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Original Source: https://ecommerce-platforms.com/articles/best-turnkey-ecommerce-store-providers

Let’s be honest – ecommerce is the online money-making opportunity of the decade. ecommerce sales reached $5.2 trillion in 2021, and it’s set to hit $8.1 trillion in the next few years. 

But, many are reluctant to open an online store because they think it’s too complicated or expensive. But the truth is, it’s not necessarily as hard as you might think. There are lots of excellent turnkey ecommerce platforms that you can use to open your store in minutes.

For the uninitiated, a turnkey ecommerce website is a ready-to-go online store that entrepreneurs can use to start selling products. These fully functional online stores are usually created by ecommerce experts with all the features needed to start running your online store. 

Typically you’re asked to pay a one-off price for this service which doesn’t include the cost of the CMS the store will run on. I.e., Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, etc. (unless otherwise stated).

With that said, in this review, we’re looking at some of the top turnkey ecommerce website platforms.

What are the Best Turnkey Ecommerce Website Providers?

We’ll cover their key features, pricing, and who they’re best for. There’s heaps to cover, so let’s dive straight in!

Dropshipping Startup – Best Overall

With Dropshipping Startup, you get a mobile-friendly, professionally created store and a complete brand design kit, including personalized logo design and a style guide. In addition, you benefit from unlimited design revisions (with the Custom plan – more on this below), so rest assured, you’ll eventually be happy with the end product! Then, Dropshipping Startup hands over the files.

As the name of this platform suggests, this is an excellent option for those looking to get into dropshipping. Not least because Dropshipping Startup provides market-tested products, I.e., it researches products that sell well in your niche and uploads them to your site. You’ll also get access to product descriptions and genuine customer reviews from people who have tried your products. 

Pricing

With Dropshipping Startup, you pay a one-off payment to launch your turnkey ecommerce website. Then, there are two options: 

A Starter plan

A Custom plan

Both plans feature – store setup, handpicked products, a personalized dropshipping manager, and lifetime customer support to help you on your journey. 

The Starter plan at $299 includes a Shopify store and domain setup. In addition, you’ll get a logo, email marketing templates, and five products. Dropshipping Startup selects best-selling products on your behalf based on your niche and uploads the products to your site. They’ll also set you up with a dropshipping supplier who can fulfill orders for your customers and deliver in less than five days. Lastly, you’ll also receive a starter guide to help you kickstart the running of your store.

Alternatively, for $899 on the Custom plan, you’ll get everything above, plus 15 products, unlimited revisions, and a complete style kit for your brand. This includes a website style guide – colors, fonts, and source files. 

Pros 👍
Cons 👎

Pros 👍

You get a fully functional Shopify website.
They offer a wealth of resources to help you, such as guides, a dedicated dropshipping manager, and lifetime support.
Custom dropshipping stores come with a personalized style guide.
Access to handpicked dropshipping products, ready to launch.

Cons 👎

You only get revisions on the Custom plan.
Stores are built exclusively on Shopify, so if you want another ecommerce platform to fuel your online store, you’ll need to look elsewhere.
You can’t use your Dropshipping Startup theme on another domain.

Who is it best for?

Dropshipping Startup is perfect for newbie dropshipping businesses that need a quick startup. You get a complete store inclusive of product listings in less than two days with one flat payment. It takes all of the hassles out of creating high-quality online stores from scratch.

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Dropship.Me

If you want a vast range of product options for your store, the Dropship.Me WooCommerce plugin has over 50,000 top-selling products to choose from. You can download it for free and find popular product niches, suppliers, and products listed by their rating and sales potential. 

You can easily import these products to your WooCommerce store, then add product titles, images, and descriptions. But if this sounds like too much work, they also have paid packages that provide readymade product titles and pictures. 

You can also import honest customer reviews to your product pages and benefit from lifelong support. It sounds like a bargain, right?

Of course, this is a round-up about turnkey ecommerce website solutions, so it’s no surprise that you can purchase a custom store with Dropship.Me too! You tell your account manager the sort of store you want, and they then do the research and deliver your ecommerce website for a one-off fee. This includes pre-listed dropshipping-ready products, a mobile-friendly design, and a custom domain name. You can also add more products as needed from the Dropship.Me catalog.

Pricing

There are three plans for custom site creation—the Basic plan for $299, the Advanced for $499, and the Ultimate at $899. All programs provide you with a WooCommerce store, product research, a free SSL certificate, and payment gateway setup.

