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It’s official. A Tradingeye site has been named of the top 35 most Beautiful E-Commerce Websites around.

Design and web development experts Smashingmagazine www.smashingmagazine.com has trawled the internet in search for some of the best e-commerce websites around.

Keeping an eye out for sites that are attractive, simple and easy to navigate, it has selected the top 35 sites that tick all of its boxes.

And one of our Tradingeye powered sites, Ten Little Monkeys www.tenlittlemonkeys.co.uk, designed by Darren Alawi www.darrenalawi.com, has made it onto the bill.

The judges said: “This design has a very strong visual appeal; vibrant colours work well on the dark background, the navigation is colourful yet intuitive – notice how the section for girls and boys are distinguished.

“Also, the choice of typography is appropriate for the shop’s main objective: selling branded children’s fashion and gifts.”

The article can be found below:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/22/35-beautiful-and-effective-ecommerce-websites/

The past year has been very busy for us at Dpivision with the launch of a new version of Tradingeye and also our brand new invoicing and billing solution www.cannybill.com.

We wanted to say thank you to everyone for their support and offer all our Tradingeye & Dpivision customers a 20% discount when you signup to CannyBill on the lifetime of your plan.

CannyBill is a complete invoicing, billing and web hosting automation system – it sounds complicated, but really it couldn’t be simpler. We use it on www.tradingeye.com to sell all our products and services!

http://www.cannybill.com/tour_orderforms.php

Yes you got it, when you receive an invoice from us, whether it’s from an order via our site or some customization or design work we do for you, it’s from CannyBill!

CannyBill streamlines the whole modern process ‘admin’ side of things; from tracking invoices and taking payments, managing subscription-based services to selling domain names, web hosting accounts and SSL Certificates all via web based order forms.

CannyBill will cut hours of tedious, repetitive toil from your working week – leaving you to do what you do best!

It’s taken one and a half years of planning, preparation and of course hard work, but it’s finally here. We hope you enjoy our new product, and we trust it really will streamline your working day.

Here is a break down of the paid plans below:

Basic – (10 customers) – £4.99 – 20% = £4.00 per month
Small Business (50 customers) – £12.99 – 20% = £10.40 per month
Professional (500 customers) – £19.99 – 20% = £16 per month
Small Business (2000 customers) – £29.99 – 20% = £24 per month

To upgrade simply signup to CannyBill http://www.cannybill.com/pricing.php then login to your admin account and go to the settings tab -> my account -> and half way down the page you will see the option to upgrade. When you do so, simply enter the promotion code below.

Discount code: Please email wladimir@tradingeye.com for your discount code.

As always we’re here to help so let us know if you have any questions.

The team at dpivision.com Ltd

Tell us a little about your company.

Merry Dogs is an online store selling high-quality dog accessories to the UK.  We sell durable and stylish handmade dog collars, leads, dog beds, toys and bowls.  We specialise in products made in the UK and USA by small, dog-mad companies who are producing fabulous, fun and durable products for dogs.

Why did you choose Tradingeye as your ecommerce platform?

Tradingeye was recommended to us by a developer we approached. We wanted Merry Dogs to be a site we could more or less manage ourselves once it was live, and of course it had to be search engine friendly.  And it needed to fit with what our customers wanted from the site – easy to use, with lots of images and background information on each product and a secure shopping environment.

Could you please let us know about your project?

We had a few changes made to the basic package by Tradingeye and then the project was developed by Semlyen, a York-based web consultancy.  Now it is live we do 90% of the work ourselves, and this has worked out well.

Do you have any future plans for the site?

We’ll be adding new products, searching out new suppliers, and developing our two-way interaction with our customers.

Do you have anything else you would like to share?

The site functions very well and customers have commented on its accessibility and usability.

We’re happy to announce that the first incremental update to Tradingeye v6 is now freely available, at no extra cost to Tradingeye v6 license holders.

Both the v6.1 upgrade scripts as well as the full v6.1 installation files can be found at: http://forum.tradingeye.com/showthread.php?t=2947 (you must be logged in to access this forum thread). The v6.1 upgrade is available to all Tradingeye v6 license holders only – Tradingeye v5.x users must first upgrade to v6 before then upgrading to v6.1.

http://www.tradingeye.com/upgrade.php

A full list of file changes and bug fixes can be found on the forum thread listed above.

Could You tell us a little about Flybe?

Yes, here is some headline information about the company:-

•    Flybe is Europe’s largest and most successful regional airline with over 190 routes serving 13 countries, operating from a total of 65 departure points, 35 UK and 30 European airports
•    Flybe is the UK’s Number One Domestic Airline carrying more UK domestic passengers than any other airline,  carrying more domestic passengers at London Gatwick than any other airline and operating five times more domestic routes than any other airline
•    Flybe is Air Transport World’s  2009 Regional Airline of the Year ; ranked number 1 in the Sunday Times 2008 Top Track 250; won the 2008 Regional Leadership Award at the Global Airline Strategy Awards; the ‘Special Merit for Commitment to the Environment’ award at the 2008 Budgie Awards and Flight International’s ‘Best Management Team 2007’ award.
•    Flybe is the largest scheduled airline at Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Manchester, Norwich, Southampton, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and Belfast City and employs 3000+ staff.
•    Flybe launched the aviation industry’s first ever eco labeling scheme in June 07
•    Flybe offers the UK’s first low cost customer loyalty scheme open to all passengers Rewards4all

Why did you choose Tradingeye as your ecommerce platform?

Tradingeye.com was recommended to us by Redfred.co.uk in Nantwich in Cheshire, who have extensive knowledge of the software. Redfred built the site for us, and a few minor enhancements were applied by Tradingeye to the software to cater for Flybe’s chosen payment gateway and some minor specific Flybe requirements. The supply chain expertise was supplied by Skytrac.co.uk of Malpas in Cheshire.   A small but effective project team was assembled and the site was created and launched within a two month period.

Why did you choose Skytrac Solutions?

Skytrac’s 15 years experience within the travel sector provided the necessary expertise with highly trained and dedicated staff providing the level of quality customer service we demanded.  All of this comes with peace of mind knowing that you are dealing with one of the UK’s leading solutions supplier. Skytrac Solutions Group, encompassing Commissaire currently provides FlyBe with an innovative solution to bar packing and distribution.

Could you please let us know about your project?

The Flybeshopping.com site was developed to promote sales of products advertised in our on-board publication ‘Flybe Uncovered’ (tobacco and alcohol products excepted) to the general public via the web so that the public can purchase any of the products from our extensive range of fragrances, cosmetics and gifts at the same low price they would pay onboard: but instead we deliver purchases direct to their home.

Do you have any future plans for the site?

The response to the site has been extremely good and we hope our customers will continue to take full advantage of the many great products on offer. The site will continue to develop and, because the power and flexibility of the product allows many changes to be a simple matter of configuration by the marketing department itself, this can be done at little or no IT cost.

Do you have anything else you would like to share?

There was the option to develop and host this site in-house at Flybe. However, the service provided by Tradingeye and the assistance they provided in getting the best hosting arrangements for the site made it a cost-effective option to outsource it. The flexibility in the product and the terms of the arrangement have made this a very good option. The team at Tradingeye have always been available and keen to help and they have responded quickly to all of Flybe’s requests including – oftentimes at short notice-  turnaround of changes and customisations. Once the concept was agreed at Flybe, the Marketing department needed to move very quickly and Tradingeye was instrumental in making this happen. The high-availability of the site was also a very important consideration, as we wanted to ensure our customers enjoy a conveniently efficient, trouble-free and user-friendly shopping experience!