Archive for the ‘Seasonal’ Category

Your Online Store – a Month-by-Month Playbook

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Prepare your online store for 2010 by following this monthly plan to make sure you get the most from your online business this year. Start off by reviewing your performance from last year and selecting your shopping cart software. Then, execute your outreach and marketing efforts, spruce up your design and sell, sell, sell for […]

Original post by Matt

Your Online Store – a Month-by-Month Playbook

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Prepare your online store for 2010 by following this monthly plan to make sure you get the most from your online business this year. Start off by reviewing your performance from last year and selecting your shopping cart software. Then, execute your outreach and marketing efforts, spruce up your design and sell, sell, sell for […]

Original post by Matt

Green Mondays and Big Tuesdays – Proof that Online Holiday Sales are Still on the Up and Up

Monday, December 28th, 2009

If you’re anything like me, you have a profound love for statistics. If you’re anything like our 16,000+ Volusion store owners, you especially love statistics that show record breaking days of online sales. Let’s take a look at some Holiday definitions for these big days of online sales, along with some data that proves how […]

Original post by Matt

Green Mondays and Big Tuesdays – Proof that Online Holiday Sales are Still on the Up and Up

Monday, December 28th, 2009

If you’re anything like me, you have a profound love for statistics. If you’re anything like our 16,000+ Volusion store owners, you especially love statistics that show record breaking days of online sales. Let’s take a look at some Holiday definitions for these big days of online sales, along with some data that proves how […]

Original post by Matt

Biggest Online Shopping Days from 2000-2008

Monday, January 5th, 2009

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There are a number of obvious advantages to shopping online. Studies in 2008 predicted that more than ever, people would shop online as opposed to hopping in their gas guzzlers to hunt for deals at brick and mortar retailers. According to the National Retail Federation, traditional retail sales were predicted to […]

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Is More Profit on your Wish List? Motivate Shoppers for a Prosperous Holiday Season

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and if you haven’t already, now is the perfect time to tweak your online store to maximize sales from the influx of holiday shoppers. Often shoppers procrastinate making a purchase even when they have full intention of buying, and just need a little extra incentive as motivation […]

Original post by Pam

Volusion 2008 Halloween Costume Contest Recap

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Volusion hosted its 2008 Halloween costume contest on Friday, with employees in both our Simi Valley, California and Austin, Texas locations competing for the $200 grand prize.
Costumes this year showed no shortage of creativity or humor, ranging from Picasso to McGruber from SNL to an iPod shadow dancer complete with a neon green background.

Props are […]

Original post by Pam

Back to School Homepage: Free Volusion Graphics to Decorate Your Site

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Celebrate going back to school in style with new homepage graphics, created just for you by our design team. Show off your special sales for the new school year!
To save a graphic for uploading, right click on the image and hit Save Image As.

Uploading your Back to School Graphic
From the admin area of your site, […]

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Volusion Gives Back this Holiday Season by Offering Assistance to Those in Need

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Austin, TX (Volusion Inc.) January, 2008- Volusion employees set out to make a difference in the lives of families in need during the 2007 Holiday season. The Volusion team adopted a total of eight families to provide for this Christmas, from locations in both Austin, Texas and Simi Valley, California. For each family, Volusion […]

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Sell Online Through 2008: Six Steps for Marketing After the Holidays

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

All that is left under the tree are pine needles. Mom is diligently whipping up her famous post holiday concoction composed of turkey, stuffing, peas, a can of mushroom soup, and whatever else was leftover from dinner. You have already vowed to lose ten pounds (well, after all the holiday cookies are […]

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A New Record for Online Sales in 2007

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Monday, December 10th marked $881 million in online sales, making it the heaviest online spending day on record!  This number was up 33 percent versus the previous year’s high of $666.9 million.
For more information on Cyber Monday, Black Friday and overall ecommerce holiday sales, see the updated version of “Holiday Sales: When Will Your Site […]

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Ecommerce 2007 Holiday Season Facts and Predictions

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

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What the 2007 Holiday Season Has In Store for Online Stores
According to a recent Forrester Research report, online holiday retail sales in the U.S. are expected to hit $33 billion in 2007, a 21% increase over last year’s […]

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Holiday Sales: When Will Your Site See its Peak Day? (*2007 Updates)

Saturday, November 18th, 2006

Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the Unnamed Days When Sales May Be Larger than the Two!

Before the 2005 holiday season began, retailers predicted that the Monday after Thanksgiving would be the busiest online shopping day of the season. This was under the assumption that consumers returning from the holiday weekend would sit at their computers and spend the day buying online. The National Retail Federation even gave it a nickname, Cyber Monday. The most important day of the season was indeed a Monday. However, the big Monday

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