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Zlio
In: web resources
4 Feb 2010
What can you use the application for?
Zlio.com is a site that allows users to create their own online store. The site has partnered with over 1,000 Internet merchants to sell their products and allow users to earn commission on the sales. The user creates their store, picks the products they wish to sell, and all of the logistics are handled by the Zlio.com site and its partner merchants. Opening a store is easy– first, the user chooses a name for the store. Next, the user chooses an address, which is a subdomain of the Zlio.com domain. The user then selects one of over 30 predefined templates for the look and feel of their store. Next, the user must enter their company name, address and telephone number for legal reasons.
After these steps have been completed, users can start adding products to their store. Users can search the Zlio.com database of products by keyword and choose the items they wish to add to their store. Products can be organized into categories which are defined by the user. Once products are chosen and added to the store, they immediately appear in the store when someone visits the users web address. The store is automatically published in the Zlio.com store directory, and at this point the user can start promoting their store through other means.
What is the history and popularity of the application?
Zlio.com was launched in November 2005 by Jeremie Berrebie, who is currently Chairman. The site has offices in France and New York.
What are the differences to other applications?
Competition to Zlio.com comes from the major Internet retailers such as Amazon.com and BizRate.com. Amazon.com sells products from its own inventory as well as a large number of partners. BizRate.com does not maintain its own inventory, but refers customers to partner sites. So Zlio.com is like a cross between Amazon and BizRate. Both have these sites have a huge customer base when compared to Zlio.com.
How does the application look and feel to use?
The Zlio.com site has a very Web 2.0 look and feel. The site is clean and uncluttered. The site is very responsive, with page loads happening quickly. Navigation is intuitive and the interface is user friendly. The tools provided by the site for building and maintaining a store are easy to use and work well. The resulting stores are quite professional, with a clean look and easy navigation. There is no advertising displayed on the Zlio.com site, however users can choose to add advertisements to their stores.
How does the registration process work?
Registration to Zlio.com is free and is required to use the site. The registration process asks for email address, password, screen name, first and last name, country and gender. Validation of the email address is not required. A free account is limited to 5 stores and 50 products per store. 3 types of premium membership are available.
What does it cost to use the application?
The first plan offers a custom domain, 10 stores and 200 products per store, and costs $8.90 per month. The second plan offers extra tools, a premium template, 20 stores and up to 500 products per store, and costs $10.75 per month. The third plan is all inclusive of features, allows 100 stores with 2000 products per store, and costs $11.59 per month. The site accepts Visa and Mastercard as payment for premium plans.
Who would you recommend the application to?
The Zlio.com site is recommended to anyone who wishes to quickly and easily set up an online retail presence. All of the logistics are handled by the Zlio.com site, so the user can concentrate on promoting their store. The site is very easy to use, and the results are quite professional.
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7 Responses to Zlio
Andy
February 7th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
all the electric and gas companies are in it together they have adopted a policy of alliteratively taking turns at being good guy bad guy all the time pushing the prices higher this process does seem to work as the prices keep going up
plus they came up with a good one where you pay more for your electric now so you don't pay more later when they put it up!!!!
how would we all be if tescos did that with food?
its about time gas/water /electric was put back into the hands of the country that's using it and it should not be in the hands of profiteers
the basic utilities should be self supporting with any profit going back into the infrastructure and invested in alliterative resources
remember
SERVICE IS A DIRTY WORD to all these big companies because IT COSTS THEM MONEY.
they are trying to squeeze the maximum amount from us with the minimum of overheads. these utilities are not something we can do without its about time we were all protected from this spiralling situation and a stop was put to these companies now Take back our utilities now get them back under proper control and answerable to the people of this country
there should be a national resources department controlling the utilities where the needs of the country are put first and any profit going back into the infrastructure for the generations to come
memetrader
March 12th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
You will need to generate a separate Google Sitemap for each subdomain irrespective of whether they are on the same IP or not.
linlyons
March 17th, 2010 at 2:56 am
ebay.
craig's list. * * *
jslinderml
March 17th, 2010 at 3:11 am
Generally speaking, the state of claim is determined in the Warranty Contract (never seen one without it). If not, a general rule of thumb is the law of the purchase location applies. If the warranty was purchased with the TV that would be New York.. That is however a rule of thumb ONLY, lots of other factors can influence that, such as where the item was shipped from.
DzSoundNirvana
March 19th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
i would set the table as such
id (int auto num)
username (varchar)
date_time (varchar)
unix_time (varchar)
page_action (longtext)
that is for something that dosen't get many hits.
I typically use the same as above but it add each event to the same user and do not create a new row for their action for that day.
example:
$query = mysql_query("SELECT unix_time FROM table_name WHERE username='$username'");
if(mysql_num_rows($query) == "1")
{
//set the time to a time frame say 1 day
$result = mysql_result($query,0);
//time would be 24 hours in seconds
$sec = "86400";
//This adds 24 hours in seconds from the 1st hits in the db
if(time() >= $result+ $sec)
{
//add another row for the user and add the event
i use :: as a deliminator
}
else
{
$query = mysql_query("SELECT page_action FROM table_name WHERE username='$username'");
$result = explode("::",mysql_result($query,0));
$info = array();
foreach($result as $key => $value)
{
$info[$key] = $value;
}
//add the new event
$info[] = $event;
}
//update the db with the new info for that day
$up_info = implode('::",$info);
$update = mysql_query("UPDATE table_name SET page_action='$up_info' WHERE username='$username'");
}
there are many ways to do this but you will have to weigh your options. You can do it session based and save the data from that. I choose some times to make one big field for a 24 hour period because it is easier to order and see what pepple are doing
oadbywonder
March 27th, 2010 at 10:39 am
pull up the map you want. right click it scroll down copy or cut..go to your page after txt paste it.there you go
Steve B
April 9th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Only Amazon will have those figures == try their 'investor relations' web pages