Basic lets you sell up to 50 products, with a store delivery time of 10-13 days. For Advanced, you can sell 100 products with a store delivery time of 13-18 days. You can also have Dropship.Me set up your social pages – Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. 

Lastly, on the Ultimate plan, you get everything above, plus – up to 200 products, SEO, and a free Social Rabbit plugin (which automatically posts products on your socials). Delivery time for the unlimited plan is 18-23 days. 

Pros 👍
Cons 👎

Pros 👍

You get access to a free product research plugin.
Social media page creation with branded design
There are over 50,000 products to choose from
Free SSL certificate

Cons 👎

Delivery times are longer than some other options on this list.
This plugin only works for WordPress/ WooCommerce.

Who is it best for?

Dropship.Me is the perfect option if you want to use social media as your primary marketing means. They create branded social pages for your accounts and integrate them with your store using widgets and buttons. Then with the Unlimited plan, you can start automating posts using Social rabbit, which creates content from your product pages.

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Ecommerceify

Another great turnkey ecommerce website platform that provides both custom and prebuilt online stores is Ecommerceify. 

Ecommerceify has a wide variety of niches to choose from, including more unique markets like eco-friendly and interior design and more crowded industries like jewelry and gadget stores. 

So, what can you expect from an Ecommerceify prebuilt store?

In short, a lot: 

You get:

Handpicked preloaded dropshipping products (you can change products as needed once you buy the store)

Shopify store setup

Search engine optimization

Social media graphics for your digital marketing campaigns. 

A custom-designed logo 

A free SSL certificate

Alternatively, if you want a custom store. It works like this: buy a package, talk with the team, and within a month, your store will be up and running. Your custom store will include careful research on your brand and development from a team of Shopify professionals. 

Pricing

Pricing depends on whether you choose a premade or custom store. With both options, there’s a basic and advanced alternatives. However, in either case, you pay a one-off fee, and the store is yours.

For premade stores, on the Basic plan, you get the store, preloaded products, an SSL certificate, and ongoing support from the Ecommerceify team. Whereas, with the Advanced package, you get all that, plus – SEO, 20 social media posts designed for your niche, payment gateway integration, and a custom logo.

With custom stores, the Basic plan is $199, and the Advanced is $349. Of course, it includes everything in the premade plans, but obviously, the store is custom-built, and you get a dedicated accounts manager to walk you through the process. 

Pros 👍
Cons 👎

Pros 👍

You can purchase either a premade or custom store.
A personal account manager comes with Custom plans.
You benefit from ongoing account support.
You get SEO optimization on the Advanced programs.

Cons 👎

Compared to other providers on this list, delivery times for custom stores are long (between 14 to 21 days)
You can only create Shopify stores; you can’t fuel your site using any other eCommerce platform.

Who is it best for?

Ecommerceify is an excellent choice for those looking for a unique niche-based ecommerce store. What’s impressive about Ecommerceify is that with their advanced plan, they handle SEO optimization for you, which is essential for driving organic traffic to your site.

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Dropshipper

Dropshipper gives you a taste of everything. More specifically, their top plans give you a store, web hosting, domain name, professional business email, and more. In addition, their turnkey ecommerce websites are built using WooCommerce’s framework, so they’re payment ready, mobile-optimized, and able to connect with Aliexpress. This unlocks access to a whole host of dropshipping product options. Of course, you can also benefit from thousands of other integrations, including MailChimp, Google Analytics, Instagram, Facebook, etc.

Dropshipper also has print-on-demand options, built-in SEO, and a variety of ecommerce and marketing widgets included in some of its plans. 

All their stores are custom designed, but you can also use their drag-and-drop page builder to tweak your site’s aesthetic. 

In addition, every plan comes with a dedicated account manager, complete setup, and preloaded product. Or you can choose from a massive list of products from Aliexpress if you want to list different products. You’ll also benefit from ongoing support if needed.

Pricing

There are three Dropshipper plans. But, with all packages, you pay a one-off price and receive a fully functioning and responsive WooCommerce store within seven to 25 days. 

To begin with, there’s the Starter plan for $299. This provides your store with a free domain name (free for one year), preloaded and researched products from Aliexpress, and you can list unlimited products. 

Dropshipper also adds a contact form to your site; you can list print-on-demand products and access the SEOPress plugin (its free version).

A step up from this is the Advanced plan for $399. It’s got everything above and – three months of free hosting, three business emails, an SSL certificate, and Google Analytics setup. They’ll also set up your social media pages, tell you what to post and when, integrate a paid MailChimp account, and install a live chat widget on your website. 

