Setting up BazaarBuilder on your website
BazaarBuilder shopping cart software produces flexible e-commerce solutions
suitable for almost any business, in a wide variety of markets. Our
e-commerce software is easily customized and fully scalable, so it can
grow with your business.
If you can build a basic Web site page, BazaarBuilder makes it so simple
to produce a professional-looking e-commerce Web site. We run the software
for you, and keep it running, all for one simple annual fee. We provide
all the essential support facilities for online trading such as secure
server and database facilities to store sensitive customer information.
Your existing website can continue to be hosted wherever you wish and
BazaarBuilder will fit seamlessly into it.
There's no need for any programming. It's ideal if you're building
an ecommerce Web site for your own business, or if you're a professional
Web designer.
NOTE : if you are using our Website Builder tool to build a website, please use the Website Builder Readme link first rather than this page for help. This help section focusses on the ecommerce aspect of BazaarBuilder. If you already have website built by other means and wish simply to add an ecommerce shopping cart to it, this section will be more appropiate
BazaarBuilder fits seamlessly into your site's own design
BazaarBuilder takes a very different approach to adding
ecommerce shopping cart facilities to your website. Whereas many other
shopping cart software providers ask you to fit into a website structure
that they define, BazaarBuilder lets you design your own website
as you wish using your favourite web design tools such as Dreamweaver
and Frontpage.
The general process for building an ecommerce website with BazaarBuilder
is as follows;
- Design the general layout of your site as normal with products
and product categories and other elements positioned as you like.
- Add products to build the BazaarBuilder online catalog. Products
can be organised into groups or if you like just add your products
directly into the single group we have set-up for you.
- Obtain HTML code from BazaarBuilder for product Buy Buttons ( also
later category links, search box, viewcart and other elements ) and
paste alongside your products. Alternatively for larger stores, let
BazaarBuilder add the Buy Buttons automatically for you (Plus Package).
- Customise the dummy(default) shopping cart pages to match your
website. This is done by downloading the blue colored dummy / default
shopping cart pages from BazaarBuilder's "integrate shop" section
and modifying these to match your site.
Note our web developers can do the customisation of these shopping cart pages
to match your site normally at a small one-off cost. Please do get in touch in case you like us to
handle this aspect-its a great way to save time when you're trying
to get your ecommerce website online as quickly as possible and means
you avoid the initial learning curve associated with using any new
software package such as BazaarBuilder. To order the customisation service please fill-in 'Integration link form' in this control panel.
- Apply business settings for your particular store such as VAT /
Sales Tax , payment methods, Shipping rates, currencies, discounts
etc. These setting typically take no more than a few minutes to set-up.
Alternatively simply call us and one of our technical staff can talk
you through each step
Where to Start?
1. Build Shop
The Build Shop link in the main menu sets
up the online catalogue and provides different methods for customizing
and attaching the ecommerce software with your own web site. This
section helps you to;
- Setup the overall structure of the online catalog by categorizing
the products into their own groups.
- Add Products within their respective groups
- Apply product
options to each product (size, color etc)
- Get code for Buy Buttons to attach next to your products
- Customize
the shopping cart pages to get a seamless fit of BazaarBuilder
with the rest of your website. The customization feature is easy to
use and requires no programming skills to setup.
2. Business Settings:
The section allows each store to set its own business preferences such
as;
- Multiple Currency selection. Choose up to four different currencies
to use on your store
- Shipping cost calculations.
- Sales Tax / VAT handling. Facilities for UK
and European Union and USA
based merchants
- Customizing e-mail messages that are sent out from the store as
order order acknowledgements etc
- Hooking up your shop with the various online credit card processing
companies such as Worldpay, Protx, Secpay, Authorizenet, PayPal.
- Setting up special discounts for your store based on quantity or
order values
3. Managing Sales
After the store is setup, hopefully you should see orders
coming through. Manage Sales section provides all the tools required
to process these orders online;
- View New Orders as they arrive
- Send Order Acknowledgments, invoices, dispatch notes etc to your
customers
- View historic sales reports to find out who the top selling products
are, you best customers etc
- Setup customer credit account and offer them special terms making
it easier for your customers to buy from your online store
What Help is available?
This Help section provides details of the key stages
of setting up and running BazaarBuilder on your store. In addition you
will find localized help whenever you carry out any task, within the
each section and can be accessed by clicking the Help
link in the top right hand corner of each page.
Many of the common questions asked by customers are
answered in the General FAQ's.
Detailed Guides are also available describing the steps
that you will take to integrate BazaarBuilder into your web site.
And off course, you are welcome to call us by telephone
at any time, send an e-mail or fill in the help request form.
Before beginning however it is important to know exactly
what sort of functionality you require. BazaarBuilder itself has ample
range of features built within it to meet a wide range of requirements
of both novice and professional website designers and not all may be
used on your store.
If you are unsure about any aspect of setting up your
online business......why not give us a call for a quick chat? We may
be able to offer some specific tips on using BazaarBuilder to get the
exact functionality you need from your own online store