Specialist Ecommerce Host MILK offers a money back 30 day trial of all leading shopping cart systems to guarantee you a smooth ride in your drive for online sales.

2009-01-06 12:57:46 - MILK (www.milkcart.eu) - the leading European ecommerce hosting specialist - announced today the release of its ‘credit crunch' busting ecommerce hosting service with a professional online retailing platform starting from €1.50 per month that can be up and running in a matter of hours.

London, January 6th 2009:

Across Europe businesses are facing turbulent times as consumer belts are being tightened to survive what has been described as the worst trading climate for 100 years yet despite this, the trend for online purchasing continues to grow and in some sectors volumes are now outstripping the high street. In November 2008 the UK's Office of National Statistics reported that Internet shopping accounted for over 3.8% of all retail sales (a year-on-year growth of 1%) averaging some €220 million per week. Historically UK web users have been considered a good benchmark for activity leading the way for online sales in Western Europe, accounting for over 40% of all online sales in Western Europe according to eMarketer, followed by Germany and France who collectively account for over 72% of the €90 billion spent online in 2007.

MILK is a low cost subscription service that offers instant access to world leading Open Source and Licensed shopping cart systems, so that retailers can quickly decide which web shop is right for their business and start building it in minutes. Operated in partnership with over 15 carefully selected software providers that collectively power over 500,00 online stores, the service is predicted to be the most secure and cost-effective solution for graphic designers, web developers and systems integrators that need to deliver fast, search engine friendly, PCI compliant online retailing solutions for their customers.

'The marketplace is awash with low cost ecommerce offerings that will cost you more than you think-' said Robert Edsell, head of Marketing for MILK, 'all too often retailers start off down the road of a low cost option for setting up of their web shop only to find that their ‘built from scratch' solution has fatal flaws that will in fact STOP them from conducting sales to potential new customers and in a climate like today's this cost is immeasurable'

'When overall sales figures are declining companies simply cannot ignore the expansive opportunities opened up by entering new European markets. At MILK our goal is to not only ensure we get retailers trading online but to get them thriving as quickly as possible. Over the coming months we will be underpinning the service with the launch of a professional services marketplace that lets our customers put their website development work out to tender for competitive bidding giving them a choice of experienced people to work with from across the continent - which will create flexibility and cost savings'

The recently unveiled website www.milkcart.eu has demonstrated the demand for this open access to cart systems reporting over 100,000 hits last month and thanks to it's status as a partner of Oscommerce, Magento, Zen Cart, X-Cart and the others that the company has now signed over 40 new stores since its launch in December.

The money back trial offer will be available for the next 6 months and anyone wishing to participate should visit MILK website directly at www.milkcart.eu to sign up or call one of the team on +44(0)20 7898 0529 and request a demonstration.

About MILK
MILK is a Specialist Web Host based in London providing Managed Ecommerce Hosting to European retailers and small to medium sized businesses.