THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUR SUCCESS – Your Online Store.
Your online store, the fountain of your success, is where today’s savvy shoppers will interact with your brand, shop for your products and services, AND most importantly, fall in love with your company or brand.
Mini Net has all the features and functions you need to successfully merchandise for your customers, enabling you to create the memorable and friendly online shopping experience your clients expect and deserve.
Stimulating your online business growth by generating repeat sales and building client loyalty is made easier with Mini Net!
Coming up is more information about those Mini Net’s elements that will make your web-store stand out as a fabulous, world-class shopping site.
Your Online Store’s Design – Your Visual Identity
Mini Net comes with a default template, which will enable you to start promoting and selling your products online right away.
We can also implement your own custom design at any time.
Additionally, the functionality and behavior of various elements on your online store can be customized according to your needs and specifications.
Which type of online store will you need? Retail or Wholesale?
Because wholesale and retail shoppers purchase and shop differently, with Mini Net you can create two types of online stores to capitalize on those differences, one for wholesale buyers and one for retail shoppers.
The online store for retail shoppers will display prices and allow shoppers to add products to the Wish List or Shopping cart before requiring them to sign in or create an account.
On the other hand, the online store for wholesale buyers will require the shopper to create an account or sign in PRIOR TO displaying prices and adding products to the Wish List or Shopping cart.
With Mini Net, both options are available for you to use as you see fit.
Product Search – converting search into sale!
It is a fact that more than 50% of all shoppers will use search! Yes, that’s right, 50% (!) That makes the efficiency of your online store’s search function highly critical to the overall success of your business.
MiniNet’s advanced search function will maximize your sales by providing your shoppers with the most popular search results and easy, yet broad browsing options that keeps them shopping!
Here’s how:
- Search results will automatically display your best selling items first, enticing your shoppers to buy.
- Once a search is made, your shoppers have the option of browsing the results OR narrowing the results with each click they make, helping them find the item or items they are looking for.
- Shoppers can also browse results by price, size, color and other attributes, enabling them fast access to the product ranges they look for.
- With special advanced search options, shoppers can search for multiple terms at once and/or exclude specific terms from the search results.
- Using a built-in tool, you can influence the sales of specific items by fine-tuning where they appear in the search results.
The Product Window
The product window is where your shoppers will explore and connect with your products… That is why we have it loaded with exciting features and functions, designed to boost your salesmanship.
Here is a shortlist of some features and functions that will enable you to seduce your shoppers to browse and purchase your products:
- Product images can be used as a link, or when the mouse hovers over the image, to show text or an alternate picture. Additional functions can be customized per your desire.
- Information shown under the product images, such as price, product description and “Add to Shopping Cart”, can be customized according to your specifications.
- Create a controlled shopping experience by arranging how products appear on the page, using a built-in tool in MiniNet.
- Create product groups and set the default of how many products will appear per view. Your shoppers can change these settings according to their preference. “Auto Scroll” will become active once shopper selects “View All”.
- Create unique visual presentations by setting a different number of products appearing in adjacent rows on the page. The result is exciting patterns to make an enjoyable shopping experience for your clients.
- Insert additional media (text, artwork, images and videos) anywhere on the page to explain your products and excite your shoppers.
- Create tags such as “New Arrival”, “Best Seller”and “Supply is limited” to promote the sales of specific items.
- The “Related Products” tag will automatically appear next to products that you have made part of a set or group. Clicking the tag will display all the related products in a new layer, resulting in shoppers buying more.
- The “Add To Wish List” function will entice your shoppers to begin their shopping spree! Other built-in product lists will help your clients easily re-order products they have purchased before.
- Create special promotional product pages using items from a variety of collections, with each item linking back to the original collection.
- Promote the sales of your products, using various types of SALE options, such as: Get 50% OFF, Buy 2 Get 1 Free and Make-An-Offer!
- When a product is on sale or if you have a special offer, you can easily create text that emphasizes and describes the savings for the shopper.
- Mini Net is feature rich! Additional tools and features designed to excite your shoppers into shopping for your products are available!
The Ordering Window
The ordering function is where the actual shopping occurs.
Mini Net’s customizable ordering window not only provides the shopper with all the information they need for their purchasing decisions, it also entices the shopper to purchase additional items AND lures them to continue shopping.
Here are some highlights:
- Images – Add as many images as you like to visually communicate the product.
- Images of each product variation for color and size can be added. These will appear only when that specific variation is available in stock.
- Links and images of related products will appear, seducing your shoppers to easily shop for more products. These will appear only when the related products are available in stock.
- There is an option to “Email this page to a friend or foe”.
- A warning will appear when available quantity in stock is less than “X” (per your setting).
The Shopping Cart Window
The SHOPPING CART window is where the shopper views the products ordered and makes various decisions before checking out, such as removing products from the cart or editing specifications and quantities of each product.
Here are some highlighted features that your shoppers will love:
- “Split Shiping” is a money making feature that enables your shoppers to ship items to other people as gifts – this optional feature includes selecting gift wrap paper, a card and adding text to the card.Your shoppers will buy more once they discover this feature.
- Shoppers can apply valid Personal and Marketing coupons to their purchase and instantly view the discount on the billing of the order.
- Shoppers can select payment method and shipping option.
- Sign-in to check out (optional for retail online stores)
- If shoppers have placed another order that is still in process, an additional option will appear, giving them the choice to add the new items to the previous order OR place a NEW order.
The Check-Out Window
The check-out process is designed to collect necessary information from your shoppers, such as credit card details, shipping address and more.
To enable your shoppers to safely pay with Credit Cards, PayPal, Alipay, DIBS, KLARNA or other payment options, custom Payment Gateways will be created and integrated with your online store.
The check-out process ends with a “THANK YOU” page, informing the shopper to confirm their purchase by clicking a link automatically sent to them by email. The email will also list the products purchased, shipping cost, discounts, coupons and all other details related to the purchase.
Contact Us Window
This page can be custom made and it should include your contact information as well as invite your visitors to send inquiries, sign-up for promotions, and more.
My Account Window
Your shoppers will access the MY ACCOUNT window to manage and follow-up on their orders, manage their account settings and so much more:
Manage Orders
- View new orders pending processing.
- Access past orders and print invoices.
- View merged and cancelled orders.
- View/Save/Print invoices in MS Excel / PDF / HTML formats.
- Create Return Products Form
Manage Account settings
- Edit contact information and shipping addresses.
- Add and edit credit cards details (optional).
- Edit mailing-list preferences.
- Add people & businesses to the address book(Related to the “Split Ship” feature in SHOPPING CART)
Manage Security Features
- Change password
- Lock my account – this feature allows clients to “lock” their account, so no one can use the account until it is unlocked (by clicking a link sent to client by email).
- Limit access to my account to one computer – Extra safety feature that enables clients to limit the access to their account to one specific machine.
My Products Lists
A summary of all the client’s lists:
- Wish List – Items client added to this list.
- Purchased List / Best Sellers – Items client purchased in the past, displayed by client’s ranking.
- Master List – A list combining items from the Wish List and Purchased List.
- Invoice List – Allowing client to view & shop from invoices.
- Discontinued Items – Items which client ordered in the past and are not available for reordering.
Feedback Box
A dedicated text box for your clients to send their valuable feedback, comments and suggestions to you.
Information Pages – Store Assistance, About Us, and Legal Documentation
This section of your online store is where all the information pages are centralized.
Through text, images, or videos you can create pages such as “About Us”, “Term of Use” and “Privacy Policy” AND communicate important information on other topics such as “How to Shop”, “Q&A”, “Dictionary”, “Discount Policies”, “Next Holiday”.
