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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Clothing Web Store Integration

Are you thinking about creating an online clothing store?  Here are a few resources of possible interest.


Magento offers flexible, scalable eCommerce solutions designed to help you grow and succeed online. Their cost-effective technology platform makes it possible for you to control the content, functionality, and look and feel of your online store.  eBay Inc. is a global leader in eCommerce with a wealth of experience and resources in commerce-related technologies.  Magento for Fashion: Most eCommerce solutions are one-size-fits-all, but your business is unique. That's why Magento Enterprise Edition was built to be tailored to your needs.  You need to move faster than ever to stay ahead of the competition. You can't afford to be held back by cookie-cutter solutions that don't get to the heart of your brand.  You need a flexible solution that gives you the freedom to express your brand vision and the tools to grow your business.

Bigcommerce is a true all-in-one ecommerce platform, giving you a securely hosted website, domain name, shopping cart, product catalog, CRM, marketing tools and more.

Volusion offers hundreds of high-quality free and premium design templates.  You'll get a great looking, hassle-free ecommerce site. You can customize any template to meet your needs or if you’ve already got a special vision for a one-of-a-kind storefront, our expert design team would be happy to build you a custom website.  Create detailed product listings with images, videos and more. Prevent headaches by always knowing how many items you have in stock. Simply enter your product count and their innovative tools will precisely monitor your inventory levels, even providing alerts when you're running low.

Shopify is a leading cloud-based commerce platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. Merchants can use the software to design, set up and manage their stores across multiple sales channels, including web, mobile, social media, brick-and-mortar locations, and pop-up shops. Learn about Shopify Cloud POS here on Apparel Search.

3DCart After years of building custom eCommerce solutions for medium to large businesses, their founder Gonzalo Gil, thought he could compile many of the most requested eCommerce features into a simple and affordable shopping cart. Little did he know, he would effectively balance the once price-prohibiting and highly customized eCommerce solutions of the late nineties, and make them available to a wider range of businesses. Today, 3dcart has evolved into a robust eCommerce platform with thousands of merchants all over the world and an enduring drive for innovation and value.

Miva believes that all online businesses, from startups to global enterprises, should have access to a scalable ecommerce platform that can meet their unique business requirements. Miva offers PCI compliant ecommerce, hosting, and custom website design and development solutions. A new Responsive template-based theme system designed to get you looking good and selling quickly on any device. New discounting & marketing engine includes coupons, volume pricing, free shipping & more.

aspdotnet storefront: AspDotNetStorefront is delivered to you in a 'ready-to-run' form, and gives you very great control over all cosmetic changes. If you need to change the underlying engine, you can also acquire fully exposed source code (C# and VB languages are available).  Visit their site to learn more.

Mozu was designed to give marketers total control over their digital experience. That means giving marketing teams full access to an integrated CMS for immediate product, promotion and content updates.  Mozu's cloud commerce platform gives retailers the power to build remarkable experiences that engage and convert more shoppers.  Mozu’s modern technology stack gives IT and development teams the speed, scalability and security they demand without the maintenance and hardware headaches derived from legacy platforms.

Nexternal is eCommerce Platform for Apparel Brands.  Display multiple views of your product or provide a color swatch that dynamically updates the product's main image shown.  Each image you upload can offer an enlarged view which will provide your shoppers with a detailed perspective of your product. Nexternal's product image zoom feature even works well on iPads!  Product reviews can be essential to encouraging a shopper to make a purchase. You'll have the option to display reviews on all of your product pages as well as schedule automatic review reminders. And much more features for clothing companies.

For more than a decade, ChannelAdvisor has set the global standard for e-commerce optimization by providing best-in-class technology, strategic services and thought leadership to help retailers and branded manufacturers master the complexity of connecting with consumers online.  Today, with offices worldwide, we connect sellers to new sources of demand globally through Marketplaces and drive qualified traffic to their webstores with Digital Marketing. We also help retailers and brands polish their online presence with Webstores Amplifier and Rich Media.

You've spent time and effort winning over your loyal, enthusiastic customers. It's time to upgrade your system to a better ecommerce software platform, but you don't want to lose the special spark that keeps you ahead of the competition. Upshot ecommerce offers tailored professional services to ensure that you preserve that spark and grow your business using the tools right for you. With Upshot, you are not pigeon-holed into a rigid, pre-defined set of ecommerce tools - they will work with you to figure out what works, and give you the training to successfully use all those tools. All Upshot platform features and extensions work on-demand, as-is - and are also fully customizable by their experienced team of ecommerce strategists and engineers.  If you don't need custom design, you can also use their direct-to-consumer (D2C), Business-to-Business (B2B) or Order Management Solution (OMS) products.


Did you know that Adobe Business Catalyst provides a powerful online store.  Business Catalyst comes with eCommerce capabilities built right into the platform, meaning you can set up a powerful, SEO-friendly online store without the pain of custom coding or tedious configuration.  Business Catalyst provides built-in inventory management and product attributes. Mark product shipping details like size and weight, and integrate with popular shipping providers.

By the way, I think that Amazon, Paypal and Ebay offer services as well.

It would probably be a good idea to also learn about Cloud POS for clothing stores.

Thank you for taking the time to read our fashion store technology blog post. We hope that you have found this news to be informative. If you have comments or questions about online fashion retailing, please add your thoughts in the discussion area below.

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