07.17.08

Setup MSN Chat on your Online Store

Posted in E-commerce, Web Technologies, web2.0 productivity at 11:15 pm by ethan

If you run a small business and operate an online store, sometimes don’t you just wish you could just engage with the prospects who dropped by at your website which would like to have an instant chat with you so you can give them the help they desire and close their sales right away?

( Tips: If you sell online using webShaper, it could help you take in manual orders ( via Phone / Fax / Instant Messaging) )

For most of the small online store, you probably don’t have additional budget for a professional chat tool like this. But I guessed most of you do use MSN web Messenger or Yahoo Messenger (MSN now supports Yahoo ID too, vice versa).

So do you know that you can actually setup a MSN Chat on your Online Store Page? Just follow the simple steps below. All you need is a MSN ID and also basic knowledge of putting up HTML code on your existing web page.

Setup MSN web Chat on your Online Store Page

1) Logon to the URL below, sign in using your existing MSN messanger ID & Password.

http://settings.messenger.live.com/applications/WebSettings.aspx

2) Choose how you want to be seen on the web. You can allow anyone to see your status and send you messages. Or, you can limit access to certain websites.

Step 2 in Setting up MSN Chat on your e-commerce store page

3) Click on “Create HTML” on the left menu. You will reach a page where you can configure the Display Type (Either IM Window, Button or Icon), Size & Theme Color.

4) Once configure, just copy the HTML code generated for you at bottom page and paste it to your web page. As simple as that!

5) Sign-in to your MSN and see how it works! Start engaging your online visitors today (see below screen shots).  If you concern about privacy issue, you can always register a new msn live ID just for the business use!

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4 Comments »

  1. Ricky Soo said,

    July 21, 2008 at 8:22 pm

    Thanks. This is a good tip. I have set up on my sites and it works! :-)

  2. admin said,

    July 21, 2008 at 10:20 pm

    hi ricky, of coz it works. else why would we put it up? :) If wanna play prank also not so easy to fabricate those screen shots too ya.

  3. Use Windows Live Messenger For Internet Business | Ricky's Online Business Blog said,

    July 22, 2008 at 10:04 am

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  4. Mauricio Farell said,

    May 21, 2009 at 11:28 am

    I just can’t figure out how to limit access to just certain web sites. Any idea?

    Thanks

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