What is ProStores?
ProStores is is an e-commerce selling solution for entrepeneurs who are interested in building their online presence in the eBay retail market. ProStores offers varying levels of POS (Point of Sale) and Operational CRM (customer Relationship Managment) for web merchants for a very reasonable price. They have four tiers of services available : ProStores Express, ProStores Business, ProStores Advanced and ProStores Enterprise which allow a merchant scalability and room to grow as business picks up. All of the features available make ProStores ideal for individuals and businesses who want to reach new customers, grow online sales, and accelerate business growth without all the hassles and headaches of having to manage various aspects of online selling .
According to their website, ProStores can help you:
* Enhance your brand with a customizable online storefront and a personalized web address
* Gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace by never missing a single opportunity to make a sale
* Grow online sales and accelerate business growth through multiple online sales channels
ProStores Features
ProStores integrates merchants with the eBay marketplace by allowing sellers to copy their eBay listings directly into their ProStores product catalog, list items directly from their ProStores Web store into eBay, and allows online merchants to choose their listing format (Buy It Now, Store Inventory Format or Auction), duration, product type, and description, and save this for future listings. Using ProStores is easy and merchants can manage their eBay listings from within their administration area, get snapshots of their live, closed and completed listings and manage payment, shipping and inventory for all of their eBay transactions.
Does ProStores Allow You to Use Your Own Domain Name?
As part of the ProStores sign-up process a merchant will have the option to register their own domain name or transfer an existing domain name (applies to ProStores Business, Advanced and Enterprise tiers). For Express subscribers, there is an additional fee to register or transfer a new domain name. This provides a unique advantage to ordianry eBay storefronts in that you will be able to use your own domain name to feature all your items for sale or for auction using your own brand name for easy recognition, promotion and advertising.
What About Site Design?
For a store’s design merchants can upload an old design, create completely original content, or choose from 180 design templates (Business, Advanced and Enterprise tiers) or from 25 design templates in the Express tier. We signed up for a free account and checked out the various templates avaliable and have found them to be very professional. A good template alone can cost anywhere between $50 and $500 from template outlets. The flexibility shown in this ascpect of ProStores presentation once again, important to brand regognition, promotion and advertising for a merchant.
Free Trial and Discounts
ProStores is currently offering a one Month FREE Trial Subscription to their service. Sign up for ProStores Business tier or above and they will cover one personalized domain registration for one year. Additionally, eBay Stores sellers enjoy a 30% discount off the ProStores monthly subscription price following the free trial.
if you’re a large volume eBay seller and/or have been contemplating moving your brick and mortar business online, ProStores is definitely the solutin you’ve been looking for. To get started, click on the banner below.
ProStores is an eBay owned company, so you can expect only the best in performance, service and support. They also offer a very lucrative affiliate program available through commission Junction.
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I have never heard of this. Thanks for the heads up. It seems to be more than just centered around E-bay, it seems like they give you everything to run your own store and you get the choice of using e-bay or not as an extension of that.
Sorry if I was unclear, I’m asking the question if this program allows you to start your own store totally independant(without the need) of using E-bay? Im gonna digg this article, never knew about this store until I read it here. Thanks.
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If I sign up and I don’t have that much design experience can I still do a shopping cart and looking to do 29.95 cart. Can I do 1000 to 2000 products and will it be hard to download and can I get links to my sight.
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