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Interview with an Ecwid Merchant: Steve Calabrese, Natural Body Inc.com

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We continue interviewing Ecwid merchants about e-commerce and their shops. Today we feature Steve Calabrese, Natural Body Inc.com Partner, who will share some experience on how to run a successful online store.

Please describe your store, what does it sell?

Natural Body Inc. is a sports nutrition/vitamins store that offers a wide variety of vitamins/sports supplements and fitness accessories at wholesale prices. We here at Natural Body Inc. have a passion for health/wellness and take pride in our personal customer service. Istražujemo svaki proizvod koji nudimo kako bismo bili sigurni da smo spremni odgovoriti na svako vaše pitanje u vezi s bilo kojim od naših proizvoda.

Kako ste pokrenuli svoju online trgovinu?

Natural Body Inc. osnovana je još godine 1996. Počelo je kao mala maloprodajna trgovina sportske prehrane koja je u prošlosti sve više rasla i širila se 14 godina biti najprodavanija trgovina sportske prehrane/vitamina po kvadratnom metru u New Yorku. Kako je naša baza kupaca rasla i širila se diljem sjeveroistoka Sjedinjenih Država, počeli smo primati narudžbe telefonom. Trebali smo razviti web stranicu na kojoj bi naši kupci mogli povoljno kupovati Natural Body Inc. s bilo kojeg mjesta.

Dok tražite rješenje za e-trgovinu i ispitujete različite vrste kolica za kupnju, naišli smo na Ecwid i zaljubili se u njegove proširene mogućnosti, ekstremna jednostavnost korištenja, i naravno, ima privlačnu cijenu – BESPLATNO :) Bilo je to savršeno web rješenje za ispunjavanje naših poslovnih potreba i ciljeva.

Kako to promovirate?

Trenutno koristimo alate za društveno umrežavanje kao što su Facebook i Cvrkut. We have an increasing fan base and interact regularly with our customers. One of our major daily goals here at Natural Body Inc. is to strive to keep in touch with our customers. Since Ecwid v3.0 has been released, we’ve began utilizing coupon code functionality to offer promotions such as free shipping and other various discounts which will provide opportunities for our customers to save even more money in addition to our already guaranteed lowest prices.

I see you have an active community in your Facebook page. Any advice on running it?

Stay in touch with your fansstart interesting topics and polls for fans to interact with and comment on. Make your page a community where people can express their feedback and share their experiences shopping at your store. Integrate it with your site, such as posting a mailing list to your fan page so fans can quickly sign up to receive newsletters and promotions, set dates on your Facebook calendar for upcoming promotions or events. It’s important have your fan page be as personable and enjoyable as possible for your customers and fans.

How do you ship items? Any advice on setting up shipping methods and rates?

Currently we use UPS as our shipping service. We’ve found that their shipping software, UPS WorldShip, is user-friendly and an easy to manage tool that simplifies the entire shipping process immensely.

In the beginning we ran into a few bumps with Ecwid and WorldShip. Našoj tvrtki bilo je potrebno rješenje za uvoz narudžbi iz Ecwida u potreban format WorldShipa. Bio sam zadivljen koliko je Ecwidova podrška bila brza u rješavanju problema i u roku od nekoliko sati zapravo je razvio online alat za pretvaranje, koje koristimo svakodnevno, za pojednostavljenje procesa uvoza narudžbi iz Ecwida u WorldShip.

U odlučivanju koji je način dostave najbolji za vašu trgovinu, Savjetujem da se posavjetujete sa svojim dostavljačem i utvrdite u kojoj će prosječnoj klasi funti većina vaših artikala biti poslana. Oni će vas savjetovati koji način dostave je pravi za vaše poslovanje. Ecwidova sposobnost odabira i prebacivanja između metoda dostave je sjajna. Međutim, ako ste na ugovoru s dogovorenim cijenama, postavljanje cijena i zona može biti pomalo težak zadatak čak i uz korisničko sučelje kao što je Ecwidovo. Ovo je područje za koje se stvarno nadamo da će Ecwid usredotočiti svoj razvoj. Željeli bismo da Ecwid postane više integriran s mrežnim alatima koje pružaju brodarske tvrtke, tako da maloprodajne tvrtke koje drže ugovorene tečajeve mogu u potpunosti iskoristiti ove značajke.

Što želite poboljšati u svojoj trgovini u bliskoj budućnosti? Zašto?

Trenutačno je naš glavni prioritet proširenje našeg online kataloga kako bismo što više odgovarali našoj maloprodajnoj trgovini. Imamo do stotinu brendova i nekoliko stotina proizvoda, koji će uskoro biti dostupni na našoj web stranici.

Kakve ste izazove imali? Kako ste ih riješili?

Naš prvi izazov bilo je stvaranje atmosfere za online kupnju koja se razlikuje od ostalih. Postoje milijuni košarica za kupnju u obliku kolačića u kojima ne možete razlikovati jednu internetsku trgovinu od druge. Kada smo pronašli Ecwid i saznali za njegove jedinstvene karakteristike, odlučili smo da je to pravo rješenje za nas. Vjerujemo da Ecwidova funkcija drag-n-drop i munjevito brzo sučelje čine našu web stranicu ugodnijim iskustvom za naše korisnike.

Ecwidova sveobuhvatna podrška uključujući administraciju poslužitelja, besprijekorne nadogradnje, i forum podrške rasterećuje nas vremena, brinuti se, and the expense of these activities so we can focus more on our business and customers.

What can you advise to other store owners who’ve just started to sell?

Find ways to maintain a personal connection with your customers even though they’re shopping online; whether it is by phone, contact, e-mail, blogovi, forumi, social networking sites, itd. This all helps the customer to continue to feel a more personal connection to you and your business.

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Qetzal is Head of Product at Ecwid. He loves to create new things to make people's lives easier.

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