Case Studies « The Internet Bloke

How To Accept Online Payments on Your Website

There are many ways of collecting payments for the goods and services that you sell online. Many are simple to set up, and just involve pasting a bit of code onto your existing web pages.

I’ll start off by discussing the easiest method – the non-bank service providers.

Quick Website Tip: Put contact Details on EVERY page.

Many websites only show their contact details on a special contact page.
This is a mistake that could be costing you business.

Many people use the internet for research, and print out WEB pages for later reference.
If your contact details are not on this page,

How to Sell Your Stuff on the Internet

It’s really easy now for small businesses to sell their products on the internet.
Especially if you haven’t got hundreds of products, or a high volume of transactions.

Red Bubble – Selling Your Art on the Internet

Artists and Photographers trying to sell their work on the internet generally give up because of the difficulties involved with setting up online galleries, payment systems, creating prints, collecting money, packaging and posting, etc.

It just gets too hard.

Unlikely Internet Success Stories

LO,
Pretty well anything can be promoted successfully on the internet if you are creative about it.

Even if it’s unsexy and boring.

Exhibit 1: Blendtec
Consider the problem faced by Tom Dickson, founder of Blendtec.
He makes home blenders. Hardly an exciting item.
Here’s what he did to promote blender sales for his ailing company.