HELSINKI, May 28 Smilehouse-Oy
HELSINKI, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 10,000 newcomers to the online
store business have registered as users of the free Wosbee online store
software and joined a fast-growing social community of online store
operators. Wosbee.com offers free software and maintenance along with a
social network that helps them to develop their online store activities.
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In addition to free software, Wosbee offers online store operators Web
2.0-type community elements. The discussion forum in the Wosbee service
provides the opportunity to interact with other operators and get support,
tips and advice regarding problems, development or even marketing. The
company can also approve its store, after which other community members and
customers can comment on and review it. At this time, approximately 100
stores have taken this step.
"A good, functional store and excellent customer service will lead to
good reviews and comments. This in turn generates more business," says Tapio
Talvisalo, CEO of Smilehouse, as he describes the commercial benefits of the
community features.
Free service is an opportunity for companies and partners
Smilehouse has also opened an additional service for application
builders. This new Wosbee partner group uses the free technology provided by
Smilehouse to implement online stores and only invoices the companies for
their own work.
"Our partners make a turnkey service possible at a reasonable price when
a company doesn't have the resources to build an online store or wants to
outsource the work for some other reason. Free software and maintenance
ensure that overall costs remain under control," explains Tapio Talvisalo.
Despite being free, Wosbee is a very versatile professional tool that
makes cost-effective implementation of online stores possible, even for very
small companies.
Store operators can use the money saved to develop their services. The
free software makes it easier for Wosbee partners to find customers who don't
want to do the work themselves or who can't afford the licence and
maintenance fees for commercial software.
Smilehouse Ltd is a leading Finnish expert company focusing on e-commerce
solutions. Thousands of companies in Finland and around the world use
Smilehouse services. Smilehouse is growing strongly, with turnover in 2008
totalling EUR 5.5 million.
Further information:
Tapio Talvisalo
CEO, Smilehouse Ltd (Wosbee.Com)
Tel. +358-40-503-5953
tapio.talvisalo@smilehouse.com
SOURCE Smilehouse Oy
