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Starting a new Online Store?

This form will ask the most common questions that will help design the correct solution for you and your business.

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Name
Email
Do you have a website?
- Yes
- No
What us your Website name?
What is the website name (URL / Domain) you would like?
Do you have the account info to access the control panel / hosting for the existing website?
- Yes
- No
Please enter your hosting details
Domain:<br /> Username:<br /> Password:<br />

Feel free to give this information over the phone for security purposes

Products

The type of products and their categories
How many products do you plan to sell on your site?
- under 20
- 21 – 50
- 50 – 150
- 100+
This will allow us to gauge the best solution and layout for your store.
Roughly how many categories do you need for your products?

Categories might include: Mens, Women’s, Shoes, Dresses, MP3 players.
What depth of categories do you require
- Top level: e.g. shoes
- One level deep: e.g. Mens > Shoes
- More then one level: e.g. Mens > Shoes > Suit Shoes
How detailed and how many categories will you need for your customers?
Can a product sit in more then one category?
- Yes
- No
Can a product such as cuff links sit in the more then on category e.g. Shirts, and also in accessories?
Do your products have different variations? For example, size, colors, weight, etc.
- Yes
- No
This variations could be used to filter your products e.g. show all white pants with 32″ waist.
What sections of the site do you require?
a. Homepage<br /> b. About Us<br /> c. Products<br /> d. Special Offers<br /> e. Contact Us<br /> f. Terms and Condition<br /> g. More, please specify

Store Features
What offers would you like to use on the site from time to time?
- Special Offer: % Discount for selected products
- Buy one get one free for selected products
- Discount codes to allow promotional codes for % discount offer
- Other
Do you have an existing accounting application for billing or stock management that must be integrated with the online store?

If so, please supply details.
Do you wish to link your current application for billing or stock to the online store??
- Yes
- No
Please supply details of your current sysem

Name, version
What product fields that are currently required?
- Product title
- Short Description
- Long Description
- How to use
- Specification
- Price
- Video
- Multiple Images
- Email a friend
- Like on Facebook
- Other
Please tick the descriptions required

What features would you like in your store?
- Customer Reviews
- Search function
- Live Online chat
- Facebook connect for accoutn setting up
- Inventory management
- Gift wrap service
- Deliver to multiple addresses
- Support multiple currencies
- Newsletter support
- Reporting on sales
- Accept Paypal Payments
- A Blog
- A secure Certificate (SSL)
Will you require us to populate the new store with your new products?
- Yes
- No
- Maybe
We recommend that clients populate their own products, this ensures that your staff are familiar with uploading and managing the store, it will also save you money.
How will your delivery be priced?

e.g. €5 delivery for orders over €100, or by weight , or €3 per delivery.
Are you utilizing a 3rd party to fulfill your orders or is this being carried out in-house?
- 3rd Party
- In-house
Are you selling outside of your country? If so, please state the countries that you wish to supply to.
e.g. Ireland<br /> USA<br /> etc
Do you require different levels of access to the admin section of your site to different members of staff
- Yes
- No
Do you have an Internet Merchant Account (IMA)? What bank will be holding your IMA?

Design
What colours are you thinking of using for the theme of the site
Do you have a logo, or do you need to get a logo done up?
- Yes I have one
- I need a logo
What are your plans to get images of your products?

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