With over 900 live websites, which collectively handle 200 million transactions annually, Visualsoft is one of the largest suppliers of eCommerce services in the UK.Since 2012 the company has been working closely with Skrill to implement fully funded payment services on its clients websites. in the result being 99 clients already taking advantage of Skrill’s online payment solution on 126 websites collectively so far.

Etailers including Muubaa, J Shoes and Travall are all benefiting from Skrill’s Quick Checkout solution, which allows merchants to directly accept over 100 payment options on their Visualsoft websites.

Speaking about the partnership with Skrill, Dean Benson, Director at Visualsoft says “Skrill provides consumers with a secure and convenient method to complete transactions via eCommerce websites and provides our clients with complete peace of mind that comes from utilising one of the largest secure payment networks in Europe’’.

“The payment gateway has now been implemented on 126 sites in less than 12 months, including a handful of clients based overseas. Our clients are keen to go with Skrill because of the –complete package it offers: a fully PCI-compliant payment gateway offering  chargeback protection, giving merchants the opportunity to achieve global reach and the highest conversion for their business via one simple contract and integration”.

For more information on Visualsoft, and the eCommerce services available, visit www.visualsoft.co.uk

The new online store, designed and developed in house by the Visualsoft team, includes a host of features to enhance the customer experience, including an innovative responsive design template which means it offers an optimal viewing experience across varying devices, platforms and browsers. This approach to web development meets the needs of a growing number of shoppers that are regularly browsing and buying via smartphones and tablets.

As well as adapting to the scale of the viewing device, the online store has also been built with streamlined functionality suitable for touch screens, and includes a range of innovative features.

Speaking of the recent launch of www.gola.co.uk, Drapers reported ”Sports footwear brand Gola has overhauled its website, bringing all four collections under one umbrella for the first time ever. The site went live on May 10, featuring the full Gola Active, Outdoor, Ativo 5 and Classics ranges”.

”With digital partners Visualsoft working on the technical side, the website has also been given a fresh look and responsive design that will automatically adapt itself to fit whichever device is being used to access the site”.

Donna Hill, PR and marketing manager for Gola also said ”Gola’s new responsive design website will enhance customer’s online experience allowing them to view the site in the optimum resolution regardless of the device they use”.

The evening was a great success not just for team VS, but for all Teesside businesses – five of the ten winners on the night were businesses located in Teesside, a great accomplishment considering the tough competition in every category from the Durham & Wearside heat, as well as the Tyneside & Northumberland heats too.

We had stiff competition for the Internet and ICT award in the shape of Gateshead based Route Monkey and Sunderland based 4th Aspect, both deservedly picking up the regional award in the category, but it seems as though our time had finally come after attending the awards for the past three years as runner ups, and we were announced winners at Hardwick Hall by Bob Paton, Managing Director at Tyne and Wear based Management Consultants, Accenture.

We’re still over the moon with both of our awards, which are proudly displayed in our reception area of Gloucester House, and we still have our fingers crossed for even more awards in 2013!

In 2013, Visualsoft eCommerce will be sponsoring the day long event, as well as attending to hopefully add more Developers to our existing workforce. The annual event, which aims to showcase a wide range of student projects from the School of Computing. This year the event will be held at the new Darlington Campus which was opened in 2011.

The ExpoTees event is now in its eighth successful year, and this year there’s a variety of projects from students from the university demonstrating innovation, research and development in a wide range of computing subjects – from advanced computer technology to gaming design and development. An awards ceremony will also be taking place which recognises key individuals in a number of categories.

Joanne Noble, Senior Lecturer at the University said ”It is with great pleasure we can announce that Visualsoft eCommerce will again be returning to ExpoTees to act as one of our key sponsors. Visualsoft has been attending ExpoTees for some years now and regularly recruit our graduates for it’s expanding eCommerce solutions business. We’re delighted to continue our relationship with such a long standing supporter of ExpoTees”.

The event will take place on Wednesday 15th May 2012. For more information on the career opportunities available at the moment at Visualsoft, visit www.visualsoft.co.uk/careers

Cloud, colocation and connectivity experts, Pulsant is delivering flexible and secure cloud infrastructure for Visualsoft eCommerce, a leading ecommerce specialist that creates award-winning websites for online retailers including Jules B, Big Dug, and Lotus Shoes.

With over 900 live websites, which collectively handle 200 million transactions annually, Visualsoft has grown 200 per cent since switching to Pulsant’s Private Cloud. At the same time, it has halved the number of servers required to run its platform – reducing operational and energy costs and freeing up internal IT resources to focus on customer-facing services.

Speaking about the switch to Pulsant, which took place in 2011, Matt Burton, Technical Director at Visualsoft says “Switching to Pulsant has been a beneficial move for Visualsoft as a company, and our clients are also benefitting greatly from this too. We now have access to a much more competitively-priced capacity and increased operational efficiency. In addition, we have improved failover – in the past, if a single server crashed, all the sites on it went down, but now, if there is a server issue sites simply come back to life on another virtual machine.  This is vital for our clients where every second counts when a website is down – with no website the businesses’ sales, revenue and customer trust is affected instantly.”

Burton adds, “We chose Pulsant because there is no restriction on growth – we can add new clients without having to add new servers.  In addition, its automatic load balancing has made our platform much more responsive.  We can now accommodate peak loads easily, for instance in the lead up to Christmas and during planned promotions.  Capacity can also be added to a site really quickly if there is an unplanned sales surge caused by a tweet, celebrity endorsement or media review.”

Visualsoft offers a fully hosted solution to eCommerce retailers. All of its sites are built and run on its proprietary VS3 platform – developed and built in house by the thirty strong team of Developers. Infrastructure is a core part of its proposition and vital to ensure consistent, uncompromising delivery of its ecommerce sites and services.

“Pulsant understands the importance of its role” according to Mark Howling, CEO of Pulsant. “eCommerce environments are very unforgiving – clients want buyers not visitors.  Visualsoft creates one of the best buying experiences possible. It’s our job to make sure that this is backed up with 24/7 access, reliable performance and the flexibility to cope whatever the demand. With our Private Cloud solution, Visualsoft has a secure, PCI compliant infrastructure with none of the growth constraints of traditional server environments.”