and JLT Computers provide the full-fillment service. As well as your own website, hosting and emails, Resellers get there own branded online shop, with access to JLT's entire product inventory! X2tek is one of the most powerful and low cost solutions currently available to VARs in the UK computer industry.

X2tek has been built to help resellers and system builders increase sales without having to hold a single item of stock. X2tek takes away the hassle of managing a stock inventory and processes orders for you, as well as managing customer communications and product returns. Resellers simply choose the profit margins they want, to later be rewarded with the difference when a sale goes through.

For more information please visit http://resellers.jltcomputers.co.uk

Redbeck Group has been chosen by Tekheads.co.uk to launch their next generation website.  The new site will be a giant leap over their current aging ecommerce platform, providing users with a content rich web2.0 shopping experience.

Tekheads is one of the UK's leading and most enterprising supplier of overclocking, case modding, and general hardware equipment. By combining friendly advice, an emphasis on great service, the UK's most welcoming forums and fast efficient delivery.

E Commerce Expo North is for anyone who's involved with digital marketing or e-commerce.

If you're just getting started or a seasoned online professional, E Commerce Expo North will have a lot to offer.

Based in Manchester the show allows easier access to those visitors based in the North of England and anyone who needs to get a industry update before the annual E-Commerce Expo London.

For more info check out their website

Online shopkeepers willing to indicate how their sales were doing in 2009 generally reported extremes, with sales either rising or falling by more than 10 percent, according to a new Practical eCommerce survey.

Practical eCommerce asked a group of its readers how their 2009 sales had fared compared to the first quarter of 2008. By April 7, 2009, 34.6 percent of those responding had seen a 10 percent or greater increase in sales for the first three months of 2009 compared to the same 2008 quarter. Some individuals indicated sales growth of 30 percent or more. Unfortunately, another 28.8 percent of respondents said that their sales had fallen 10 percent or more in the first three month of 2009 compared to the same 2008 period. One merchant said sales were off by more than 50 percent.

View the full article over at Practical Ecommerce

April 2009, sees the launch of Redbeck's new website, delivering a range of new web products to businesses and organisations around the world.

Redbeckmedia showcased the JLT Reseller system in May at the UKs leading technology event; ChannelExpo 2008 held in Birmingham and the NEC.

Channel Expo is the biggest channel event in the UK. Showcasing the latest products, services and technologies, all under one roof. Held at the Birmingham NEC on 21 and 22 May, the event covers the complete range of companies, products and skills within the UK channel marketplace. Channel Expo gives you the perfect environment to meet the key decision makers within the industry, see the latest products & services and catch-up with your peers.

ChannelExpo is the only pure channel event for the highest quality VARs, system builders, consultants, computer retailers, IT suppliers and converged resellers.

Channel players are being urged to invest in an online storefront as web-based sales in the UK soared through the £3.5bn barrier last month beating London’s West End’s takings for an entire year.

According to research from the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG), the industry body for e-tailers, this took year-on-year sales growth for the second quarter of 2007 to 52.5 per cent – significantly higher than Q2 2006 (35.3 per cent), 2005 (30.8 per cent) and 2004 (35.4 per cent).

Online sales of electrical goods also rose 92 per cent for the month, the industry body claimed.

James Roper, chief executive of IMRG, said: “Consumers are embracing the internet now – they no longer need to plan their lives around when the shops are open and, for many, queuing at the till is a thing of the past. It is a trend that will definitely continue – perhaps not at the same pace, but certainly at a high level. Any firm without an online store just won’t be able to compete.”

However, for smaller channel players, setting up an online store can be costly. Software developer Redbeck Group launched its X2tek service in May, which provides resellers with their own branded online shop for a set monthly fee. JLT is currently the only X2tek distributor, but Redbeck is looking for other distributors to take the service on board.

Paul Roberts, founder of Redbeck, said: “X2tek is a doorway to allow VARs to put JLT’s product lines on their own site. It saves them the cost of operating a web site, packing orders, holding stock and dealing with customer emails.”

Andrew Scofield, purchasing manager at JLT, said: “We have signed 15 VARs in the past month. Resellers can choose which of our products they want to feature on their X2tek site.”

Michael Meredith, owner of VAR A1 Computer Solutions, said:

“We have had a web site for some time, but not a facility to enable customers to buy online. X2tek is great and particularly useful for taking customer orders if we do not have a product in stock.”

Full press release can be ready here at computing.co.uk