If you do not like traipsing around shopping malls amidst all those people, read on. Digital developers are revolutionizing online shopping experience and shopping as a whole. Imagine a posh boutique in a country you have never been to and you can buy stuff you fancy using your credit or debit card.
Apart from not having to weave around other shoppers, virtual shopping malls are open 24/7 making it much more accessible than the usual brick and mortar shopping malls. Another upside is you can even meet people from all over the world or even see someone from your own community.
Virtual shopping malls are making a comeback. In the ‘90s websites were used as digital brochures for certain products or even shops. 3D shopping is the way to go especially for people who are always on the go and no longer have time in their hands to do some shopping. Virtual shopping malls may be older than we think but they surely are the next generation of shopping.
With E-bay and Amazon dominating the market for online sales, virtual shopping malls are still in its baby stage but a bright future is ahead of them because more and more people interact in the virtual world every day. Merging virtual and real life has made perfect sense when it comes to shopping.
Today, there are many programs shops can use to have their own virtual stores. These programs have design patterns, internationalization techniques complete with security features. Online shopping solutions are out there, just not used much by shops.
The whole idea of virtual shopping malls is to bring shopping into your homes. Shopping is not only about the best deals and the best bargains, for some shoppers, shopping is a social event where they can hang out with friends. To avoid the traffic outside it is better to sit in your home office and do your shopping over the internet.
Going into different stores or shop and seeing what the shop offers is a lot of fun and this in itself is the crux of the shopping experience. Virtual shopping may take out the smell of the bake shop or a restaurant, but it can navigate you around the mall for you to window shop and that is without having to commute!
The available programs for virtual shopping are just a tip of the iceberg. Imagine online shopping coupled with social networking and an interface that can be used by many people. The result is that you and your family or a group of friends can interact about the best bargains in the virtual shopping mall.
Under the virtual shopping mall trend are social shopping sites. These are sites that combine social networking and shopping. Essentially, virtual shopping malls are social shopping sites but are more into the 3D navigation of the website itself and not just looking at products page after page.
The question is how far along are we in virtual shopping technology? As of date, companies are still developing this 3D technology and who knows, maybe in months to come you won’t have to go to the mall anymore and you would have a myriad of virtual shopping malls to choose from right on your desktop.

For some people virtual store is as tempting as regular store in the shopping centers or even more. Online stores know how to attract their potential buyer and they are doing that better and better. The statistics shows that those online stores are getting some real and fast money out of their business. The online shopping is sure profitably but is good for their users, their time and money, as well?

I personally do not like the concept of their way of selling because I still prefer the traditional way of first actually seeing, trying and than buying a specific think. Online stores are confusing because they are offering too many things in the same time. This massive variant of choices just confuses me, because when I look for one special think I don’t want to see information about anything else. But being on the website of any online store you usually don’t have any other choice. While you are buying one specific think, your focus can be easily disturbed by another shiny, beautiful ring blinking on the right corner of the website. On the same online store you can buy everything from clothing, electronic, kitchen and gardens, toys and games, jewelry and watches to even home theater. So do all this choices really spear with your time or money, like in general online shopping is promising? I think the effect of online shopping is more likely the opposite!

The brand Marni was the pioneer in luxury to have a virtual store. Almost 3 years ago Andrea Aluzzi developed this new way of selling and the business is just going great and better!

Andrea Aluzzi

ILFS: Andrea, you was the one that made up the virtual store at Marni, right?

Aluzzi: Yes, I followed the project since the start up, in 2006.

ILFS: Why you thought was interesting for the brand to start selling online?

Aluzzi: We decided to open Marni Virtual Store (the first monobrand virtual store of the luxury system) for many reasons, but the main are to reach all the potential Marni customers throught the on-line channel; to realize a new “Marni on-line experience ” to create a sophisticated monobrand boutique online.

ILFS: Who is the strongest competitor for MARNI virtually talking?

Aluzzi: All the luxury virtual stores, i.e. Hermes, Dior, LV, Bottega Veneta, Moschino, … but actually our virtual store is unique respect the other fashion brands.

ILFS: What you think about the importance of the virtual world nowadays?

Aluzzi: The Virtual, nowadays is the most important channel for communication and relation with people.

ILFS: In which country does Marni sells more? Why?

Aluzzi: US, UK, North of Europe. It probably depends from the consumer’s approach to use the on-line as selling channel.

ILFS: Here in Brasil Marni didnt arrive yet, does the brand have any plan of expand sales here? IF Yes, Will be a store or virtual sales? When?

