November

30

We were inundated with requests to participate in the BETA testing of our brand new store administration panel, and have decided to open it up to all willing volunteers!

To test the new version, simply add /admin/ to the end of the URL for your store (example: http://sudoku.zlio.com/admin/) then log in with the email address and password you normally use on ZLIO.COM.

Some pages and applications are not available yet.

Please let us know if you encounter a bug; just click on “contact,” then on “report a bug,” and describe the bug in the message field.

Happy testing! We look forward to hearing your comments!

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November

13

Screencast #1 : Discover your new administrative interface.

Enjoy! Don’t forget to turn on the volume

- Product team.

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October

8

NEW : Customize the design of your shop in a few and easy steps !

You’re itching to customize the design of your shop, but immersing yourself deep into CSS code kind of turns you off ? Give free rein to your creativity thanks to the Customizing Assistant !

Modify the colors and fonts of your shop in just a few clicks.

To access the Customizing Assistant, go to the template selection page and select the “Custom Template”.
Another window will pop up where you can modify colors and fonts in the left-hand corner and preview the results on the right-hand side.

10 templates available

10 ready-made templates are already available for you to use or improve as you like.
To see these templates, click on the “load” button and choose a template in the second drop-down menu.

Tips to save time

Directly select a block in the preview zone in order to display its customizing options.
To copy an existing color, drag and drop the small colored square onto another one.
You can start several themes, save and upload them in order to edit them.

Monetize your blog

Customize the interface of your shop to your blog’s colors. Add up a link or thumbnail redirecting towards your shop and you’re done!

I want to custom my shop design.

NOTE : The customizable template is a BETA. Feel free to send us any suggestions to improve it.

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August

8

Zlio can now earn you money every time someone clicks on some items in your store!

At the moment, the way you earn money with Zlio is simple – whenever anyone buys something via your shop, you get a commission. We’re now proud to introduce another way to earn money on Zlio – every time someone clicks on certain products in your store, you get paid!

A product will often be offered by more than one of our partners. Some of them will pay you in the “normal” way (as a commission on items bought via your store), but some will now pay you every time someone clicks on one of their offers.

A real-life example

This DVD is available from two of our merchant partners in the shopbot on your product page:

- Buy.com pays you commission on every sale (3%).
If a visitor of yours buys this DVD at Buy.com, you get $0.38 (3% * $12.62)

- Family Videos will pay you every time someone clicks on the offer ($0.06 per click).
Each time a visitor clicks on the “Family Video” offer, you get $0.06, even if your customer doesn’t buy the DVD!

What’s in it for me and my visitors?

It means that your visitors are presented with a greater variety of products.
For some of your products, the number of offers displayed in the shopbot will be greater thanks to this new innovation. It’s a good way to make sure that your visitors get the best price.

It guarantees you some revenue.
At the moment, you can get 50 visitors clicking on items in your shop without any purchases – which means no revenues. Now, you can get paid for every click.

To display “per-click” offers on your shop, you must accept the relevant terms and conditions by logging in to Zlio.

But careful! You are not allowed to click on your own “per-click” offers!

How can you tell whether an offer is paid “per sale” or “per click”?

OK (on roll over per sale offers have a blue background)*

MERCHANTS

Sale Commission paid Product description

* Tip : use blue offers for cashback

NOT ALLOWED (on roll over per clicks offers have an orange background)

MERCHANTS

Per-Click paid Product description

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July

18

Barnes & Nobles joins the Zlio Ranks – 1.5 million new products !

Dear users,

As previously announced, all links pointing to Amazon products have now been removed from the Zlio platform.

Amazon US informed us that they no longer wished to have Zlio promote Amazon products in the United States (see for details), and they’ve unfortunately remained inflexible in negotiations for the moment.

However – to every cloud, there’s a silver lining, and in this case, it’s a big one!