Lastly, there’s the Enterprise plan for $999. You’ll have all the benefits of the Advanced program with the addition of the following:

Five business emails

A custom logo

A brand style guide

Pre-installed widgets such as a wishlist, site translation, abandoned cart recovery, and affiliate marketing tools.

Pros 👍
Cons 👎

Pros 👍

You benefit from lots of functionality.
You can access print-on-demand products.
No product limits on any of its plans
It comes with a free domain name for one year.

Cons 👎

If you’re looking for a premade store, you’ll have to go elsewhere – Dropshipper only offers custom store creation.
Dropshipper sits at a higher price point than the platforms listed above.
You have to pay for your own hosting after three months.

Who is it best for?

Dropshipper is an all-rounder if you want a custom website complete with lots of ecommerce functionality without any experience or coding knowledge. It provides lots of flexibility as you can use the drag-and-drop editor to add more pages as your site grows. You can also try your hand at print-on-demand. All in all, Dropshipper is a real win if you have a bugger budget to play with and want a fast and built-to-play ecommerce site.

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Ecomency

Ecomency is an open-source Shopify store marketplace that sells premade ecommerce websites. They have sites for various niches, including clothes, home decor, and beauty. Stores are priced individually, but all include the basic foundations for a functional ecommerce store.

To start with, you get a responsive Shopify store and 15 to 50 pre-installed best-selling products in your niche (you can change products as needed after you buy). They’ll also customize your theme and design a professional logo for your brand. Some stores include a domain and social media accounts, but this varies.

Most stores are already optimized for SEO with prewritten content and pages. Your purchase will also entitle you to 30-days of support, and the head of the Ecomency sales team will help you set up after you purchase a store. 

Pricing 

As mentioned above, prices vary depending on what you buy. Currently, they start at $99, rising to $249 (one-off payments). 

Pros 👍
Cons 👎

Pros 👍

You can preview the store before purchasing.
All sites are ready to use straight away.
You can easily customize your eCommerce store yourself after you’ve purchased it.
Depending on your chosen store, the price point is low (compared to above)

Cons 👎

This isn’t your solution if you’re looking for a custom store.
The self-help documentation seems limited compared to some of the other solutions listed.

Who is it best for?

Ecomency is good if you want to buy a simple ecommerce site. All the stores are premade; you choose the one you want within your ecommerce business budget, and you’re golden. It’s fast, functional, and efficient. 

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DropshipStart

Like many other options listed here, Dropship Start provides both premade and custom stores, but wait, there’s more…they also offer automation. So far, one thing missing from our list is how to deal with ongoing stock and price updates. It’s all well and good benefitting from pre-installed products, but do you have the time to manage the nuances of running an online store? This is where DropshipStart comes into its own because they automate many of your routine processes. For instance, product prices, stock, and order processing.

What’s more, you get a user and marketing manual as standard with any site you buy and dedicated lifelong support to help you efficiently manage your shop. In addition, all stores are built for dropshipping, can accept customer payments, and process unlimited orders. 

But if it’s just a website you’re after, premade stores start at $169, with gardening, home goods, and other popular niches to choose from. In addition, you get 100 preselected, researched products from Aliexpress, a mobile-friendly design, and you can sell unlimited products. You can also buy hosting directly from DropshipStart, which you can add to any plan, with hosting plans starting at $49 a year. These also include a free domain, business email, and SSL security. 

For custom sites, we’ll discuss the pricing below:

Pricing

There are three pricing options for a custom site, all are one-off payments with pre-installed products, onsite SEO, and store guides included. Depending on your chosen plan, delivery times range between ten and 20 days.

First is the Basic plan for $259 – you get 50 preloaded and researched products, pre-installed payment gateways, and unlimited products and orders. 

Next at $459 is the Standard plan. This covers everything above, plus 100 preloaded products, a Facebook page setup, and advertising materials for two products. 

Last is the Unlimited plan which is $759. Here you get everything above, plus: 200 preloaded products, Instagram page creation, and advertising material for five products. 

You can add hosting to any of these plans for $49.

Pros 👍
Cons 👎

Pros 👍

You can create either a custom WooCommerce store or purchase a prebuilt one. 

You can list unlimited products and process unlimited orders. 

Includes guides on running your store and lifelong support 

You benefit from store automation.

Cons 👎

The cost of hosting and a domain name aren’t included.

DropshipStart doesn’t mention anything about revisions if you don’t like the design of your custom or premade store.

