Venda and PayPal to deliver eCommerce solutions to small businesses
9 September 2008
Whilst everything is doom and gloom on the High Street, the shining light in retail still remains the staggering growth in the eCommerce market. Despite economic slowdown and the much publicised ‘credit-crunch', another bumper festive quarter is forecast for those retailers who have got fully operational online shops.
Venda, the European market leader in eCommerce solutions is launching an ecommerce platform for small businesses that will ensure it is not just the big ‘etailers' who can cash in on the ecommerce market growth. Venda have partnered with PayPal, a leader in the payments industry, to make accepting online payments simple and secure, from across the world.
Dan Wagner, Chairman of Venda said, "We've spoken to several small businesses about the revenue opportunities of going online. They all understand the benefits but have hesitated because they have no technical expertise, it is too complicated and it is too expensive. Drawing on the experience gained by supplying our solutions to larger retailers and manufacturers, we have developed a self-serve solution that is low cost, simple-to-use and requires no technical expertise. As a result, businesses can now get online with a sophisticated eCommerce solution within sixty minutes'.
The initiative is being launched in partnership with PayPal and is fully integrated with their payment solutions. PayPal allows you to accept all major credit and debit cards, bank transfers and PayPal balance. All users accepting online payments will be able to accept payments through Express Checkout, PayPal's three click payment checkout.
Businesses who sign up to the Venda Small Business Solution can also access PayPal's Online Postage centre to simplify order delivery, providing a complete end-to-end solution any small retailer will need for their online shop.
Carl Scheible, Managing Director of PayPal UK commented: "The appetite of small businesses to go online is clear from regular feedback that we receive. We have collaborated with Venda to produce an easy route-to-market for small businesses utilising best-of-breed technologies and the full suite of PayPal payment solutions. This solution makes the end to end experience an easy one for merchants to set up and customers to use. All PayPal solutions enable you to retain control of the buyer checkout experience and branding, an important consideration for businesses of any size. "
Joanna Houstoun, a test-case on the solution and Jewellery trader said:"I had only used the Internet to browse and email, but this solution enabled me to build my online shop from scratch. Now all my customers can view and buy my jewellery from anywhere, and I can update my range and content easily so I never have to depend on a third party again. It means that my normal repeat trips across the country to fairs to sell my jewellery can be greatly reduced, saving me significant costs in petrol and overheads."
To fully support the opportunity for small businesses the opportunity to get online for Christmas, Venda is offering any customers who register before 31st October on venda.com/onlineforchristmas 10% discount off their monthly fee for entering the promotion code ONLINE4XMAS
