| a pet supplies wholesaler who'll drop ship for you. | | | | templates are usually available at Some really good |
| Drop shipping is when your supplier ships the goods | | | | logo designers compete at contests held at 9. |
| to your customers without an invoice and marketing | | | | Configure prices, specials, featured items, cross sell |
| material. With drop shipping, you have zero inventory | | | | items |
| cost. The orders are placed on your website, but the | | | | Most shopping carts are equipped with features |
| goods are shipped from different warehouses. | | | | which allows you to configure your store front |
| Customers don't know that and return to YOUR site | | | | properly. Take advantage of features such as cross |
| to order more. The largest US drop shipper for pet | | | | sell, bundle sell, specials and featured products. |
| supplies such as pet food, pet toys, pet medication, | | | | 10. SSL Secure your site |
| pet jewelry, pet gifts is Peticious has over 100K pet | | | | If you are planning on accepting credit cards right on |
| products, good pricing and drop shippers may qualify | | | | your website, you'll need to purchase and install a |
| for an additional 10-20% off retail prices. | | | | security certificate. Godaddy has good pricing on SSL |
| 2. Register a domain name | | | | certificates. |
| There are several domain registrars which you can | | | | 11. Google'ize your site using Sitemap, Analytics, Base, |
| use such as enom, networksolutions, godaddy, | | | | Checkout, Adwords & Adsense |
| netfirms etc. You'll need a domain name for your | | | | Create an XML sitemap and submit it using Google |
| store. You'll quickly notice that a lot of domains are | | | | Webmaster Central. While you are at it, sign up for |
| taken. | | | | Google Analytics and embed the Javascript code into |
| 3. Get hosting for that domain | | | | your site. This will set you up with web stats, visitor |
| You need web hosting space in order to install your | | | | and later on campaign tracking. Upload a Google Base |
| shopping cart software and upload your product | | | | feed, install Google Checkout and connect your |
| images. | | | | Google Adwords and Google Checkout account. This |
| 4. Decide on shopping cart software to use | | | | will save you credit card processing fees. Finally |
| There are many shopping carts out there which | | | | connect your adwords and analytics account and |
| people use to market their pet products or for drop | | | | start an adwords campaign while setting goals and |
| shipping purposes. Some of the popular free ones | | | | tracking conversions. By placing Google Adsense on |
| are: osCommerce, ZenCart, Magento, CRE Loaded | | | | some of your landing pages, you can recycle the paid |
| Standard | | | | traffic and get some of your advertisement funds |
| When selecting proper software for your pet store, | | | | back. Getting the most out of adsense may require |
| you need to make sure that you will be able to | | | | thoughtful ad placement. |
| handle your drop shippers shipping methods and | | | | 12. Marketing your store |
| scenarios. If your supplier is shipping from multiple | | | | This is where the real fun begins. There are endless |
| locations, you should look into software such as | | | | ways to market an eCommerce store. Google base |
| Magnum MVS in order to achieve Multi Warehouse / | | | | and adwords will definetly get you started and |
| Multi Location Shipping. | | | | together with analytics and conversion stats you |
| 5. Install the shopping cart software | | | | should be well on your way. There are many other |
| Download and install the software on your web | | | | ways to drive online traffic to your store. Tapping |
| server. Save the administrator login details | | | | into the offline advertisement market and spreading |
| 6. Activate, configure and test shipping & payment | | | | business cards and flyers to local pet business is also |
| modules | | | | not a bad idea. |
| Create a test product and configure the shipping and | | | | There are companies out there who will take care of |
| payment modules you are planning on using. Make | | | | all 11 steps for you while leaving you room and |
| sure everything is working properly such as real time | | | | budget to focus all your efforts on the marketing |
| credit card processing, order confirmation emails and | | | | aspect. |
| orders being recorded in your shopping cart database. | | | | Check out PetSupplies.name. They provide Ready, |
| 7. Load your inventory | | | | Set, Go! eCommerce Pet Shops preloaded with 1000s |
| Some shopping carts have an "easy populate" or | | | | of bestseller pet supplies at discount prices. You may |
| data import component which may accelerate loading | | | | also obtain FREE flyers and business cards for your |
| your suppliers product data. Inserting items manually | | | | offline marketing needs. PetSupplies.name even takes |
| can become time consuming. | | | | care of all your order processing needs, and offers |
| 8. Get a logo and template | | | | one of the best pet affiliate programs on the market. |
| Professional looking and affordable shopping cart | | | | |