Aluzzi: Brazil and South America are interesting market. Probably we will value the possibility to open this new market.

ILFS: Talking about trend now, what is the next trend for next season that Marni is proposing?

Aluzzi: Marni experiments with a tactile dimension that ranges from fur to fabric to embroidery and from leather accessories to gems for the jewellery. Inlays of unusual and different textures. Eclectic and exploratory elements inspire the collection.

To know more about MARNI go check the website and the virtual store at www.marni.com.

THANK YOU ANDREA ALUZZI, MOLTO CARINO, GRAZIE!!!

]]> http://ecommerceshoppingcartsoftware.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/setting-up-your-virtual-store/ Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:40:36 +0000 aarongoldbergpro http://ecommerceshoppingcartsoftware.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/setting-up-your-virtual-store/

Online stores are heavily populating the World Wide Web. It became an instant internet craze which opened every single computer user to a possibility of becoming a successful e-commerce businessman. This fad turned many people into setting up their own online stores, and encouraged those giant ecommerce sites like Ebay and Amazon to make things easier for their subscribers by setting up ready-to-use online stores. Because of these features and offers of established e-stores, setting up one is as easy as breathing. However, one still needs to strategize and plan wisely so that the business won’t be among those short-lived businesses which start to fail after a month or so.

Lay Out and Templates

Now that you have successfully decided which products to sell, an Internet Merchant account already approved and an Online Shopping Cart purchased- you’re almost good to go. Next step is to design your own site. There are some sites which offer templates or ready to use lay-outs for e-stores. However, I strongly recommend you not to use these ready-made templates because you will lose the chance of customizing your e-stores appearance that is supposed to be coordinated with what you are selling. Experimenting things up with the designs, colors, lay out is a thing which you could easily learn, or if it pains you a lot, you may ask someone to do what you want your site to look like.

Easy Browsing

Customers want everything the easy way- that is the rule of thumb. They want a transaction completed in a few clicks of their mouse. This is the reason why you need to pay extra attention in building your site because a website which loads forever will never be appreciated by customers.

Keep your site clean and neat. Remove any unnecessary images but leave a striking logo- something that customers will remember. A user-friendly navigation bar is an indispensable tool in e-stores and even for almost all websites because it directs the customers to pages they want to go to in a very timely manner.

Your Website Host

In finding the best website host to cater to your website’s needs, there are many factors to take into consideration: First, see to it that the website offers Secure Server Locket (SSL) Encryptions. Above all other websites, e-store websites need this the most because e-stores involve money transfers and transactions. Expect an additional charge for this SSL, as compared to ordinary website hosting.

Second, seek for a host which guarantees a high up-time, meaning the guarantee that your site will always be online. If the uptime of a server is not that high, it may hurt your business a lot as it won’t be available for browsing over the net. Also check their guarantee of backing up files in case of system errors or malfunctions.

Web logs and statistics should also be considered because by monitoring the logs and statistics, you can analyze the volume of traffic coming into your site. You can also gain information about the statistics of your customers, thus giving you the chance to present ideas on retaining them and attracting more.

Lastly, delve on their customer support. The customer support is a very valuable aspect in maintaining your site’s availability on the web. Check the hosting company’s other customers and asks them the real score of the host; that way, you could expect the service they would give you.

Your Website/ Domain Name

You’re not done yet- and this is the most important step in setting up a website. Giving your site a good domain name is definitely something which you should not miss. While you would want to give your site the name of your e-store, it would be hard for you to market it and compete with hundreds to thousands of other e-stores. Try using keywords which sells the most, say for example your e-store sells flowers, you may search for the keywords pertaining to the product and use it as your domain name- e.g. flowersforallseasons.com. If you can limit your domain name to no more than three words, the better it would be so that customers can remember your site well. It is also a good edge if you have .com as your domain name system. People tend to remember sites with this ending compared to others.

Moving a step closer

You’re a step away from starting your online business and the next task is already predictable- yes, marketing your site online, it is. But there is no need to hurry, be sure to take all factors into consideration because marketing strategies won’t work well if you have missed any of the steps mentioned above.

Learn how you can increase your Internet business with ecommerce shopping cart software, content management system software, and email marketing software by Interspire.

