For some reason when the festive season kicks in it becomes customary to reflect on the year that has passed, and the year to follow. For us at Limesharp 2008 has very much been a year of growth. We’ve welcomed two new members of staff into our family, some very cool and exciting new clients, and have adopted the very promising Magento ecommerce platform as our key product. (more…)
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Archive for December, 2008
Merry Christmas from everyone at Limesharp!
December 23rd, 2008
The Perfect Website
December 16th, 2008
Creating the perfect website isn’t easy and there is a lot more to developing your new site than meets the eye. Sure it’s a given that it should look good however there is so much more to it than that. We receive so many emails from customers who only consider cost in the early stages, however it could be argued that your budget should only really be decided upon when you know exactly what it is you want out of your site.
There are a number of questions and factors you should take time to seriously think about when looking at a new site. Write down your goals, aims and expectations so that you have a clear idea of what you want to achieve. This will help to give your web designers a clear understanding of what you are looking to achieve and ensure you both share the same vision.
As with a lot of things in life, careful pre-planning will take you a long way. So before you pick up the phone to ask for a price for your new website, pick up a pen and a piece of paper, and make some notes on the following questions. (more…)
Ecommerce vs The High Street - A Few Statistics
December 4th, 2008
In my inbox today I received an email from a North East business news website called bdaily.info. It has some rather staggering facts on ecommerce that I thought I would share with you all, as it certainly makes for an interesting read.
Last Christmas over 42% of consumers from the North East chose to do half or more of their shopping online.
Fast forward to December 2008 and online shopping looks to be hitting record levels all over the country and the world. On Monday 1st December industry analysts estimated that a whopping 4.6 million online shopping transactions were made. With customers spending roughly £300 million on the 1st this averages to just under £65 per transaction. (more…)