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Netsuite web design is a great way to create multiple ecommerce web stores. The projects is more fun when the site owner (client) is passionate and understands internet marketing strategy. The netsuite web design below was created for a long time client. The design was GOOD, but the client and his team made it GREAT! They added the extra final touches after we delivered the initial design. Together we added all the "bells & whistles". This includes customer shopping cart page, custom category and item templates, drop down navigation, cross linking and marketing, plus a comprehensive netsuite seo strategy.

View this netsuite web design:

Homepage #1: Safety Gear

Homepage #2: Hard Hats

Custom Shopping Cart Design Example:

Site was completed by alexdesigns

Labels: alexdesigns, ecommerce, multi-store, multistore, netsuite, redesign, shopping cart, web-design

Here is a quick tip for anyone (web developer or non-techie) just starting an eCommerce website built on web based applications. It is a basic rule that you should follow to avoid breaking your website when updating the code of a Netsuite web store theme.

Ecommerce applications like Netsuite, Volusion and even Yahoo stores have text area form fields in their apps to enter HTML/JS code for the templates. Because these input fields are very small, it is very easy to delete or change this code. I was asked to fix this unintentional problem several times, but it could have been avoided. The solution is simple, copy all the code out of the text area fields and into .html files every time. Then you have a backup of this files, plus edit them using a WYSIWYG like Dreamweaver or a text editor.

Here is an example of an item template from a Netsuite web store theme. The code is moved from the text area field into a txt file. Simple, until you forget to do it.



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Labels: netsuite, shopping cart, tips

The NetSuite Partner Conference was a great success from many perspectives. The NetSuite community is a strong and talented group of companies looking to make difference with "One System, No Limits". This starts with the great staff at NetSuite, from Zack Nelson (CEO) and Evan Goldberg (CTO) to the product team, sales team, marketing/PR staff and professional services. The staff has displayed their dedication to improving their product by being innovative and focusing on the end user. The same goes for the partners selling the product and the customers they serve. NetSuite is One Integrated System to Manage Your Entire Business. The web based includes Accounting / ERP, CRM and Ecommerce to run your business more effectively, fully integrating your web store and back-office. Start A Free Trial.

The theme was clear in every presentation...
The #1 goal is customer satisfaction.

Here are some announcements that I would like to share with you... Please note that these upgrades have no set date for release but they are on the radar screen. Next year there will be two upgrade releases next, they are named 2008.1 and 2008.2 - one in the middle of the year and the other towards the end of year.

Starting with a heavier focus on improving the product using customer input. NetSuite Support Center will receive a face lift, making it easier to submit enhancement requests. This includes a voting system and a way for customers to see the most requested upgrade enhancements. This creates a great customer to customer (c2c) community outside of the user group. I see being very powerful and the screen shots of the Support Center were pretty slick. Also, there has been better documentation released and will continue to be updated more frequently.

Highlights from the 2008.1 upgrade:

Checkout for ecommerce
The checkout for ecommerce will have more options focused on reducing checkout abandonment rates. This may include a one page checkout process. That would be huge, as the current checkout process is 4-5 steps. The solution will improve ecommerce user experience, then increased conversion rates equaling more web store sales.

Improved web site speed and performance
This was said to be the #1 number goal for the web store. Akamai will be used to accomplished this through image and file caching. The websites that are not in the USA will benefit the most since the image caching servers will be closer to the users computer.

Multiple ship-to addresses capability
This will only be on the back office and not included with ecommerce but it is a great first step.

Multi-site web store enhancements
The new features include the ability to use different pricing on each of your web stores and also use different payment processors. For example, you can now create a discount web site using the same inventory but with reduced prices.

Improved web analytics
Page view and keyword campaign reports will be improved.

Marketing campaigns and marketing templates will get a face lift
Currently you have to go through several steps to set up your marketing campaigns and marketing templates. This user experience will be consolidated to reduce the steps to set up your campaigns.

Highlights from the 2008.2 upgrade:

2008.2 release is mainly focus on a new back office system for "Service Companies"
Similar to using Microsoft Project, you will be able to track a project from start to finish. This includes tracking the revenue, accountability and time for each services. The ability to forecast revenue on each project allows you make your business more profitable and tracked directly into accounting. The feature is very detailed, even down to the "task" and "email" level. Nice work, this is a perfect fit for any professional services project.

Dynamic merchandising for ecommerce
The ability to organize your items by best margins, inventory and ect.

Domain Changes At Checkout
No date for this, but they are considering a better domain structure for the secure checkout process in the shopping cart of the web store. The recommended structure that was sugggested was "yourdomainname.netsuite.com"

Google Checkout
Yes, Google checkout is coming to NetSuite eCommerce. This enhancement was said to be very popular with the customer base so they have figured out a way to integrate it. Since the demand was so popular, this will rollout sometime in 2008.

This is just a brief list of features that are coming out in 2008, but it really is exciting. It is great to see the NetSuite staff, partners and customers coming together to push the product in the right direction. I am proud to be apart of this great and growing community! Want to learn more? Visit NetSuite for more details.

Labels: conversion-rates, CRM, netsuite, shopping cart, user-experience

Checkout this Netsuite website design with video. It includes tutorials and demos of Fireplace Glass Doors. Pretty smooth. What do you think? Post a comment.

This site also features some of the best multiple product "add-to-cart" JavaScript functions I have seen. Take a look at how they work, view example. Do you have a site that does a multiple product "add-to-cart" function? Submit your site.



Designed by: skyytek.com

Labels: netsuite, shopping cart, skyytek, web-design