Starting Online E-Commerce Site in India

Do you have a business plan? But can't spend thousands of Rs. on its website development? How will you get hosting, payment gateway etc.

All these things trouble for any new online e-commerce startup. But recently I stumbled upon a new service and they are really superb for starters. The First and foremost thing for starter should be ease of use. If your site grows then you will surely need a customized solution but that solution will need funds too. But for starting you won't need such things. The only requirement will be a site which has easy to use admin panel, easy to add products (I have used opencart too and I can tell you even opencart is easy but still its time consuming), easy to navigate for customers, easy login/signup, and integration of Payment Gateway.

Apart from above, you will also need a reliable webhosting which will cost you around $100-200 per year. If you are yourself a web developer and have lots of time then you can make your own website but if not then you will need some solution and I am giving you the solution in this post.

First of all let me tell you one small thing, if you want to start a hobby website like selling your craft products, selling your antiques etc. then you won't be having Sales Tax registration number which is mandatory for almost all payment gateway but with Zepo you can register as individual, and get payment gateway facility. Isn't it great?

First of all here is the link for the website : Zepo

Now something regarding its service and comparison with others:

1. Costing: Zepo has three plans, Basic, Starter and Pro. Though for many basic will suffice but I will not recommend it as you won't be getting payment gateway along with this plan. Pro is also not very useful plan. Its useful only if you have more than 1000 products. For any starting website, the best plan is starter. And they also give 20% discount on annual payment. Price of starter plan is really good and at the cost of hosting (with any reputed company) you will get full website.

2. Features : Zepo is full of features required by any starter but my fav feature is having the ability for facebook login. That gives advantage for new customers who don't want to signup with lengthy forms.

3. Payment Gateway:  They give free payment gateway with their plans. Yes I am correct, they pay the initial payment gateway themselves, so you will get free payment gateway. Consider this a payment gateway registration fee is Rs. 25000/- and this you get for free.

4. Support: They have great support and provide free 14 days trial so that you can check their website and make your store ready even before paying.

5. Themes: They have attractive themes for your use. You will love them.

I would only say that having an e-commerce website was costly affair previously, running it was a tiresome job but with Zepo everything is at ease.

PS: I also checked for similar service providers but their prices were so high that even if I joined them then my whole year's profit will go for their initial setup only. So do check with others too and you will know what I want to say.

To join you can also click on following banner:

Get Free Software Daily

Giveaway of the Day is a service or better say an idea through which you get daily one paid software for free. There are no ads or any shareware softwares. They all are fully functional paid softwares.

The only catch is that each software is available for 24 hours only, if you don't download and install in those 24 hours then you won't be able to get it for free but if you have downloaded and installed it in those 24 hours then you can have it forever for free.

Site link : Giveaway of the Day

Hottest Photo shoot of Sunny Leone

Hottest Photo Shoot of Sunny Leone

 

Beautiful Katrina Kaif

A beautiful picture of Katrina Kaif.

Speakasia Gone

On 18th April 2011, I said that Speakasiaonline.com is not a genuine company and eventually they will run away. Though Speakasiaonline.com is gone due to Govt. pressure but it was because they were fraud. Have you ever saw anyone closing down there profitable business because they can't show legit documents to Govt? unless they are fraud why they don't have any documents.

Anyway, their domain is also seized by Godaddy due to invalid Registration information. Their operations have halted and all those who have paid in past one year are now waiting when the company will run back. God bless them.

Here is the post which I made back saying speak asia is fraud : Beware of Speakasiaonline.com

Merry Christmas

Sorry for my long absence, I was busy with the new online store and my second craft blog. I will soon be back with posts. Maybe in 2012 :)

Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas. and don't forget to checkout at Imaginationsonline.com as for all the crafters we have a special coupon code valid for 24 hours only.

"SANTA"

Use the above code to get discount and also get free gift with every order :)

Online Personal Factory

Do you want to start your own personal factory?
Do you want to fabricate your own designs?

Do you want to create your own prototypes using high quality 3D Printers?

You do not want to invest a lot in getting all the above things.

If answers to all or any of the above question is YES then do not worry. There is an online solution, sad news is that it is cheaper for US but the shipping cost is very high for Indian Customers. But if your product is mission critical or if you compare the cost of purchasing your own 3D printer then it is nothing.

So Here is the website : Ponoko Online Personal Factory

Its easy and you can create great stuffs there. Even you can create your Metal Visiting Cards with die cut design.

So what are you waiting for head over to Ponoko.com and enjoy.

Online Store

 Hi friends,

Past whole month was very busy time for me, first of all on 25th August 2011 I was blessed with a baby girl. So the whole week went off to care for the mother and daughter as well as my son.

