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When someone mentions Video Spokeperson (VSp), what pops to mind are those male and female animated caricature that speak like a robot in one-word syntax. Very recently VSp services can be seen in many sites that offer a combination of services and products which may make the site a bit confusing to explore. Today’s Video Spokepersons are images of actual people who are trained video speakers who effectively use hand gestures, facial expressions and even voice inflection to be your online site guide.

Though it is an interesting addition to your website’s features, having one must serve a purpose and not just because it would make your site look techy. A VSp is very helpful when it comes to keeping visitors longer on your site giving a visitor time to understand what your site is all about. Experienced people behind a web site strategically put images and text content based on a reading pattern. While some who are new to website promotion and optimization just disappoint a visitor by not having what they need in the Home page, most visits don’t like to dig into a website that isn’t clear on what they’re selling in the 1stpage alone. With the use of a VSp a visit to your site can be explored with ease.

Think of it as an online tour guide that points you to where you’d want to go. Establishing an e-commerce website takes a broad outlook on how several parts of your website work dependently on each other, keyword density in content and meta tags often get you suggested by search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN. The negative about this is when a site is geared to optimization; product features and service integrity get sacrificed.

Picture your site offering a business that does website updates and maintenance, to get visitors to come to your site and try out services your site has to have the right keyword density and content to get suggested by search engines. With the VSp the visitor can be led to exactly where they want to go minus having to go through a load of click heres and buried pages.

Some VSp services have VSp-ready templates that you can upload your old site to. While there are some service providers that have can integrate their VSp program to your site without having to tamper with your site. Some may think doing an endorsement or a spiel with a chroma back ground is what VSp is all about. Choose the best VSp provider for your site if you don’t like getting disappointed.

The best VSp site services are the ones whose websites use a VSp to keep you company, while listening to their VSp you will be able to judge if their service would help you.

After a successful run of sales in your website establishment and cultivating loyal clients through the simple text and image site, isn’t there anything else you would want to offer your customers? The trend for online entrepreneurs is to get an open source selling software that provides you with actual store features, the online version.

To start off, you must envision how you would want your regular website shop to run. Are there some things you have wanted to add but were not sure how to integrate it to your site? Once you’ve identified the changes and the features you know your customers will be pleased with, do a little research on the several shopping carts available. Some are open source, which means its downloadable yet you have to have a web developer program it and install the features. Others are osCommerce based but can be bought through a webhost and you don’t need to worry about installing.

To pick out the best shopping cart for you, do some comparison shopping of your own. Keep in mind the added features and services you’d want to have for your shopping cart site. Some might be dazzled with unnecessary features or complex store-front design, it is advisable to keep focused.

Listed below are the leading online store-front customizers that use osCommerce based software that offers their own terms and shopping cart features & services.

Template Monster
Website Template Design
Oscoders
AlgoZone
Source of graphic designs
Own/Unique
Templatemonster
Templatemonster
Own/Unique & Templatemonster
Quality of the design and detailed implementation
Excellent
Good
Good
Excellent
Flexibity of template to expansion or larger text/images
All templates are not flexible
Some template are flexible
Most templates are not flexible
Most template are flexible
Photoshop knowledge required
YES
YES
YES
NO
Multilingual templates
NO
NO
NO
YES
Texts/menus are controlled by language text file rather than embedded in graphics that need to be changed in Photoshop
NO
NO
NO
YES
Automatic button system for multilingual stores or for additional functionalities where new buttons are needed.
NO
NO
NO
YES
Graphics use optimization. Total size data load for main page (Average based on 5 latest templates)
135,437 bytes
268,157 bytes
166,575 bytes
105,531 bytes
Average load time based on 56k connection (Average based on 5 latest templates)
27.2 seconds
53.6 seconds
33.4 seconds
21.3 seconds
Availability of the same template for different osCommerce sub projects such as 2.2ms2, CREloaded, OSCMAX and ZenCart
Only complete 2.2ms2 package
2.2ms2, CRELoaded and OSCMAX(Not the same designs)
Only complete 2.2ms2 package
ALL (Replacement components that make is easier to integrate)
Ability to install to existing or customized osCommerce
Very hard. No instructions
Possible
Possible. Instructions are available
Possible. Instructions are available
Price Range (US$)
(Price includes graphics license cost if required)
167 – 181
75 – 184
200 – 235
70 -179

Considering the needs of any store front site, time is an important key to effective sales and client satisfaction.  A shopping cart software that loads the easiest and takes less time or even the effort to update is what you are looking for. Secondary consideration may be given to the price since when your site starts the ROI shows it is worth it.