It’s a question that seems be coming up more and more: “What’s the Best eCommerce Platform for Me?” It seems to me that we’ve reached a point where small businesses all over the UK are realising that if they don’t get online, they’re about to be left behind. They might survive on the high street for a while yet, but their competition is starting to sell online, and that slice of the pie is being munched...

Since I started working on my PhD late last year, a lot of the research has tied in really well with my web design and online business development activity. One of the most interesting cross-overs is between the Chiasma events we’re developing and the consultancy work that I’ve long done around developing the online aspect of small businesses. First things’s first though, I can almost hear you from here: What on earth is a...

A huge amount of small businesses are continuing to discover how valuable it is to get into the ecommerce game. With the number of online shoppers continuing to grow at a rapid rate, if you don’t offer your products and services online, then you’re missing out on sales! There are a large range of shopping cart systems out there, and while some have their limitations, there are a number of great options to choose from. Let’s...

The Beer Vault was conceived as a new style of ecommerce outlet, selling quality craft beer to that rapidly growing market. It was centred around a membership scheme and a craft beer club, so it was designed primarily to capture visitors details to allow the owners to put them through a sales funnel, hopefully ending in a customer subscription. This project involved branding, ecommerce development and a great deal of internet marketing...

The Podcast Host was conceived to tackle the current dearth of quality Podcasting Hosting platforms. Existing Podcasting Hosting sites are often extremely out of date, lacking in features and, most importantly, really lack in support. When things go wrong, or the system goes down, many hosting platforms are consicous by their absense. We were tasked with designing a new Podcast Hosting platform which used cutting edge technology – the...