Portable Shops

Portable Shops RAFW Family Album

Wed, 04 May 2011 14:03:04 -0400

With so many of our amazing clients putting on killer shows at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (RAFW), we’ve adopted the proud parent roll— naturally. To show our support, we’ve documented our proudest moments thus far. We present, the Portable Shops RAFW Family Album— digital style.

Monday May 02, 12pm: Arnsdorf:
Bursts of Mint green from Arnsdorf and that divine leather bag.

Images courtesy of Oh Jamie.

Monday May 02, 4.30pm: Friend of Mine:
The racey orange and animal print numbers.

Images courtesy of Oh Jamie.

Monday May 03, 7.30pm: Gail Sorronda:
Heavenly hats.

Images courtesy of Oh Jamie.

Tuesday May 03, 9am: Therese Rawsthorne:
The floral detail captured our hearts, as did the meticulously teamed pastels, prints and burst of brights.

Images courtesy of Oh Jamie.

Tuesday May 03, 11am: Sara Phillips:
Mustard and red.

Images courtesy of Little Black Book.

Wednesday May 04, 11am: Magdalena Velevska:
Marilyn eat your heart out in these flowing numbers.

Images courtesy of Oh Jamie.

Wednesday May 04, 5.30pm: Dhini:
Detailed necklines and bustiers.

Images courtesy of Zimbio.

Portable Shops Speeds Up

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:26:00 -0400

Have you noticed how speedy Portable Shops has become this last week? We’ve been playing around and fixing things on our end to help you upload stock, collections and content faster.

We’ve applied the upgrades across all stores, so your customers should notice the changes too.

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The Australian Retailers Association Support's E-Commerce?

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:13:00 -0400

Say what? No — it can’t be true! The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) are one of the key players lobbying the Australian Government to investigate the fairness of online retailing. Given their primary focus is to “promote and protect retailers”, surely they wouldn’t support E-Commerce?

Excuse my ignorance, but it’s true — hurrah for E-Commerce. According to Ragtrader, the ARA hosted the first in a series ‘Engage in E-tail’ seminars for retailers early this week, attracting over 150 retailers. Well, we hate to boast, but dahhh, that’s why we created an E-Commerce platform dedicated to fashion designers and boutiques alike.

Thought we’d share this with you to keep your eye on the money — literally.

p.s. Note their mention of Dhini not once, but twice in the one newsletter. Big congrats to Dhini on her collaboration with Sportsgirl.

Candela’s Fall/Winter 2011 Lookbook: We know a thing or...

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:46:00 -0400

Candela’s Fall/Winter 2011 Lookbook:

We know a thing or two about fashion here at Portable — in fact, we’ve got covered it across multiple platforms. Video Lookbooks are the next best thing for designers and boutiques alike and while most e-commerce platforms don’t provide the means to support them, we go above and beyond. Check out Portable TV’s coverage of Candela’s Fall 2011 Lookbook here.

We love to support our Portable Shops clients and we have the means to do so. If you’ve created the bees knees in fashion video lookbooks, shoot it through to our Executive Editor, Alia Kahan and we’ll have one of our writers give it the once over.

It's here ...

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:47:00 -0400

Why be modest! We’ve been working round the clock here at Portable Shops to bring you the latest, and unquestionably best looking E-Commerce template ever to grace the World (Wide Web). It’s sleek, it’s sexy, and it’s a match made in heaven for fashion designers and boutiques. We’d even go as far as saying that fashion and Paris are the new beans and rice, or peanut butter and jelly for that matter.

Think we’re being extreme? Have a look at Isoude’s store below and give it a whirl with your own Portable Shop. To change your template, login to your store and select Design > Templates > Paris Template.

1. Homepage

2. Collection Page

3. Online Store

4. About Page

Adding the Facebook Application to your Portable Shop

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:39:10 -0500

The Portable Shops Facebook App allows you to sell your entire collection through your Facebook Fan Page, allowing your customers to buy from where they spend most of their time.