Who is it best for?

DropshipStart is the best choice for busy solopreneurs and beginners who want to take the easy route to create and run a dropshipping store. From guides and lifelong support to automation, it’s the effortless choice for painless ecommerce store creation. 

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Brandafy

If you need an ecommerce store on a budget, Brandafy is the answer. Starting at just $17 (a limited-time discount at the time of writing), they boast the lowest prices of any of the solutions listed here. In addition, this plan gives you a custom logo, top-selling pre-installed products, Shopify apps, and helpful checklists and guides to get your shop up and running. 

Since their premade stores are made with Shopify, you need a Shopify account. Still, unlike the other turnkey ecommerce website platforms mentioned on our list, you can buy and start a store with a free Shopify trial for up to 14 days.

Alternatively, you can purchase Brandafy’s service for an existing Shopify account for $37. The only caveat is that they don’t showcase their prebuilt store options until you make a purchase. But what’s for sure is that all stores are built using a premium Shopify theme and are ready for niche-specific dropshipping. 

Alternatively, if you wish to purchase a custom store, the process is simple. 

Choose a plan

Submit your store details,

Receive a fully responsive store with pre-installed and preselected products (you can change products once you purchase), a domain, and a business email setup.

All within seven to 14 days. They’ll also generate video content for your store, Facebook ads, and product descriptions. Plus, you get a Facebook ad strategy, imported reviews directly from the product suppliers, and 30-days of technical support.

Pricing

For a custom store, there are two pricing options, both of which are one-off payments: 

A one-product store

A niche store 

The one-product store costs $697. It provides a complete setup for email, shipping, products, customer payments, and a domain. In addition, you get your Facebook Pixel installed, import product reviews, and a logo. But, as the name implies, you can only sell one standalone product. 

The second option is a niche store for $997. Again, you get everything above with 45 pre-installed products. 

It’s also worth noting that both options include website and product images, copy, a logo, and a niche-specific design which you specify. You also get two revisions to make alterations to your web design (if needed).

Pros 👍
Cons 👎

Pros 👍

Access to a ready-to-go Shopify store
Includes a domain name and logo
Low price points for premade stores
Includes copy and video content

Cons 👎

Price points for custom stores (compared to above) are high
No social media page setup
Technical support ends after 30 days

Who is it best for?

Brandafy is the most affordable option if you want a cheap premade store. Custom store prices are a bit above the market average, but we like that you get free video content. This doesn’t seem to be offered by the alternatives listed in this round-up.

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Premade Stores

If you want to choose from a library of premade designs, Premade Stores is a simple way to shop for an ecommerce store:

Browse a library of pre-created websites with customizable themes and dropshipping setups.

Choose a build and make a one-off payment.

Receive your online store, custom domain, and professional logo. 

You can ask for up to three store revisions after the initial sale. These shops are set up for dropshipping using Aliexpress. In addition, some stores have preloaded high-selling products (not available on all stores).

Alternatively, you can order a custom-made store delivered in just a day! 

For custom sites, there’s a library of categories to choose from. Once you’ve selected your niche, Premade Stores build a personalized Shopify store on your behalf. At this point, it’s worth noting that they’re a Shopify partner, so they create Shopify stores exclusively. Custom store creation also includes setting up dropshipping products and three website design revisions. 

Pricing 

For premade stores, prices start at $300. The price depends on which website you choose. It’s worth noting that store designs frequently change because Premade Stores doesn’t replicate or relist websites after a design is bought. Most premade websites include an online store, domain name, and logo.

For custom sites, prices start with a one-off payment of $180. Next, you choose a site based on your niche, such as clothing, beauty, tech, etc. Next, select your add-ons – custom logo ($25), domain registration ($20), and currency converter plugin ($20). Again, you’ll get a Shopify store built for dropshipping, delivered in less than 48 hours.

Pros 👍
Cons 👎

Pros 👍

You can choose between ordering a premade or custom store.
You get three revisions (for both premade and custom stores).
Turnover times are pretty quick.
You can demo premade and custom stores before purchasing

Cons 👎

When purchasing a custom store, domain registration costs $20 extra.
Add-ons for custom stores can push the price up.
From what we could see on their website, there didn’t seem to be any setup documentation listed, and there’s no mention of receiving any after-purchase.

Who is it best for?

Sometimes purchasing a turnkey ecommerce website is a gamble. I.e., when you ask someone to create a custom store, you can’t be 100% sure what you’ll get. However, with Premade Stores, you can choose a premade design and preview it before buying. So, it’s excellent if you desire a premade website and want assurance over what you’re buying before committing your hard-earned cash. 

