August 11, 2007

Online shopping is burning in Austrailia

Online shopping in Australia just got easier with www.bigshop.com.au recently launching its much anticipated universal online shopping cart. BIGshop.com.au is an Australian online shopping mall, based on unique Australian designed and developed technology BIGshop allows consumers to shop across leading online merchants, and find amazing deals direct from the merchants, with one universal shopping cart and one account.

Ryan Murtagh, the BIGshop Business Development Manager says that only registered Australian businesses that pass the BIGshop screening process can sell on BIGshop. And he also said that "In only allowing reputable Australian online and offline companies to sell through our system we ensure a safer and more satisfying experience for our shoppers which is a significant point of difference from other online marketplaces in Australia. Our focus for the next few months will be in attracting Australia’s biggest and best retailers and wholesalers to our program."

The following positive options for merchants are available:

* Zero marketing risk – Merchants only pay on a Cost-Per-Order basis thus removing all risk from the marketing channel.
* Predictable return on investment – Because BIGshop operates on a revenue sharing model ROI is easily measured.
* Brand Awareness – With ability to brand one's Bshop and item listings BIGshop provides a risk free branding opportunity to all merchants.
* Additional business that you would not have otherwise obtained – The BIGshop software automatically cross sells and up sells products within the BIGshop.com.au site ensuring maximum exposure site wide. BIGshop even goes as far as offering customers certain products based on their past purchasing history.
* Very easy to use online data entry, data integration and order management systems.

The following positive options for consumers are available:
* Free registration
* All the best deals in one place
* One account, one transaction, one order
* Never share your payment information with merchants, all payments are processed by BIGshop.com.au