Startershop News

The internet is not scary when you’re dealing with Startershop!

- Mary Westridge, The Westie Shop

Paws to Feed, a brand new company in the pet snacks sector, has possibly broken all records for business building. On Monday they had the idea for a business, an exclusive range of healthy pet products. By the time Saturday arrived, they had a name for the business; a professionally designed logo; a website including a fully functioning online store selling their products over the web and were trading through it at a consumer exhibition.

Paws to Feed knew it was important to have an ecommerce store to take advantage of those late buyers. But the task did seem impossible. Luckily their PR consultant, Susan McKay, had heard of Startershop and knew it would be quick and easy to setup. Susan commented:

“Setting up the whole site took about 4 hours - including time to make amendments for the client! Startershop allows you to create an entire ecommerce site from scratch without any technical knowledge. Adding the products is quick, adding pictures takes a couple of clicks of a mouse and they are automatically resized and uploaded. We started with nothing and thanks to Startershop we were able to have a fully functioning online business in less than one day”.

This is not surprising for Startershop founders, David Yates and Simon Wheatley.

“We designed Startershop to be affordable, easy to use and quick to set-up. Everyone knows that online trade is increasing. Most consumer businesses would like to sell online. What Startershop has done is make that process very simple, very quick and very cheap. For £199 Startershop gives you a full web shop with your own web address and logo. It can be up and running in a day, completely editable, all credit card handling and hosting sorted out and built in a very search engine friendly way”.

Susan McKay added,

“Startershop has been massively important to the launch of Paws To Feed. They have a really innovative new product in their market place and when you launch a new venture, cost, effectiveness and time are critically important. Startershop is the only product out there that could have delivered in all these areas.”

You can see the Paws to Feed website at www.pawstofeed.com and find out more information about Startershop at www.startershop.com or by calling 087 1234 3434

Eastbourne Outboards launch on Startershop. Catering for all your boating needs over the Internet, and having fun doing it:

Just wanted to say thank you so much for all your help getting our
shop going. I am having so much fun building my shop.

- Wendy, Eastbourne Ourboard Centre

Bling KingL provide the latest in LED (light emitting diode) technology on a belt buckle or a pendant with chain, programmable with your own personal messages! Available in a variety of styles, and in casual or business models, this is the ultimate in high tech bling!

The setting up of the shop was easy …the support was timely and extremely helpful. I am excited and pleased about my shop.

- Dave Fowler, Advanced Information Technology, Bling KingL

Many thanks indeed for all your patient support - once familiar with the templates, it really was VERY easy. A fast and efficient service, looking forward to a lucrative future with you.

- Sue Lindsay, Free Spirit 1954

Wild About Nature launches today on Startershop, selling a variety of products to make your garden a haven for insects, birds and all sorts of animals.

“I quickly got the hang of Startershop and managed to get all my products on at quite a speed. The ease of build meant that it was cost effective in terms of both time and money. I was particularly pleased by how easy it was to customize the site to give it the look and feel I wanted, simply by adding images that particularly characterize Wild About Nature. I’m very happy with the end result.”

- Susan McKay, founder, Wild About Nature

“Startershop should be considered very seriously by small businesses and particularly start-ups. Startershop is a most impressive tool. It breaks new ground for small businesses, giving them added value through an affordable and user-friendly tool to compete online, which is now the world’s major consumer market place. Startershop has opened up selling on the web to individuals, start-ups and small businesses; it looks set to become an essential tool for many small companies, retailers, cottage industries and budding entrepreneurs.”

Bob Michaelson, former Chairman of the Institute of Directors in the West Midlands and a Chartered IT Professional (CITP)

“Do you feel your shelves are starting to look a little tired? Fancy a spring clean? Susan McKay suggests you take a peek at some of these…

Startershop is an on-line module that allows you to create your own shop on the web for a paltry £199, which includes web hosting for the first year. You can stock your shop with up to 1000 products and take payment through Paypal – a cost effective and safe way to take internet payments without incurring hefty bank charges.”

- Animal Health News, March 2006

Nettle Wine launches today, selling a fine collection of independently produced music, teeshirts, greetings cards from the Nettle Wine community of artists.

“Finally! Someone’s come up with an easy way to get my shop up and running on the web. I’m all right at web design, but had no idea how to link up to the banks. Startershop has got it all wrapped up, which is exactly what I was looking for and it was stupidly easy to set up.

Strongly recommended!”

- Jim Hannah, Nettle Wine

“The service/support provided has been brilliant … Startershop have guided me through the process and helped me feel confident of using their package.”

- Quentin Beningfield, Eastcape UK