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Sellvia

Last but not least, we have Sellvia – so what do they offer? 

Unlike the others on our list, Sellvia is a monthly subscription that helps you find best-selling products and streamline your store’s dropshipping fulfillment process. In addition, you can use it to sell Amazon products and create product pages for your Shopify or WooCommerce store.

No website? No problem. They also offer custom builds, logo making, and domains. In addition, they’ll set up your inventory. Just choose products from their catalog, and manage logistics with built-in automation and free courses to help you get running. Where automation is concerned, you can automate invoicing, billing and inventory management. 

There are also a few other things worth mentioning. For example, SEO packages start at $399; these include backlink creation to build your domain authority, guest posting, and search engine advertising. There’s also a social media package from $199 that sets up your social accounts, handles post creations, and creates Facebook groups on your behalf. Finally, they’ve also got marketing bundles to help you launch your online store. These include email marketing and brand promotion – such as writing and distributing press releases for your site. 

Pricing

You choose to either add Sellvia to an existing site or have them build one for you:

You can import products to an existing site for $39 a month. This includes creating product pages, setting up shipping, and it comes with unlimited products and orders.

Again at $39 a month, Sellvia provides a fully hosted ecommerce store with a free domain name and hosting. They’ve also added onsite SEO to this plan, payment gateway setup, and free consultations with their team. 

Both plans include free technical support and a 14-day free trial. 

Pros 👍
Cons 👎

Pros 👍

There’s a fantastic range of marketing services available
A monthly subscription might be more manageable for some users
There’s a free trial
Free training courses and technical support are available
Includes a domain name

Cons 👎

There isn’t the option to pay a one-off fee, and as such, monthly billing may work out to be more expensive in the long run.
You can only purchase a custom website -premade options aren’t available

Who is it best for?

Sellvia is best if you’re looking for a turnkey ecommerce website SaaS that also comes with optional marketing services.

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Our Final Thoughts On The Best Turnkey Ecommerce Website Platforms

Creating an online store can be taxing. Researching, uploading, and marketing products can be daunting without considering designing and customizing your store. But turnkey ecommerce website platforms make all this vanish. So instead, you’re left with a functioning store ready to make money.

Our selection of turnkey ecommerce website platforms is about giving you options. So whether you’re looking for affordability with a solution like Brandafy, an all-rounder like Dropshipper, or something ready to take the market by storm with Sellvia, the choice is yours.

We hope this article has made it easier to make your decision. Don’t forget to tell us how you get on with your turnkey ecommerce website in the comments box below!

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Original Source: https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/presentation-tools/

PowerPoint is one of the most popular presentation tools. However, it lacks interactive features, without which your presentation might become dull and boring. And that’s exactly the last thing you wish while commencing an online presentation, right?

Fret not; here’s a list of powerful yet engaging presentation-making tools. These tools allow you to create and design interactive yet beautiful presentations directly on your web browser. Take a look.

1. Zoho Show

Zoho Show supports creating inspiring slides and collaborating on them. You can import multiple types of presentations and edit them. You can also insert animations and transitions, embed videos, tweets, and even YouTube videos in your presentations.

The presentation created by Zoho Show can be broadcasted from anywhere, and you can also publish it on your site.

Pricing

Zoho Show’s Basic plan is free or starts from $4 for other paid plans.

Visit Zoho Show

2. Canva

Canva is a drag-and-drop presentation tool where you get hundreds of amazing layouts to create presentations on any subject. You can choose suitable images, fonts, colors, and a lot more to suit your brand requirements. Also, you get access to over a millions of quality, stock photos, and can also upload custom images.

Canva allows you to choose from more than 120 fonts to style your presentation. You can edit or modify your presentation anytime, use stunning filters and texts, or customize them to appeal to your audience. After you’re done, you can share your project on social networks or use its ‘Presentation Mode’ to present it right from your Canva account.

Pricing

Canva is free to use. Canva Pro is $199/yr/user, and Canva for Teams is $149.90/5 users.

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3. Flipsnack

Flipsnack is an interactive presentation maker that allows users to create and distribute engaging presentations with a 3D natural page-flip effect.

Users can either create their own interactive presentations from scratch or upload a PDF document and customize the presentation using Flipsnack’s interactive features. Its most appealing features include photo slideshows, GIFs, audio and video elements, social media buttons, and map embedding.