Stickyscreen - handy tool for Post-It note fans

50 stunning Flickr images - courtesy of Future Buzz/Creative Commons

Coachella lineup announced – this might be the year…

Abandoned city and town pix - Downtown Phoenix not included

Audiolife – WAY cool site to help musicians create a virtual store

TRACK OF THE DAY - Three Seed by Silversun Pickups (Ambient beauty that puts me in a California state-of-mind)

Yes a free mall for you! A free

corner-store 4 U……Easy as 1-2-3

Ever buy on line? E _ commerce

is going to get big! Of course it is big now…One day,

our grand children will should have have quite a

list,  to choose from. We want something on line…… We search

for it. Millions of hits _ later…..in .023 seconds

We have to pick a store that has the product….

that we wanted. WoW!Edit

Is it just me? Or is it….just a we bit….

confusing ?
Very overwhelming…to say the least.

Your own web mall? Yup. For free? Yup.
For more information…… PLEASE_Mail US AT {info@thecorner-store.com}
Call it what you want? Yup. You name it….

As many stores as you want! As few as you wish.

A strip mall with a few little stores, or a major mall

with a 1001. It’s your call. It’s your mall.

Easy as 1-2-3

EXPANSION E-POWER SHOP

Tienda Virtual PROFESIONAL para el Plan E-POWER
Ideal para personas o empresas que requieren de una tienda virtual flexible, robusta y con funcionalidades profesionales.

Características:

-Capacidad de manejar ilimitados artículos por SKU, atributos (talla, colores, etc.), fabricantes, categorías, descuentos, fechas de disponibilidad, dimensiones, peso, y productos relacionados.
-Permite productos con fotografías y descripciones.
-Soporta diferentes países, impuestos y monedas.
-Sistema de creación de cupones de descuento. Se puede definir el monto o % de descuento y si es de regalo o permanente. Ideal para emails promocionales u otra actividad comercial.
-Registro de usuarios al momento de comprar. Posteriormente se les puede enviar emails en forma centralizada desde el panel de administración de E-POWER.
-Carga inicial de 20 artículos. Después el cliente puede añadir todos los que requiera sin limitaciones.
-Posibilidad de colocar en las barras laterales información destacada de los últimos productos, productos relacionados, categorías, productos especiales y el resumen del carro de compra.
-Soporta costos de envío a nivel de transportista y en función del peso del artículo.
-Personalización de los datos solicitados al cliente al momento de registrarse.
-El cliente y el dueño de la tienda reciben un e-mail confirmando y detallando la transacción.
-Sistema de control y administración de las ventas realizadas con acceso a informes.
-Formas de pago integradas: contra envío (cheque y efectivo) y sistemas de pago en línea en dólares como Paypal.
-Puede habilitarse el sistema de pago de DINERO MAIL para que los clientes paguen en línea con tarjetas de crédito bancarias o en las oficinas de SERVIPAG.
-Es posible realizar una integración directa con el sistema WebPay de Transbank para el pago con tarjetas de crédito pero tiene un costo y desarrollo adicional.

Información Adicional:

-Para poder disponer de una tienda virtual E-POWER SHOP requiere contratar también un plan E-POWER.
-Para ver más información de E-POWER haga Click aquí.
-El diseño que tendrá su tienda virtual dependerá de la plantilla que elija para su plan E-POWER.
-Si desea un diseño personalizado para su plan E-POWER por favor póngase en contacto para enviarle una cotización.

Para revisar nuestros trabajos realizados de Diseño Web : Portafolio de Diseño Sitios

PARA MÁS INFORMACIÓN SOBRE E-POWER SHOP: CLIC AQUI

NUESTROS DOMINIOS: www.efactory.cl www.hiperactivos.cl www.interactua.cl www.todosjuntos.cl

EXPANSION E-POWER SHOP

Tienda Virtual PROFESIONAL para el Plan E-POWER

Ideal para personas o empresas que requieren de una tienda virtual flexible, robusta y con funcionalidades profesionales.

Características:

