With the internet constantly expanding it’s reach all over the world, e-commerce has been a booming market for several years now. With more and more of the population set to connect to the internet in the coming years, it’s a market that is only going to grow in size. Couple this with the huge increase in mobile or m-commerce and it’s still a great time to sell online.

Whether you’re converting your physical store to have online capabilities or starting out fresh with an online only store, there are several key things to consider. These are generally split into Design, Sales & Marketing and Distribution:

Design
In the ever more competitive world of online commerce, you need to make sure you have all the bases covered. If one part of the site is lacking, then it will have a drastic effect on the conversion rate. For instance, if you have an excellent website, but the ‘About Us’ page is blank, or a page goes to an error then it instantly looks unprofessional. In a world where people are generally sceptical about giving out payment details, an efficient e-commerce site need to make the customer feel safe and secure.

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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Sososher. All opinions are 100% mine.

Now we all know that this time of year is probably going to be the most expensive time of the year, Christmas shopping is going to be taking its toll on our pockets and bank accounts, so it would be nice to maybe get a little back when we do our Christmas shopping!

But with the website Sososher you can do your shopping online and at some of the top known websites, sich as Play.com. Hamleys, Phones 4U, Argos, Debenhams, Disney Resorts and loads more, in fact there are around 2,000 stores, wow, you can even do something called “social shopping” this is where you can add buddies to shop with.

Also if you like a store or an item you have purchased you can add your very own video review on to the website, nothing better than a personal review for people to find out about something.

But, one the site features which really jumped out at me is the Cashback side of the website, you can get your hands on the cashback when you buy items on the websites, here are some of the typical Cashback amounts that you can get:

• Gifts – receive up to 7.5% cash back
• Drink – receive up to 5% cash back
• Electricals – receive up to 8% cash back
• Food – receive up to 3.5% cash back
• CDs & DVDs – receive up to 7.5% cash back
• Toys – receive up to 5% cash back

So imagine the amount you could get back on all that Christmas shopping!

Been a member of Sososher has its benfits with this cashback system. As an example from the press release below explains.

So for example Mrs S Ososher does all her usual shopping at a retailer’s website, Marks & Spencer for example, but instead of going there direct or via a search engine, she logs into her Sososher account and clicks on the Marks & Spencer logo. That way, Mrs S Ososher receives all the added bonuses, including cash back for all of her purchases and access to voucher and discount codes. There are over 2,000 retailers you can shop with spread across 40 different categories, so the chances are that if you are looking to buy something online then you’ll find it on Sososher.

I’ve browsed the website and I do like what I see, there are other reward sites out there, but I think this one does offer the incentive of cashback rather than points, so in time you could get back a tidy little sum from Sososher.