Moreover, if you lack design skills or want to save some time while creating your online presentation, you can use one of the many fully-customizable templates available in the integrated library.

With Flipsnack, you can download your presentation as HTML5, web PDF, PDF for print, GIF, PNG, JPEG, and MP4, or share it online with your target audience.

Pricing

Starter: $14/month – 10 catalogs: 100 pages/catalog
Professional: $35/month – 50 catalogs: 200 pages/catalog
Business: $79/month – 500 catalogs: 500 pages/catalog
Enterprise: $210/month – 1000 catalogs: 1000 pages/catalog

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4. Prezi

In Prezi, I found a huge library of templates which can be customized to impress every audience. It lets you track your presentation’s performance by displaying analytics of the viewers, including what attracted them the most. Also, you can use your mobile as a remote and control the presentation.

With Prezi, you can create unlimited presentations with full privacy control. One can even share the presentations individually or download them to view offline.

Moreover, it lets you upload videos in your presentations, put presenter notes, export your presentation to PDF, and avail advanced online training customized to your needs.

Read our tips and tricks to master Prezi.

Pricing:

Prezi provides a 14-day free trial. Paid plans start at $9/mth.

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5. Visme

You can easily make visual stories using stunning presentations and infographics with Visme. Besides, it lets you express thoughts in an interactive way and transform boring data into interesting stories.

You can also embed the presentation in a website or share on social networks. Using Visme, you get access to 100+ fonts and millions of free images.

Visme also lets you add media such as audio and video from your computer. Like Prezi, you can create unlimited projects and avail limitless storage along with superb features.

It gives you total control to make your content public, private, or password-protected. You can view a presentation directly in the browser or download or export it for offline viewing.

Pricing:

Vizme is free, or its Starter plan starts at $12.25/mth.

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6. Emaze

Emaze is a stunning software, letting you redesign PowerPoint presentations into interactive, storytelling projects. I found lots of presentation templates and video backgrounds in Emaze.

Interestingly, you can add media content, GIFs, and live social feeds. You can even pan and zoom and apply transitions to the content, making them highly interactive.

Being a cloud-based presentation maker, you can access your projects from anywhere. Using a variety of 2D to 3D slides, you can view and edit your presentations on any device and share them with anyone in any language using its automated translation tool. Also, you can download your presentation as PDF and view it offline on any device.

Pricing:

Emaze’s Basic Plan is free, or its Pro Plan starts at $9/mth.

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7. Piktochart

Piktochart lets you create infographics, which are presentable as slideshows. It offers 600+ professionally designed templates, and numerous fonts and color styles to make my project unique. You can include charts and maps to make it look more impressive, and even use a set of industry-specific icons as deemed fit for your project’s purpose.

Piktochart gives you access to its library of stock photos or lets you upload your own images and videos to make things more engaging. You can also import data from Google Sheets and SurveyMonkey forms and the presentation can be shared on the web and downloaded or printed as PDF, JPG, and PNG.

Pricing:

Free for basic plan else $24.17 – $82.50 per month.

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8. Genial.ly

Genial.ly lets you put interactive effects and animations in your presentations. You can include content from a number of external services in your presentations, such as Spotify, YouTube, Google Maps, Amazon, etc. Additionally, you get access to various premium templates, using which you can create unlimited presentations.

Similar to others, you can upload your own images and videos apart from using its media resources. Every content you create via Genially is shareable via email and social media, including WhatsApp, and can also be embedded directly on your website. Lastly, you can enable analytics to monitor your content’s performance.

Pricing:

Basic plan is free. Other plans vary from $7.49 – $79.15/month.

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9. Haiku Deck

Haiku Deck is a simple and useful tool, though its interface looks a little outdated. You can choose from a range of fonts, polished layouts, image filters, and more to create professionally designed presentations. It gives you access to 40+ million stock images on varied subjects that fit in almost every project.

Your presentations are stored in the cloud, thus are available on any device. Haiku Deck offers much more features, including PDF downloads, PPTX exports, etc.

Haiku Deck also offers a ‘Haiku Deck Classroom‘ subscription which includes all the goodness of Haiku Deck along with access for a teacher and multiple students in a single package.

Pricing:

Free for limited version, other plans vary from $9.99 – $29.99/month.

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10. PowerPoint Online

PowerPoint Online provides you all the basic features like images, transitions, animations, etc., and various templates to create a presentation. You can download the presentation as a PDF file for offline viewing, and also share with people or embed in your blog or website. Though it’s easy and familiar to use yet, it’s not as good as Prezi or Emaze.