-Capacidad de manejar ilimitados artículos por SKU, atributos (talla, colores, etc.), fabricantes, categorías, descuentos, fechas de disponibilidad, dimensiones, peso, y productos relacionados.
-Permite productos con fotografías y descripciones.
-Soporta diferentes países, impuestos y monedas.
-Sistema de creación de cupones de descuento. Se puede definir el monto o % de descuento y si es de regalo o permanente. Ideal para emails promocionales u otra actividad comercial.
-Registro de usuarios al momento de comprar. Posteriormente se les puede enviar emails en forma centralizada desde el panel de administración de E-POWER.
-Carga inicial de 20 artículos. Después el cliente puede añadir todos los que requiera sin limitaciones.
-Posibilidad de colocar en las barras laterales información destacada de los últimos productos, productos relacionados, categorías, productos especiales y el resumen del carro de compra.
-Soporta costos de envío a nivel de transportista y en función del peso del artículo.
-Personalización de los datos solicitados al cliente al momento de registrarse.
-El cliente y el dueño de la tienda reciben un e-mail confirmando y detallando la transacción.
-Sistema de control y administración de las ventas realizadas con acceso a informes.
-Formas de pago integradas: contra envío (cheque y efectivo) y sistemas de pago en línea en dólares como Paypal.
-Puede habilitarse el sistema de pago de DINERO MAIL para que los clientes paguen en línea con tarjetas de crédito bancarias o en las oficinas de SERVIPAG.
-Es posible realizar una integración directa con el sistema WebPay de Transbank para el pago con tarjetas de crédito pero tiene un costo y desarrollo adicional.

Información Adicional:

-Para poder disponer de una tienda virtual E-POWER SHOP requiere contratar también un plan E-POWER.
-Para ver más información de E-POWER haga Click aquí.
-El diseño que tendrá su tienda virtual dependerá de la plantilla que elija para su plan E-POWER.
-Si desea un diseño personalizado para su plan E-POWER por favor póngase en contacto para enviarle una cotización.

ไม่มีใครปฏิเสธว่า ตลาดเกมเป็นตลาดที่ใหญ่มาก แต่โดยสัดส่วนผู้เล่นยังคงเป็นกลุ่มผู้ชาย

มากกว่าผู้หญิง ไม่ว่าจะเป็นเครื่องเล่นเกมคอนโซล ตลอดจนเกมพกพา ล่าสุดนินเทนโดปิ๊ง

ไอเดียที่จะปั้นตลาดผู้เล่นเกมที่เป็นผู้หญิงให้เติบโดมากขึ้นด้วยการออกเกมใหม่เอาใจสาวๆ

ชื่อว่า Pop Cuitie! วิดีโอเกมจำลองถนนแฟชั่นบนเครื่องเล่น Nintendo DS

ไอเดียเกม Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation ก็คือ ผู้เล่นต้องรับผิดชอบร้านขาย

สินค้าแฟชั่นที่ตั้งอยู่บนถนนในกรุงโตเกียว ซึ่งเต็มไปด้วยผู้คนที่เดินพุกพล่านกันเต็มไปหมด

และมีสภาพแวดล้อมของการแข่งขันค่อนข้างสูง โดยภารกิจของเกมนี้ ผู้เล่นจะต้องคอยมอง

หาแรงบันดาลใจของแฟชั่นต่างๆ จากฝูงชนบนท้องถนน เพื่อเลือกสินค้าที่น่าสนใจมาวาง

จำหน่ายในร้านของตนเอง นอกจากนี้ สาวๆ ที่เล่นเกมยังต้องมีหน้าที่เปิด และตกแต่งร้านให้

ดึงดูดผู้คนที่เดินไปมา ตลอดจนการเลือกแต่งตัวให้เป็นผู้นำแฟชั่น ไม่ว่าจะเป็นเสื้อผ้าที่สวม

ใส่ ของใช้จุกจิก รวมถึงทรงผม ซึงเป็นการสร้างความน่าเชื่อถือ และประชาสัมพันธ์ร้านของ

ตนเองไปในตัวค่ะ…โห…คิดไปได้นะคะเนี่ย

นอกจากสภาพแวดล้อมของเกมที่ดูสวยงามแล้ว ตัวละคอนในเกมยังดูน่ารักมากทีเดียวค่ะ ซี

ว่ามันคล้ายๆ น้อง cutsie ตัวการ์ตูนเด็กสาวที่ชอบแต่งตัว แถมยังเป็นเกมที่เล่นได้หลายคน

พร้อมกัน ดังนั้น สาวๆ ที่เล่นเกมนี้สามารถท้าดวลแข่งขันกันว่า ใครจะเป็นผู้นำตัวจริงในธุรกิจ

แฟชั่น(Fashion Battle)ได้อีกด้วย สำหรับกำหนดการวางตลาดก็เดือนกันยายนนี้แล้วค่ะ

Instructions from “Diesel” (DMB’s tech guy) on the DMB forum:

The “VirtualStore” folder is where Vista saves data files when a program running without administrator privileges tries to save something to a folder within the Program Files folder. If you have DMB set up to run as an administrator you shouldn’t need to worry about the files saved there.

