Google Docs May Help Shopping Cart Software Owners
It’s no surprise that Google is the key to eCommerce success. Since Google is by far the more popular search engine a large percentage of your traffic should be coming from it. When purchasing a shopping cart software an eCommerce merchant needs to follow what we at WebCart call “the criteria for shopping cart software.” However, there are a few items that are not directly involved with shopping cart software that can help your online business run smooth. Ok I am going to get to the point. I am talking about spreadsheets and word processors. As of this post the average retail price for MS Excel and MS Word (if purchased separately) is $440.00. Which may not seem like a whole lot, but if a new company is paying that per license I would image the price would get pretty high. The good news is that Google is now offering a free spreadsheet and word processor program.
I am not sure if Google is looking to compete with Microsoft, but the new Google Office Tools may replace MS Excel for many day to day functions. Perhaps the most useful part of Google Docs and Spreadsheets is its ability to share your work online. This can become an extremely valuable feature when it comes to eCommerce merchants because Internet Company’s work on the internet and no matter where an employee may be located documents can be shared securely. In fact uploading .xml spreadsheets is very easy, and once they are online sharing them with employees becomes a breeze. Based on my experience with Google Docs I have found that they support these file extensions DOC, XLS, RTF and CSV.
However you feel about Google Docs I believe it’s worth it to take some time and play with them. After all what do you have to lose? I believe that e-Commerce can become an organizational nightmare, and any took which helps online merchants is ok in my book.
