Year after year, statistics come out about how online retail is booming and that more and more people are shopping online. It’s true. At the end of the day, you get to compare prices, download comprehensive product information all from the comforts of home, office, school or coffee shop. No fighting for the parking spot, wiggling through the mall crowd, toiling through traffic or haggling with a fast-mouthed seller. Just when other retailers are enticing customers with back-to-school items, ZeMis is getting a head start by dangling a 70% discount to lure visitors to shop early or at least ‘window shop’ to see what possible gifts are available to give away to family and friends. But is this enough reason for anyone to shop at ZeMis?
September 16, 2010 – Our store ZeMis (www.zemis.com) is popularly known as Mother Nature’s boutique because of its breadth of product offerings in eco-friendly accessories and handmade natural products. We recently launched our 70 OFF Fire Sale Promo which will run until September 23, 2010 Pacific Time. As an earth-friendly online store, we offer green tips for the
home,
office and during
travel. But this time ZeMis is pleased to offer you online shopping tips to get you or the novice shopper next to you, acquainted with what’s out there in cyber space.
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Get to know the site. Don’t just buy from any site that pops up on the 1st page of a Google search. These sites either have a huge budget for search engine marketing or are run by tech-savvy entrepreneurs. Big budgeted companies are normally more reputable but do take the time to get to know who is actually taking your money. A lot of sites team up with bigger, well-reputed companies to handle their transaction processing such as Amazon or Paypal. This guarantees your money and gives you assurance that you can get it back if products fall short of seller promises.
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Take advantage of sales. Stores like ZeMis.com are offering huge 70% discounts to get you to the first step of online shopping – visit their site. Once you’re on their site, they’re hoping you can check out their other items and perhaps buy it. Maybe not now but their store is now top of your mind. Here’s the tip. If you like what’s on sale, buy it. No need to buy anything else. Chances are they’re losing on the sale in the hopes that you will buy other items where they can earn a profit. That means you’re getting a good deal!
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Shop early. In the same way we avoid rush hour, avoid jam-packed sites inundated with orders on December 22. Whether it’s Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, there’s a deadline to meet and why risk overshooting the all-important date? Most sites offer free shipping if you shop early. By all means, maximize this shopping opportunity.
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Know their privacy policy and security risk. Don’t order from a site until you’ve read through their About Us and Privacy Policy pages. Make sure they use encryption technology to process your order and that they will not sell your e-mail address to third parties or use your financial information for other purposes. ZeMis has teamed up with Amazon to handle all of its e-commerce transactions. Your credit card and e-mail information go through Amazon and not ZeMis. It is kept secure and safe from third parties.
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Print or save a screenshot of your order page after it has been placed. This is your proof of purchase. If anything happens to your purchase along the way, this is your sole proof that details everything about your transaction. Likewise, save the e-mail confirmation that your order was placed and/or was shipped.
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Release personal information at a bare minimum. All web merchants require you to disclose personal information such as billing and ship to addresses. But by all means keep your password private (even or especially from your children) and never divulge your social security number.
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Follow your instincts on trust. Online shopping should be as comfortable and convenient as possible, not stressful. If for any reason, you have doubts about a site, don’t place the order until your concerns have been addressed. Contact the store. If they respond timely and adequately, then maybe they are worth trying. Consider buying a low-ticket item first. If all goes well, you can gradually increase your transaction size.
There are many more tips we can offer but the above are the most basic ones to get you started. The most important first tip of all is to get rid of your anxiety of online shopping. IT IS SAFE. VERY SAFE. People from different walks of life have been doing it for more than a decade, mostly intelligent, highly-educated shoppers. They’re smart because they know the benefits and have been maximizing bargain and convenience opportunities for a long time.
ZeMis specializes in
handmade natural designer accessories. It differentiates its products from other online stores selling jewelry and fashion accessories by presenting detailed product pictures with various angles and sketch diagrams showing relevant dimensions to give customers comprehensive information as well as delight, convenience and a seamless transaction experience.
For its Fall/Winter 2010-2011 collection, ZeMis’ curious anthology of ‘neckpiece artworks’ inspired by the theme ‘Elements of Nature’ has generated a lot of online buzz. ZeMis used the Chinese Wu Xing Elements Earth, Water, Wood and Metal to spark a breathtaking collection of elegant but natural, practical yet artful necklaces and pendants. A preview of the Fall/Winter 2010-2011 line may be viewed at
http://www.zemis.com/category/55934738161/1/Fall-Winter-Collection.htm.
For this season, ZeMis is also showcasing must-see destinations in the USA, the winning country in ZeMis’
ZeMis’ Facebook Fan Rally promotion held last April 2010. So far, the global boutique has promoted famous landmarks and travel destinations such as The Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, The Big Sur, Historic Nantucket, Niagara Falls and Hoover Dam to its site visitors, newsletter subscribers and social media fans. For the Facebook promotion, ZeMis also handed out vegetarian bangles, cuffs and designer necklaces to
Facebook Fans based in the USA. Lucky recipients include:
Cheryl R. from CA
Ness V. from DE
Crissy S. from CA
Patrick C. from NY
Aishia N. from NY
Thelma T. from IL
ZeMis utilizes Amazon's e-commerce technology in order to provide ZeMis guests a safe, secure, and convenient
online shopping experience. Transaction processing for ZeMis is handled by Amazon so buyers can use their Amazon.com account to order and checkout.
ABOUT ZEMIS
ZeMis is owned by ZEMIS LTD, which is associated with World Charms (USA) LLC, a private Delaware LLC. ZeMis has teamed up with Amazon.com and licenses its shopping cart software for its reliability and cutting edge features. Inquiries on ZeMis may be directed to marketing@zemis.com.
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