How do we do it ? With over 1000 merchants onsite we are able to spread the cost of high level seo and gain traffic of up to 100 - 200,000 unique visitors per month!
Important Note: The first 1000 merchants are by invitation only and must have been trading for 6 - 12 months. After all, quality is more important than quantity! Exceptions are at the discretion of Hootsmart Ltd. Please contact us for more details: info @ hootsmart.com
Unique Features: Front end
- eCommerce cross-platform Search engine and directory
- Your own web space customised for the search engines
- Easy payment processing and add to cart features
- Buy from product search results
- No need to navigate to individual product detail pages
- Update individual product options during checkout
- No need to navigate back to product detail pages
- World class easy set up
- Complete operational storefront
- Web based store administration
- Custom HTML section with Rich Text Editor
- Unlimited Online store
- Customizable look and feel of store
- 100% Search engine friendly URLs with built in page optimisation of header tags and title tags
- W3C compliant, Accessibility DD508 and AA (opens the store to an additional 9,000,000 customers complete with accessibility accesskeys)
- Multi-Payment options
- Multi language options at a click of a button
- Duplicates and sets up a new language site
- B2B email broadcasts (optional)
- Compete customer support with help guidelines throughout the back end
- Shopping basket thumbnail preview
- Newsfeeds
- All products submitted to Google Base (Instant exposure to potential customers)
- Unlimited web space
- Unlimited product uploads
- Html email
- Unlimited bandwidth
- No web design experience needed
- Statistics for visitors and total sales
- Customisable banners throughout your store complete with banner rotation
- Signup includes complete SEO package synchronized with onsite and offsite optimisation strategies. This will achieve between 1000 – 4,000 unique visitors to your site per month
- New product display. Displayed throughout the website when new products uploaded
- One click view all products from individual merchants
- Affiliate scheme: Earn generous commissions when recommending new businesses - Buy into an optimisation package that is worth £25,000 per 100 clients for only £150
- Our mission: To achieve 200,000 unique visitors per month within 12 months
Features for store owners
- VeriSign SSL Certificate included ( save £1500 per year ), Gain customer confidence with the worlds leading online secure shopping environment.
- Inventory control
- Multilevel product variants & optional surcharges
- Multi level text variant option
- Related products
- Rich text editor (WYSIWYG editor)
- Product reports
- Category reports
- Auto image resizing
- Multiple main product image display
- Product duplication
- Quantity discounts
- Bulk product import & export
- Customer specific discounts
- Discount coupons
- Multiple currency
- Digital goods delivery (product keys, passwords etc)
- Product reviews editor
- B2B trading function (optional)
- Product feeds for popular shopping comparison sites
- New products displayed on the front page throughout the whole site
Marketing Features
- Track and record search terms of products or services. Ideal for bringing new products to market
- Local or global searches from the enter network available.
Features for Visitors:
- Global search functions : The Global search function is always present no matter where you are on the website. You will not be directed away from the parent website. All merchants and products are hosted on Hootsmart domains
- Local search functions: When you visit a merchants website, use the Local search function to navigate their website
- Update and select sizes, colours etc: from the shopping basket, simply change options, qty, sizes, colour etc of your products without having to revisit the product detail page
- Search by price : Select this option from the Global or Local search drop down boxes to obtain results by price, random search or product search
- Search & buy with one click: Simply select the buy now button from multiple searches and update options via the shopping cart without having to go to the product detail page
- Auto basket preview: Whenever you add or buy a product a thumbnail image will preview your items within the shopping cart
- Simple and easy checkout: Process multiple orders from different merchants with one click of the button. Each product bought will be itemised and totals provided so you know exactly which merchant you bought the product form
- Login only once! : No need to login on every visit to Hootsmart. We will hold your details on file therefore speeding up your order and payment process. At no time are any of your details disclosed to third parties IAW Privacy Policy guidelines
- Category search: Select a category tab and the most popular and bought items will be presented. Or navigate via categories for specific products.
- Layout and design - Fully customisable unique shopping cart theme editor - 50 editable themes * - Customisable template system - Custom page creator
- Unlimited main / sub categories - Integrated store search - Customisable product display - Large image views and auto thumbnail resize
