Pursue simplicity, security and quality!

You need a secure and complete e-shop solution including a payment solution, and you need a reliable web host. The e-shop solution can be tailor-made by web design providers or it can be instantly delivered as a standard solution. A lot of online software suppliers are offering complete packages including web hosting. NB. If you have any doubt on any detail in such a project you should always consult with expertise.

Pursue simplicity, security and quality in every respect when judging which solution and which provider(s) to choose. It is essential that the solution secure full control with respect to always being able to deliver the purchased items when the recipients appear.

Other important details: Remember to communicate on your net shop’s pages the key principle: BUY ONLINE - GO GET IT OFFLINE (i.e. in our real shop located at this address: ...). That means you do not ship gifts to recipients - gift items have to be picked up at your premises. Otherwise the returning of unwanted gifts will occur as usual.

Remember also to communicate both on the Purchase Receipt and on the web pages that the recipients can choose other items than the purchased ones - and that is the key to obtain the goal: NO MORE UNWANTED GIFTS.

Think about having more than one language (related to the chance of getting customers from abroad). Explore and learn from other net shops' success stories and study their web pages thoroughly. Play it safe: Before launching your net shop make at least one or two qualified in-house tests!

NOTE: This site only presents a basic idea, which you may prosper from. Are you in any doubt concerning the relevance for you and your business, or in any doubt on technical matters or security issues, you should always consult with expertise before launching your shop on the Internet.

If you want to introduce GIFTS ON HALT^SM to your customers, please go to: www.giftsonhalt.com

WANTED:
A major search technology company to ensure that this site, www.giftsinrealshops.com, could offer its visitors the service to spot the right local shops in the neighbourhood of the gift recipients - wherever they live - i.e. the right local shops that have taken the NO MORE UNWANTED GIFTS approach by offering their customers what is described above. That could be a real support in the battle of reducing CO2 emissions: A worldwide online central of local gift shops - accessible from wherever you are living. That would be a concrete environment-friendly action!

To customers of local offline shops:
Do you think, as an environmentally oriented customer, it might be a good idea for the offline shops to adopt the GIFTS ON HALT^SM idea? Let them know - and ask them to visit this site in order to be inspired!