Latest SimpleEshop News

We have come along way since we first began SimpleEshop and in the last 12 months we have carried out so much development work, improving our system and customers site, that our own site got a little left behind.

As you can see our new site has now be unveiled. We have gone for a much cleaner more professional look with a new framework to allow us to bring you more information in an easier to read format. There is quite a bit more information to add to our site but we just could not wait any longer and had to get our new site live

We'd love to hear what you think of our new site, good or bad ( hopefully good though ) so why not drop us an email and tell us your thoughts. You can contact us at feedback@simpleeshop.com

The first stage our eBay integration has now been completed. With just a few clicks you can create an eBay auction for any of the products on your site. Not all the options available when you create an auction through eBay are available but the basics are now in place.

To start using SimpleEshop with your eBay account click on the new eBay link on the navigation panel. You will be taken through to eBay to confirm that you allow SimpleEshop to communicate with your eBay account. Once you have connected your eBay account all you need to do is go into one of your product details pages where you will find at the bottom of the page a Create eBay Advert link.

If you have any problems using the new eBay system or would like to make a suggestion on how to improve it, send us an email and tell us your thoughts. You can contact us at feedback@simpleeshop.com

For those of you that haven't heard of it before Google Analytics is a website analysis tool from Google. It has a very intuitive interface that allows you to visualise the visits to your store

SimpleEshop store owners can now access all their statistics through the Google Analytics interface. If you wish to use Google Analytics you will need to sign up to a free Google account by click on the sign in link on the Google home page. Once you have signed up for a Google account send an email to us at support@simpleeshop.com telling us you wish to use Google Analytics along with the email address you signed up to your Google account with. We will then set everything up and email you instructions on how to use the system.

To increase the number of pages a visitor views, especially when the go directly into a product description page from the search engines, we have added a "More Products from this Category" section to the product details page. This new section will show four random products from the same category as the product being viewed.

Early testing of this system shows a definite rise in the average page views per visitor.

Visitors can now easily ask questions about specific products using the link on the product pages. Enabling visitors to easily obtain extra information about specific products without having to describe the product on the enquiry form.

Links to product pages can now be sent to a friends email. When a visitor views a product they think might be suitable to a friend they can now simply click on the 'Send To Friend' link. This will allow them to fill in their friends details and send a link to the product to their friend email account.

Submission of products to Froogle has now been added to the SimpleEshop service. Froogle is the online shopping search from Google which attracts thousands of users per day. Every time you update any products on your site they will automatically be submitted to Froogle.

SimpleEshop now includes submission of site maps to Google. Google uses site maps to better understand the structure and pages on your site. This makes it easier for Google to find and index all the pages, helping get your pages into the search results faster.

SimpleEshop has been upgraded to allow up to 4 additional images to displayed for each product. Images help your customers to see exactly what you are selling and the more they see the more likely they are to buy.

To use multiple images you need to be using at least version 1.0.0.18 of the site management software. If you are not using this version please download the latest version by opening you SimpleEshop software and going to the "Software updates" option from the "Settings" menu. If you have any problems then please contact us.