Vista doesn’t like programs that save their data files to a location within the Program Files folder (e.g., “c:\Program files\dmb9\”).

Try using Computer (Vista’s version of My Computer) to look for your missing DMB files in a folder named “c:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\dmb9″ (replace yourusername with the name on the user account you are logged in as).

Hello girls!!!

I have had these in my inventory for a while and have decided to finally release them:) I have been really busy in RL with a masters I’ve been doing so I haven’t had time to make much more!!! (They give me so much homework you guys would’nt believe!!!) I promise I will try to keep them coming more steadily when things calm down a bit!!!!

Here are the images of the new releases:

Eternity

This dress has 3 skirts for different occasions, ballgown, 50’s style and cocktail skirt:) (They all come with their scripted versions.) Its a very sexy but still very poised and smart looking number!!  This design is available in 4 very elegant colours

Soliloquy

A more daring ballgown with vibrant hues mixed with sofisticated and always fashionable black (that I like a lot) for the summer and definitely an outfit you will stand out in! It is available in 5 colours!!!!

I really hope you like them!

Lots of Love,

Constanza Volare <3

Here is the SLURL for my shop!!

Well, this is the beginning of what I hope will be an extremely exciting chapter in my life. I am starting the long, tedious journey to starting my own business. I’m going to try and jot down notes and stories here and there about the process…hopefully there will be more ups than downs!

My agenda at the moment pretty much consists of writing a business plan. If you’ve never done this before, or even looked at the format for that matter, it’s going to be a long task. It will probably be the only thing on my agenda for a few weeks.

On a much happier, and exciting note…I am going to start doing some arts and crafts that will be sold in my “virtual shop” (a.k.a. On the website once it’s up and running!). The items will be made for baby rooms since that’s what the store will be selling — imagine that!

I know this may not be an incredibly exciting blog, but I hope that in my moments of frustration and time when I’m discouraged, I can read over happier, more optimistic moments in this journey and remember the dream.

Also, I’m going to try and post pictures on each post, just to liven up my rants! I’ll take photos of things boutique-related when I can, but if not, then it will something that was a glimmer of inspiration while I was writing.

On this particular post, my inspiration is my family. My beautiful baby girl, Lainey, and my wonderful and incredibly supportive husband, Eric. Unfortunately for everyone, there will be lots of pictures of these two…they are my inspiration in pretty much everything I do, so when I don’t have anything new and interesting, I will resort back to my default…my two loves!

Wish me luck…………………………………………

here are the items just right in and tell me what you want to buy plus the toys make youre baby happier and clothes make youre baby love you more

item 1.banana 5 fob

item 2.polka dot t shirt 25 fob

item 3. baby rattle 50 fob

item 4.fire ball burrito 10 fob

item 5.cargo pants 100 fob

item 6.passafire 200 fob

Getting fashion inspiration from TV and movies is nothing new. I can remember riding my bike around my neighborhood during the summer after fourth grade, dressed just like the girls from Now and Then singing “Knock Three Times.”

Of course, there wasn’t a boy who looked like Devon Sawa and no mystery to solve, but if there had been… well, I totally looked the part.

Emulating a star’s style is easier than ever and with Starbrand and the CW Style Shop, all your favorite TV looks are only a click away. And what better time to try out someone else’s look than in college, when you haven’t quite figured out who the hell you are?

With these online TV looks categorized by brand, episode and character, your favorite pieces are easy to find. And best of all, no arduous searching through website after website looking for a really awesome pair of jeans. All the denim in these shops is to the minute.

They have also made it easy to shop for cute basics and affordable outerwear. It’s like having a whole rack of awesome clothes pulled from every different virtual store.

They’ve already done all the work, and for a lazy college girl, these websites are ideal. Work is a word we tend to avoid at all costs. I mean who hasn’t worn their pj’s to class at least once?

Check out the fall fashion gallery after the jump!

The best thing I’ve noticed from the Gossip Girl store in particular is their selection of jewelry. Alexis Bittar was a brand constantly in stock in the Teen Vogue accessories closet (because yes, I was an intern…) except I never knew where to find it except in small Manhattan boutiques.

Now, you can draw inspiration from your favorite shows or just peruse their hand picked selection of affordable basics and awesome jewelry. Still stumped? We’ve pulled together some looks that may be perfect for campus this fall!

Want to do some browsing yourself? Whatever you like, these virtual boutiques are bound to have it.

[album=34]