Pricing:

PowerPoint Online is free to use.

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11. Google Slides

Google Slides lets you create, edit, and collaborate on amazing presentations. You’ll find a variety of templates, fonts, embedded videos, animations, and lots more in this free app. You can edit and save presentations directly in the cloud like the above apps. However, it can’t help you create as engaging presentations as Prezi and Visme.

Read our list of best sites to download free Google Slides Themes.

Pricing:

Google Slides is free.

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12. Flowvella

Flowvella lets you engage your audience by letting you add images, videos, texts, links, galleries, and PDFs to your presentation and transform it into an interactive project. It lets you view the presentations online or offline or share them using a custom URL. And its Kiosk Mode is used to set an interactive digital display that’s protected with a PIN.

Pricing:

Free for basic plan, or plans start at $10 – $20/month.

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13. Slides

Slides make your presentation work on any device. You can add media, import content from YouTube, Google Maps, and Vimeo, and even embed SVG images. What makes it more interesting is, that you can use other people’s layouts, use Google fonts along with using templates, and share presentations or embed them on your blog or site.

Pricing:

Free for basic plan, or $5 – $20/month.

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14. Slidebean

Slidebean lets you create presentations just in minutes using their engaging templates. You will find professional images, charts, and GIFs for every audience, and you can brand them with your own colors, fonts, and logos. Once done, you can remotely present it from anywhere, and even track the activities on your presentation.

Pricing:

Slidebean’s All-Access us $228/yr.

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15. Pitch Deck

Pitch Deck offers pre-built, drag-and-drop templates to create compelling presentations. You can add graphs, images, videos, and polls in your projects, and after it’s done, you can share your projects with others. Moreover, you can view your presentations from anywhere, on any device. And after you present them, you can view real-time analytic metrics.

Pricing:

Pitch Desk’s Single Desk cost $99/yr and its Premium cost $199/yr. Both plans come with a 14-day trial.

Visit Pitch Deck

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Black Friday is coming up, and that means a lot of people are going to be looking to buy things online. If you’re an online store owner, now is absolutely the time to start preparing for the rush. You definitely don’t want to wait until the week of Thanksgiving to make sure everything is in order. Talk about unnecessary stress!

Thankfully, there are a few things you can do now to make sure your store is ready for the influx of traffic prior to the big weekend. And we’ve compiled 9 tips to set you on the right path toward the holiday season.

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1. Create a Plan of Attack

First things first, you need to have a plan for how you’re going to approach Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This means having an idea of what sort of deals you want to offer, what kind of products you want to promote, and how you’re going to market everything to your customers.

This is the time to really sit down and think about your goals for the holiday season and what you need to do to achieve them.

2. Get Your Website Ready

Next, you need to make sure your website is actually ready to handle the influx of traffic it’s going to receive. This means doing things like the following:

Testing your site’s speed: If your site is slow, customers are going to get frustrated and leave without making a purchase. Use tools like Google’s PageSpeed Insights to see how your site is currently performing and get some tips on how to improve things.
Making sure your site is mobile-friendly: A large portion of online shopping is done on mobile devices these days, so you need to make sure your site looks good and functions well on smaller screens.
Making sure your payment gateway can handle the volume: You don’t want to run into any issues with your payment gateway on one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year. Perform any required updates and perhaps even reach out to your provider to ensure reliability.
Ensuring that your server can handle the load: Again, you don’t want your site to go down in the middle of all the Black Friday madness. Talk to your web hosting provider and see what they recommend in terms of preparing your server for the increased traffic.

If you’re not sure how to do this, we recommend working with a developer or someone who knows their way around these sorts of things. The last thing you want is for your site to crash in the middle of Black Friday!

3. Prepare Your Product Inventory

Of course, you’re also going to want to make sure you have enough inventory on hand to meet the demand of your customers. This is especially important if you sell physical products that need to be shipped out.

Now is the time to check in with your suppliers, make sure you have enough products in stock, and create a plan for how you’re going to keep everything organized during the holiday rush.

4. Create Black Friday-Specific Landing Pages

If you really want to take your Black Friday game up a notch, we recommend creating some specific landing pages for your deals and promotions. This is a great way to showcase everything you’re offering and make it easy for your customers to find what they’re looking for.

If you use WordPress, you can easily integrate these landing pages into your standard marketing efforts. For example, you can use a landing page plugin like Beaver Builder to create custom pages with ease.

