GirlsBits.com is an online retailer of women's fashion, jewellery, accessories including belts, handbags, shoes and hosiery, hair care products and hair accessories, and beauty products. The site and its products are aimed at the fashion-conscious 16-30 something's who are after the constantly-changing latest trends in fashion without breaking the bank.
I built the site almost three years ago the business is still relatively new to the market, however has managed to "hold its own" amongst more established online retailers, with turnover for the first year at £85,000. Please note that figures are only available for the first years' trading).
With a customer base of around 9,250, the majority of orders placed on the website are from repeat visitors.
The website itself is highly attractive, easy to navigate and features an ajax search facility, customer wishlist, automatic display of new and best selling products, gift card facility, auto-generated site map and alphabetical product map. The website is built from highly customised yet easy-to-use off-the-shelf-ecommerce software. Adding products is a simple process and each product can be featured in multiple categories and have unlimited images - for example front/back/side views, PLUS individual images for products that are available in various colour or size variants.
A built-in newsletter program is also available - customers are able to sign up either through the main site or when registering. Newsletters can be sent to all recipients or only those on a specific newslist.
Discounts can be offered in the form of percentage, money off or free delivery, and can be applied to a specific product/products, a category or based on a minimum order total. The discount code is automatically disabled when the pre-configured expiry date is reached.
There is an Advanced Order Module which can alter any aspect of a customers' order, before or after completion: Products' ordered, order totals, or customer details. The customer can optionally be notified of changes to their order by automatic email.
The Returns Merchandise Authorisation module allows customers to notify the store admin of products they wish to return. Every product can be individually configured to have a limited Returns period, and once this period has expired the option to return is no longer available. Once products are returned the item can be returned to stock and the inventory updated with the click of a button, and the customer is automatically emailed of the status of their Returns request at every stage.
A Special Offers module allows for the creation of 5 types of bonuses which can be used in different combinations: flat and percentage discounts, bonus points, free delivery, free gifts or the granting of specific membership. Special offers can be applied to individual products or even entire categories. Special Offers are easily set up using a wizard system.
Email notification sent whenever a producs' stock level reaches it pre-set low limit.
There are currently 330 different products available for sale on the site, the majority of which are in the clothing/fashion categories. There are roughly another 30 or so additional products available for sale which are not on the site, which are also included in the sale. These 330 available products are in quantities of half a dozen or so for the clothing, and quantities of up to 36 for jewellery, cosmetics, etc, hence the stock alone is worth hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds at retail.
This is an amazing opportunity for anybody wanting to enter the fashion market to purchase a fairly new but established business with unlimited growth potential, a ready-made website and existing customer base and goodwill - all the hard work has already been done!
I am selling the business as I no longer have the time needed to run it - this is a decision that I've taken several months to think about to finally reach this decision, however GirlsBits.com now needs somebody who is able and willing to take the business to the "next level" in terms of sales, marketing, pr, affiliate associations, etc. The last order was fulfilled in December 07, however since then many orders have been placed on the website and I'm confident that things will be back up and running within a couple of weeks after the new owner has taken over.
The sale of GirlsBits.com includes:
Registered GirlsBits.com Domain Name
GirlsBits.com Website
Site software license and support forum access, from which hundreds of free additional modules and customisations to enhance the site can be found and applied.
Full stock inventory
9,250 name Mailing List
Packaging (boxes, mailing bags, jiffy envelopes and grip-seal pouches)
Wholesale/Supplier information including contact names and addresses and personal introductions if required.
Please take a look through the site at www.girlsbits.com (I have disabled the checkout button so no orders can be placed at this time). If you have any questions at all please don't hesitate to contact me (you can email me privately at [email protected])
I built the site almost three years ago the business is still relatively new to the market, however has managed to "hold its own" amongst more established online retailers, with turnover for the first year at £85,000. Please note that figures are only available for the first years' trading).
With a customer base of around 9,250, the majority of orders placed on the website are from repeat visitors.
The website itself is highly attractive, easy to navigate and features an ajax search facility, customer wishlist, automatic display of new and best selling products, gift card facility, auto-generated site map and alphabetical product map. The website is built from highly customised yet easy-to-use off-the-shelf-ecommerce software. Adding products is a simple process and each product can be featured in multiple categories and have unlimited images - for example front/back/side views, PLUS individual images for products that are available in various colour or size variants.
A built-in newsletter program is also available - customers are able to sign up either through the main site or when registering. Newsletters can be sent to all recipients or only those on a specific newslist.
Discounts can be offered in the form of percentage, money off or free delivery, and can be applied to a specific product/products, a category or based on a minimum order total. The discount code is automatically disabled when the pre-configured expiry date is reached.
There is an Advanced Order Module which can alter any aspect of a customers' order, before or after completion: Products' ordered, order totals, or customer details. The customer can optionally be notified of changes to their order by automatic email.
The Returns Merchandise Authorisation module allows customers to notify the store admin of products they wish to return. Every product can be individually configured to have a limited Returns period, and once this period has expired the option to return is no longer available. Once products are returned the item can be returned to stock and the inventory updated with the click of a button, and the customer is automatically emailed of the status of their Returns request at every stage.
A Special Offers module allows for the creation of 5 types of bonuses which can be used in different combinations: flat and percentage discounts, bonus points, free delivery, free gifts or the granting of specific membership. Special offers can be applied to individual products or even entire categories. Special Offers are easily set up using a wizard system.
Email notification sent whenever a producs' stock level reaches it pre-set low limit.
There are currently 330 different products available for sale on the site, the majority of which are in the clothing/fashion categories. There are roughly another 30 or so additional products available for sale which are not on the site, which are also included in the sale. These 330 available products are in quantities of half a dozen or so for the clothing, and quantities of up to 36 for jewellery, cosmetics, etc, hence the stock alone is worth hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds at retail.
This is an amazing opportunity for anybody wanting to enter the fashion market to purchase a fairly new but established business with unlimited growth potential, a ready-made website and existing customer base and goodwill - all the hard work has already been done!
I am selling the business as I no longer have the time needed to run it - this is a decision that I've taken several months to think about to finally reach this decision, however GirlsBits.com now needs somebody who is able and willing to take the business to the "next level" in terms of sales, marketing, pr, affiliate associations, etc. The last order was fulfilled in December 07, however since then many orders have been placed on the website and I'm confident that things will be back up and running within a couple of weeks after the new owner has taken over.
The sale of GirlsBits.com includes:
Registered GirlsBits.com Domain Name
GirlsBits.com Website
Site software license and support forum access, from which hundreds of free additional modules and customisations to enhance the site can be found and applied.
Full stock inventory
9,250 name Mailing List
Packaging (boxes, mailing bags, jiffy envelopes and grip-seal pouches)
Wholesale/Supplier information including contact names and addresses and personal introductions if required.
Please take a look through the site at www.girlsbits.com (I have disabled the checkout button so no orders can be placed at this time). If you have any questions at all please don't hesitate to contact me (you can email me privately at [email protected])
