SEO for printers

Search Engine Optimisation.  SEO.  The Holy Grail.  How to get found on the internet.  As we’ve said before, you can have the best web site in the world … but if no-one ever finds it …  So what actually is it?  We’ll start by asking you some questions: Have you ever tried to find your […]

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Web to print benefits – The headlines

For the technology to flourish and be a genuine “win-win”, it must work for the client and for the printer.  It’s no use in the long run if one side of the equation benefits and the other side doesn’t, so let’s look at each in turn and see if we have the “win-win” that we’re […]

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Web To Print Software

We’ve talked a lot about how the web to print solution should function for the user, and we’ve touched on some aspects of how the web site should be designed.  What we’ve not covered until now is how to manage the content of the website, how to update products and prices, how to review orders, […]

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Web to print Storefronts

We’ll now introduce three new terms which we hope will further shed light on the whole web to print world, namely B2Client, microsite, and Storefront. B2Client We’re already familiar with B2B and B2C, and perhaps to a lesser extent C2C (Consumer to Consumer, e.g. EBAY).  When thinking about selling print to specific clients with their […]

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Print eCommerce with Web to Print

Building on our article on eCommerce, let’s highlight the fundamentals of an effective web to print eCommerce platform. It will provide each client with a private branded area, based on a secure login, where they will gain access to previously agreed products and prices. Unless they have administrative access, they will only be able to […]

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Web to Print UK software – its importance for UK printers

Web to print software, sometimes shortened to Web2Print, refers broadly to practices and technologies that allow printers to operate via online technologies. Typically, these print e-commerce systems allow customers to place orders online and enable printers to deliver them seamlessly, cost-effectively and to the right quality level. Simply put, the more a printer can invest […]

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Does web to print inevitably lead to margin erosion?

Last time around we posed the question, is web to print all that it’s sometimes cracked up to be?  A key fact underpinning this question is this – how can any on-line service ever avoid falling into a “red ocean” of hyper-competition inevitably leading to falling margins in an attempt to secure market share?  The […]

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Is web to print all that it’s cracked up to be?

  So much is now written about it, and the technology has now reached such a critical mass, it’s arguable that some of the benefits are, if not being overlooked, then certainly being underestimated … … but are they?  Are web to print solutions really as good as all that?  Are customers entirely happy with […]

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