A good Black Friday landing page should include:

A clear and concise headline
A description of the deals and promotions you’re offering
Images or videos to help highlight everything
CTAs for customers to take advantage of your deals
A countdown timer to create a sense of urgency

5. Advertise, Advertise, Advertise!

You also need to make sure your potential customers are actually aware of the deals and promotions you’ll be running for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The best way to do this is to start advertising early and often. This includes posting reminders and updates about your Black Friday deals, coupons, and special discounts across your social media accounts.

6. Get Your Email List in Order

Email is still one of the best ways to reach your customers, so if you haven’t already, now is the time to start building up your list. This way, you can send out special Black Friday deals and promotions directly to their inboxes. If your email marketing system isn’t yet integrated with your eCommerce platform, now’s the time to set that up.

Again, if you use WordPress, there are plenty of email marketing plugins that can help you get started, like MailChimp for WordPress.

And make sure you’re also segmenting your list so you’re only sending relevant information to people who actually want to receive it. No one likes getting bombarded with emails they don’t care about!

7. Offer Incentives for Customers Who Shop Early

If you really want to get people excited about your Black Friday deals, offer special incentives for those who shop early. This could be in the form of a discount code for those who make a purchase on your site before a certain date. Or you could offer early access to your Black Friday deals for VIP customers or email subscribers.

8. Make Checkout as Easy as Possible

Another way to ensure a smooth Black Friday for both you and your customers is to make the checkout process as easy as possible. This means having a user-friendly checkout flow on your site and offering a variety of payment options.

Some things you can do to streamline the checkout process include:

Offering a guest checkout option.
Making sure your forms are short and easy to understand.
Including a progress bar so customers can see how far along they are in the checkout process.
Allowing customers to save their information for future purchases.

9. Provide Excellent Customer Service

Finally, one of the most important things you can do to prepare for Black Friday is to make sure your customer service game is on point. This means having a team in place to answer any questions or concerns your customers might have.

You should also have a plan for how you’re going to handle any increased customer service volume. This might include additional staff, extended hours, or live chat support. Whatever you do, just make sure your customers feel taken care of and that their concerns are being addressed in a timely manner.

Plan for Black Friday Success with Online Store Prep

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are some of the busiest shopping days of the year. But with a little bit of planning and preparation, you can make sure your online store is ready to take advantage of all the holiday shoppers. Just follow the tips in this post and you’ll be well on your way to a successful Black Friday!

Original Source: https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/download-internet-videos-iphone/

Many times you come across a video on social media that you’d like to save on your iPhone or iPad to share with your friends or watch later. This post tells you a nifty little trick to download videos on your iPhone from YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and many more supported sites.

The best part is, you don’t need to rely on any 3rd party apps to download the videos. All it requires is to install some simple shortcut on Apple’s Shortcuts App, and it will work like a charm.

Note: We do not recommend downloading private or copyrighted content without the owner’s permission.

Installing the shortcut

Here’s how to install the shortcut for Apple Shortcuts. This will work on iPad too.

Launch Safari on your iPhone and go to this URL

Tap Get Shortcut and then tap Open to open it in the Shortcuts app.

Tap Set up Shortcut, and then Add Shortcut to include this shortcut to your Shortcuts App.

That’s all! To find this newly added shortcut, tap Shortcuts on the bottom left, and it should be listed as R Download on the All Shortcut page.

Downloading videos with a shortcut

To demonstrate how to download a video with the newly added shortcut, we will use Instagram as an example.

Go to any video on Instagram and tap the triple-dot icon (Kebab menu).

Tap Share, and then tap R Download. This will activate the downloading video shortcut.

Tap Allow Once twice or three times, depending on how many times it appears. This allows the script to download and save the video in your iPhone’s Photo album.
Now, head over to your Photo album. The downloaded video should be sitting inside the album already.

Note: While this shortcut allows you to download almost any video found online, it should be used responsibly. You should not download (and distribute) videos that do not belong to you or don’t have legal rights for.

Supported websites

This shortcut supports downloading multimedia files (videos, audio, photos, reels, stories, etc.) from the following websites:

Instagram
YouTube
Dailymotion
Video
Flickr
Snapchat
Facebook
Snapchat
VK
Likee
LinkedIn
Tumblr

Deleting the shortcut

In case you’re no longer using the shortcut and want to delete it, here’s how you can do it:

Launch the Shortcut app, then tap Edit on top.

Tap R Download once to select it, then tap Delete > Delete Shortcut to remove it.

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