Have you wondered what it's like to be a customer on your site? Now you can easily find out. We've added a new how-to article to the Help Center: Making a Test Purchase on Your Site
Here are the steps: 1. Go to your Bridge store.
2. ***Be sure you are NOT logged in as the administrator.*** When you are logged in, the upper right will say "Logout"; when you are not logged in, it will say "Login." Be sure the upper right says Login, meaning you are not logged in.
This screen shot shows a recent purchase that I made, and the confirmation page. I like how the site offers the ability for me to share my purchase on my FaceBook page. After all, everyone likes to share what they've recently purchased. Will they do it via this fashion?
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April 23, 2009
April 23, 2009
New Sales Begin on the Transaction Confirmation Page
This image shows a screen shot of what the confirmation page looks like at CafePress.com after you make a purchase there. Please see how CafePress.com encourages purchasers to hand over friends' e-mails.
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April 3, 2008
April 3, 2008
Amazon.com Offers In-Store Home Goods Spying Tool
This should be of interest to retailers:
AMAZON TAPS TEXTERS IN STORE-SPY SERVICE from AP April 3, 2008 -- SEATTLE - Amazon.com's brick-and-mortar competitors have yet another reason to fear the Web: a new service that lets shoppers compare prices and buy things with a few quick taps on their cellphones. Amazon TextBuyIt lets people text the name of a product, its description or its UPC or ISBN to 262966 (that's "Amazon" on the keypad) from anywhere ...
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February 5, 2008
February 5, 2008
How to Collect New Customers on Checkout
Cafepress.com wisely asks for e-mail addresses on the confirmation page in exchange for a paltry $5. The cost of acquiring a new customer is often much higher than $5, and when someone buys from them, Cafepress' cost is really $2.50βmaking this acquisition even more effective.
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