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Sharing is caring. We've existed for 20 years by looking after our clients, and in turn they recommend us. By recommending us they'll get 75% off the setup fee and you'll get £100 paid to you, plus £10/month off your monthly fee for each client you refer *

Easily manage your stock, website, enquiries and marketplaces on our new mobile app

However, what if I were to tell you if there was a genuine and easy way you could increase sales by 27%, increase the average value of orders by 41%, and increase purchase frequency by 36% with one simple thing....?

Merry Christmas! Here are our Christmas and New Year opening times and when we'll be closed over the break

Good photography and video are vital in selling stock online. Whether you use an iPhone or digital camera, your lighting has to be spot-on. Get some of our latest tips in this blog article

We dispel the myths promoted in countless spammy emails circulating the web recently. Rather than falsely promising you the world in a ploy to steal your money, we buck the trend of the scammers and instead recommend the steps that will genuinely provide results.

Emma joins us as a valuable addition in customer service and sales where she will be working alongside Liv who will be going on maternity leave around late August/early Sept

Reduce your monthly fee by recommending us to people you know

Elevate your online presence and captivate potential buyers using videos of your items. Our new video feature makes it easy to upload videos to your item pages.

Avoid PayPal scams... I look at the latest PayPal scam making its rounds on the internet and explain how it works, how to avoid it, and how not to get scammed.

We've just launched a new design theme (template) for ready made websites for antiques, art & vintage dealers. This new off the shelf template is called "Bakewell". It has a fully customisable colour scheme, a flexible home page layout, and simple yet sophisticated looks.

Matteo has moved to Derby to work at ph9 as a junior web developer. Welcome!

Why buying instagram followers is a BAD idea, why it'll ruin your instagram account, and what you should do instead.

According to research from authoritative organisations such as Knight Frank, Deloitte, ArtTactic, Market decipher, Antique Sage, UBS Investor Watch and many more, investors are increasing looking to put funds into collectibles such as Antiques, Art, Wine and....

“It’s so easy to use and it definitely helps divert traffic to my website. From the customer's perspective it’s really beneficial to instantly see all of the information there and then, e.g the price etc instead of having to search for the item on the website.”

For each client you refer we'll give you £50 (straight into your bank account) and £5/month off your monthly fee, plus we'll give the person you're referring 10% off their setup fee too!

Free stock imports from 1st Dibs, 2Covet, Antiques Atlas, BADA, Chairish, Concept 500, Decorative Collective, LAPADA, Love Antiques, Selling Antiques, The Hoarde or Vinterior

We explain the quickest and easiest ways to get pictures from your camera or phone onto your computer so you can edit them and upload to your website.

Many of our dealers now use an iPhone to take their pictures and we have compiled these 8 tips of how to take better photography of your pieces with your iPhone, including a really important overlooked tip.

We sometimes get asked by our web design clients to put background music on their website. Our immediate answer is "bad idea!". In this blog article we explain the reasons why.

Hopefully this Christmas will be a lot more sociable and festive than the last one!

The internet and how we promote our websites is constantly changing, theres always new hoops to jump through and new methods to adopt. I've collated 4 of these for you that are relevant to your Antiques business. Read on for more

I have recently been asked to provide a blog post on how to create short links - So here it is!

You all know I love to answer questions and so here is another commonly asked question... What is Google Analytics and how do I use it?

We've done plenty of posts talking about how to ge traffic to your website but we thought we would dedicate a post to ways you can get traffic to your website competely free.

Some of our lovely clients have now switched over and have started to use our new design themes. Read on to see how they've made them their own.

Have you been racking your brain trying to think of ways you can innovate with your email marketing? Read on to get some new idea of the types of mailshots you can send out to get subscribers back to your website

To go along with our new theme releases, I thought a great idea would be to create more colour scheme inspirations. Read on to get your creative juices flowing

Our websites now integrate with 'Stripe' and so it's easier than ever to take payments through our websites.

Did you know you can now have a virtual tour on your website?

Here we are with another round-up of new features! We've released some cracking ones so we hope you enjoy them.

Do you want to know how to encourage more of your website visitors to buy from your website? Read on for 10 ways to help encourage sales through your website

There are 3 key evolutions of the human brain and they each play a key part in how we see the world. Read on to find out how these come into play when viewing your website

See "Cromford"; the third of three new design themes (templates) we've launched for our off the shelf websites for Antiques Dealers.