Add this feature to your portable shop simply by logging into your account and selecting the ‘install on facebook now’ button to the right of the screen.

If you’re not already signed into your facebook account you’ll be asked to login. Then, you’ll be taken to a page which says the portable shops application has been added successfully to your account.

Note - the next step will only work if you are an admin to your facebook fan page i.e. you have administrational access. If you didn’t create the page, you’ll have to get an existing admin to permit you as an admin too.

If your fan page has been created previously and you’re an admin to that page, simply click the link to ‘Portable Shops Application Page’ and divert to the ‘Online Store’ application.

Under the question mark in the top left-hand corner select ‘Add to my page’ and the fan page (or pages) that you’re an admin to will appear in a pop up window. Then simply select the desired location for the store by clicking ‘Add to page’.

Head to your facebook fan page where your new ‘Online Store’ tab should be visible at the top or down the side of the page, depending if you have the new or old version of facebook fan page. If you can’t see it, select the ‘+’ icon in the tab menu (to start a new tab) then ‘Online Store’. Nearly Finished!

And finally, simply fill out your Portable Shops details in the space provided to link this application to your account.

Top Five Looks From Lonely Hearts

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:10:00 -0500

One of New Zealand’s most beloved fashion labels Lonely Hearts presents their latest collection, Little Bandits. It’s hard to imagine ever being lonely in the following picks from the seriously incredible range…

Michi Girl Shop = Cute as a Button

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:59:00 -0500

Who needs a beautifully illustrated postcard for a quick thank you note or a birthday card? Everyone. ~ Michi Girl

Michi Girl’s adorable range of stationary, books, bags and prints will a. make you feel all warm and fuzzy, b. provide the perfect gift for your mum, sister or best friend and c. keep your general level of social etiquette in check. CFY (cute for you).

Check out Michi’s line of delightfulness here.

Add Discounts and Coupons to your Portable Shop

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:23:00 -0500

Offering coupons to customers when they purchase from your store is a great way to increase traffic and online sales.

The ‘Coupons’ option can be found by signing into your portable shops account and selecting the ‘Online Store’ option in the main menu.

Once there, simply select ‘create a coupon’ and fill in the relevant information i.e. expiry date, number of vouchers, amount etc. Whether you choose to generate a code automatically or type in one yourself - this is the code you will send out in your email to the selected customers.

In order to redeem a coupon, the customer will choose an item from your store and, before checking out, enter the code in the section provided and hit ‘redeem’.

The system will then automatically recalculate the amount of the item according to the discount you provided, and the customer will proceed to check out or continue shopping.

This feature comes free with the light, premium and pro plans. However if you are currently on the basic plan and not looking to upgrade, you can opt to purchase ‘discounts and coupons’ as an additional feature. Just visit the ‘billing’ section of your portable shop.

Australian fashion label Lilya has released a stunning video...

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:10:55 -0500

Australian fashion label Lilya has released a stunning video campaign for their Autumn/Winter 2011 collection named ‘In Between Days’.

The piece, written and directed by Nick Scott, is a reflection of the young label’s effortless beauty and vivacious approach to everyday fashion.

This new collection will be available in stores around the country and online atLilya’s Portable Shop from February 15th.

Welcome to 2011

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:54:18 -0500

It’s 2011 and we’re ready for a new year of development for Portable Shops. Since we launched at the end of 2009 there are now over 60 fashion designers and boutiques using the Portable Shops platform to power their websites and ecommerce.

This year you can look forward to a whole range of features that will start to come up out in February. These include:

Faster speeds for your store and for your dashboard
Video Lookbooks so you can display video easily on your site
An easy interface to run flash sales on your site
A range of new templates to choose from for your store

There are more planned but thought we’d mention just a few for the new year.

If you want to find out more, email us at stores@portableshops.com