Now I am working on setting up my online books and craft supply store. It is still not complete but most parts are finished, now the inventory is needed which I am creating slowly.

If you wish to have a look at my online store then you can access it from : Imaginations Online Book and Craft Store

I have decided the name Imaginations, I hope it sounds good.

A big week ahead

Sorry friends for not being able to post for past few days. I was busy in something really important in my life. I will update regarding it very soon. However I was able to get some time to do my craft work which I updated on my Craft Blog : Craft Zone.

Now the next few days are most important and I hope everything goes well.

Will post soon.

Have a nice time

Aditya

Free Post 2 Host VPS

Another cool site to get Free VPS. But this time it is Post 2 Host. The VPS are limited and are given to users having highest score (they have a score calculator), you will also need to have a minimum of 30 post and also need to keep 20 post per month to keep using the VPS.

The site is : Freevps.us

You can see all the requirements at : FAQs of Freevps.us

Free VPS

Yes a Free VPS. There is a very good offer at ChunkHost in which they are offering a free VPS (Spec. 512 MB RAM, 20 GB Space and 600 GB Bandwidth) for Free as Free Beta Testing. I am not sure how long this beta test will last as it is open for US Resident only.

So if you are US Resident then you can get a free VPS. Just head over to Chunkhost and enjoy the free VPS.

ATM Service by banks in small cities

RBI has given guidelines on ATM Service charges if you use other bank's ATM for your Debit Card. Here is the guideline:

Effective 1st July, 2011 RBI has mandated the following changes to:

1. USAGE OF OTHER BANK ATMs – FEES

SAVING ACCOUNT - The permitted 5 free transactions per month at other Bank ATMs will include Financial as well as Non-Financial transactions.

Charges for transactions over the free ones:

Rs. 20.00/- (including taxes) per Financial transaction – i.e. Cash Withdrawals

Rs. 8.50/- (excluding taxes) per Non-Financial transaction – i.e. Balance Inquiry, Pin Change & Mini Statement.

And all the transactions on your bank's ATM Machine will be free of cost.

But here is one question which RBI has not directed i.e. If a Bank's ATM is not working then what customer will do? OK, customer can go to other bank's ATM. But in small cities the ATMs of Banks remain down for more than 8-10 days every month. In such case, 5 free transaction with other bank ATM is not very less?

If a bank is charging Rs. 110 per Debit card as annual maintenance charge and is not able to maintain around 90% of ATM uptime then shouldn't they pay any penalty? If a customer is not able to maintain their QAB due to any reason than the Banks immediately charge Rs. 750 plus taxes every quarter but if they are not able to operate ATM Machines smoothly then they don't face any charges. When RBI will make Banking easy for customers?

The truth of my city, Shahjahanpur, is that many Bank ATMs remain out of service continuously for more than couple of days. How anyone is supposed to withdraw money if they want it urgently? Also there are times during festivals that ATM Machines don't have cash to dispense.

There should be some monitoring by RBI or some guidelines on responsibility of Banks in operation of ATM Machine as well.

Happy Friendship Day

Wish you all a very very Happy Friendship Day....

Another Indirank Update

Another small Indirank update for this blog. Now this blog has moved to 74 Rank Points. It has gained 6 points since last update.

Now I wish to move it to 100. :)

Godmode in Windows 7

Windows 7 is a little cool feature hidden. Its called as GodMode, this feature helps you in configuring all the setting related to Windows Customization in one place and hence its very useful. To activate it do the following:

1. Create a New Folder
2. Rename the Folder : GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
3. Then its icon will change

Now your GodMode icon is ready, you can double click on it to access the settings.

Have Fun

Social Memories: Create your own Facebook Book

Social Memories is a nice application on facebook which creates a book related to your facebook profile, photos and lots more information. It can provide you hard copy book or a Flash version of the book also.

Here are some screen shots:

Creation of Book

Some Images of my book

Link: Social Memories

Some 3D Wallpapers Part 2

Some more 3D Wallpapers

You can download a pdf file through which Create your Own 3D Glass

3D Cars Wallpapers

Some wallpapers of Cars in 3D

You can download a pdf file through which Create your Own 3D Glass

Some Nature Pics

I have taken these pics using my Sony Digital Camera. I hope you all will like them.

Since Blogger can't upload high res pics so I can offer High Resolution pics to anyone who wants them. Just mail me or leave a comment with your email id.

Some 3D Wallpapers Part 1

Here are some 3D Wallpaper:

You can download a pdf file through which Create your Own 3D Glass