"Carsington" is the second of three new design themes (templates) we've launched for our off the shelf websites for Antiques Dealers.

One of three new design themes (templates) we've created for our off the shelf websites for antiques dealers.

Should you use images with a white-out background?

Today we're looking at 4 affordable photo editing and graphic creation applications you can use for easy editing of your images for your website!

If you've had trouble accessing your emails through gmail.com today, were unable to watch funny cat videos on YouTube, couldn't find your way on Google Maps, or couldn't access your files on Google Drive then you weren't the only one.

Has taking card payments through your website always been something you've wanted to try but haven't because you thought it would be too complicated? Well I'm here to tell you that it's not what you think... It's super simple and even easier if you're using one of our websites.

Offering collection is rapidly becoming an essential part of the online shopping experience. But the question is, is this something you offer?

With it being announced this past weekend that we are indeed heading back into lockdown, have you ensured that your business is lockdown proof?

Instagram is the social platform on every dealers lips! But are you utilising all of it's fantastic features? Instagram shopping is taking the app by storm. Read on to find out how you can integrate it with our off the shelf websites

You might have heard about Pinterest and that you should probably should be using it. Our website integrate with Pinterest and make it so that sharing to Pinterest is super easy and quick to do. Read on to find out more

The internet is an integral part of most of ours lives these days and theres nothing more frustrating than your internet going on a go slow! We've got some tips on how to speed it up, just carry on reading!

There can be a lot of barriers to making sales on your website, often times without you even realising it. Sales are our ultimate goal right? So let's look at some of those barriers and what you can do about them

You may be wondering why this requires a whole blog post, but believe it or not a lot of people write their phone number incorrectly on their website for international clients. Which can of course cost you enquiries or even sales... Read on to find out more!

There's no mystery behind effectively refreshing your web browser... In fact it's so easy a baby could do it! And she did. Read on to find out how

There is no single thing that triggers a spam filter, there are dozens! So I wrote a follow up from 'Are your email mailshots being trapped by a spam filter?' - How to get your emails through junk mail filters!

I often get asked whether it's best to have images switch the backgrounds cut out, or whether you should keep the backgrounds, or use lifestyle/styled images. So I thought a great article to write would be one breaking this down for you all.

It has been proven that offering free delivery on your website can increase your sales by 10% or more. Read on to find out more!

It's really simple to set up a website with us and there has never been a better time to do it. With us all being confined to our houses you have the opportunity to really knuckle down and dedicate the time to it that you've never had before.

How to ensure your emails don't end up in junk mail. This article explains why it might be happening to you, and what to do about it

The Google Chrome browser is now warning users of slow loading pages before they have even clicked on the page. Read on to find out details

As you know, we pride ourselves on updating and upgrading our websites frequently. So here's some of what's new...

In this article I'll explain the importance of inbound linking, and why it is a MAJOR component of being found organically on Google.

We recently made some improvements to the websites which have changed the way images load on the websites. Read on to find out details about how we've improved the image sizing on sites

Instagram stories - What are they and why should you use them?

Choosing the right domain name can be tricky. What is the right domain name? Should it have a certain amount of characters? Should it contain keywords? These are all things I've been asked in regard to clients choosing a great domain name for their website, so read on to find out how to choose yours

Another commonly asked question is... How do I build an email marketing list? Here are 6 ways to help you start collecting email addresses

So your website has just gone live... Now what? Here's some idea's on how to make your first sale through your website

Have you been wondering whether you should use Email marketing? Not sure what it's about or if it's worth your time? Well it 100% is! Read on to find out why it's super important to send out your latest items

I get asked all the time about blogging... 'Should I do it?' 'Will it benefit my business?' 'Do I have the type of business that requires blogging?' and the answer is yes, yes and YES! Read more to find out how blogging can benefit you, and how to do it

The .uk version of your domain name will become available for anyone to buy on 25th June 2019. Secure it before somebody else does!

We get many questions around WordPress so we decided to answer a few of those and tell you why we don't recommend using it for your business website

We passionately believe in technology being easy to use which is why we've now launched WorldPay integration to make it easier to take debit and credit card payments

On a whole we see less enquiries on websites which don’t display prices versus websites which do display prices. BUT WHY? Read on to find out more