the blind factory goes live
The second of our big sites to go live in a week after Orchard had 'gone live' we saw the grand opening of our biggest ecommerce site yet, click on over to www.TheBlindFactory.co.uk to see our flagship online store.
"After several months in development we've actually gone live. Thanks to Brookfresh we're now trading online" - K Murphy: Company Director, The Blind Factory Ltd .
The Blind Factory offers a massive range of Window Blinds and Conservatory Roof blinds. After looking at the competition in the market we decided to build a totally unique shopping system, the content is managed by a bespoke system, we think this is going to be a winner.
visit www.TheBlindFactory.co.uk 
orchard.co.uk goes live
The first of our big sites to go live this week, Orchard.co.uk are the leaders in recruitment throughout the Manchester and Leeds area. Orchard have relaunched their site with a stunning new style.
This site has a 'tag' driven content system allowing the recruiters to add jobs, calander events and news articles allowing users to perform keyword searches to be on all the sites content. Narrowing down the perfect job has never been so easy.
New features: price matrix, Customisations & page names
If your product requires a price calculated using a width and height then our system allows you to configure your price matrixes, likewise you can now allow your customers to add product customisations. Customisation prices can also be linked to a width and height price matrix. Also new to the system is search engine friendly page naming. The name of the page is now generated using the product title, giving you an improved chance of higher page rankings on google and other popular search engines.
read more about our features here
add google checkout to your shop and add more traffic
You can now add a google checkout to your brookfresh shop. Google adwords users will recieve the following benefits:
Free processing.
Google Checkout merchants that use Google AdWords receive 10 times their previous month's AdWords spend in free transaction processing.
More traffic.
AdWords advertisers that accept Google Checkout can display the Google Checkout badge on their AdWords ads. Checkout customers click 10% more on AdWords ads that display the Checkout badge.
Make your customers feel safe shopping on your site
Online security is extremely important. There are several organisations offering peace of mind to online shoppers, your customers will feel confident buying from a shop displaying one of their logos
2009 resolution: A new shop for the new year is a must
The UK's Christmas online retail sales reached an estimated £13.6bn. (source: bbc news)
An estimated £100million was spent online, on christmas day alone in 2008. It was estimated that 5 million shoppers logged on and spent £20 each on avarage. (source: imrg)
Is your business missing out on this lucrative market? Our simple-to-manage ecommerce system offers low overheads and can quickly get your business online for the year ahead.
read more about our system here
A new way to promote your web shop
Once your website is up and running, why not create an ebook catalogue to show your customers a new way to view your products.
www.thegoodwineshop.co.uk - just in time for christmas
The good wine shop has a new website in time to benefit from the Christmas rush. After a successful launch the site is a resounding success...
Did you know your customers
are shopping somewhere else?
The first place potential customers will look for your business is on the web. If you don't have a shop on your website then they will buy from a business who does, so you could say that your customers are buying from your competition.
We have developed a fantastic online shop over several years, many businesses are reaping the benefit of trading online today with the help of our shop system. It's an inexpensive way of reaching a whole new market, and it can quickly become an integral part of your busines.
Can you afford to lose any more customers?
click here to find out how to keep your customers
want to know how easy it is to set up your shop?
To find out what to do next and to learn more about the rich features our shop system offers in more detail, download our features pdf document now. You will need the free acrobat reader software.
download our brochure pdf here [539kb]
eCommerce facts
An estimated £100million was spent online, on christmas day alone in 2008. It was estimated that 5 million shoppers logged on and spent £20 each on avarage. (source: imrg)
By 2011 32m UK consumers will be shopping on-line. The value of goods they buy on-line in 2011 will add up to almost £52bn. (Forrester, UK e-commerce Forecast 2006-2011)
More than 85% of UK internet users have been on-line for at least 3 years (BMRB Internet Monitor)
13.1m people accessed the internet whilst at work in the last month (BMRB TGI.net)
Sites where people can buy products or services are still proving to be the most popular online destinations with 18.3m people doing so in the last month (BMRB)
22m people now shop on-line in the UK, spending an average of £647 each in the last six months (BMRB)