As of yesterday, Barnes & Nobles has joined our ranks and we’re now close partners – this means that a lot of products sold by Barnes & Nobles is now available for you to add to your ZlioStores. So there are now 1.5 million new products available for you to boast to your customers! And best of all, you’ll find that a lot of the products we’re losing from Amazon are coming straight back in via Barnes & Nobles (they’ve automatically been replaced in your shops)!

Let the party begin!

Jeremie Berrebi
President/CEO
Zlio.com

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July

12

(BETA) Display Google AdSense on your shops!

What is Google AdSense?!

AdSense is Google’s advertising system, which allows you to display ads (either text or picture based) on your shop. Google tailors the ads that are displayed to make them directly related to the contents of the shop (see an example here).

Each time someone clicks on one of your shop’s ads, you get 60% of the revenues generated.

It’s a great way to make extra money with your ZlioShop.

I want to add Google AdSense on my shop!

Note: this is also available via My Zlioshop > “Adsense for my shop”

Please note that we are, as things stand, unable to pass on your share of your referrals’ AdSense revenues. This is because Google does not supply us with enough information to identify each individual transaction. We are, however, actively looking for an alternative solution.

Why should I display Google AdSense on my shop?

To provide other options to your visitors

Your visitors won’t necessarily all find exactly what they want in your store. To stop them leaving immediately, you can use AdSense to suggest an alternative – the AdSense ads Google chooses are always so relevant to the contents of your store that they just become a source of alternative information which your users will find very useful rather than annoying.

To increase your revenues:

AdSense provide a valuable source of extra income for your store.
Why don’t you just give it a try? It doesn’t commit you to anything, and you’ll see how fast your revenues shoot up!

How do I display AdSense on my shop?

Do display AdSense :

You must have a Google AdSense account (this is not the same as your Zlio account)
You must “link” your Zlio account to your AdSense account.

Don’t have an AdSense account?

1. Create one by clicking here. Google will send you an email to confirm that you’ve registered.

Note : there’ll usually be a 48 hour delay while Google validates your account.

2. Select the AdSense zones you want to use.

Already have an AdSense account?

1. Log-in byclicking here.

2. Link your Zlio account to your AdSense account (this tutorial explains how).

3. Select the AdSense zones you want to use.

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June

20

3rd version of ZlioShops now live!

The Zlio Team is proud to present ZlioShops, V3!

On the menu: Simplification of navigation for better exploring of your shops, a more clean-cut layout, better emphasis of your products and the ability to swap links with other shops.

Because we wanted the change to take place smoothly, we haven’t upgraded your shop to its newer version yet.
In order to measure the impact of modifications to your shop, we suggest you click here to configure your shop’s V3.
We’ve also added new styles of template, so it’s up to you to customize them now!

What’s new? The answer in a screenshot!

Your homepage

see what it’s like inside a V3 shop

Offer up to 3 featured products at the top of your shop, they will be displayed in an animated transition.

When landing on your homepage, your visitors will find their bearings easier: all of your categories and subcategories are displayed and accessible in a single click.

A tip for you: Lift your categories containing subcategories at the top of your homepage.

Your visitors didn’t find what they were looking for ? Your two last personal favorites are displayed at the bottom of the page.

Your category pages

see inside a shop

When clicking on a category, your visitors immediately visualize your last selections and can compare their prices in a single click.

For each of your subcategories, we display links towards the 3 last products added. Details regarding the product will be displayed when hovering over the link.

A tip for you: The product’s image corresponds to the last product added, so choose carefully!

Your subcategories pages

see inside a shop

Your visitors can now choose among 2 display modes to visualize your products: detailled or mosaic.

As you might have noticed: the images are now twice their sizes !

Favorite Products

Your “favorite products” are now all listed on a dedicated page. (the link “my favorite products” in your menu).

Your shops’ news

Thanks to RSS, your visitors can now follow your shop’s updates live and know right on spot which new products have been added to your shop (shop’s RSS), category per category (category’s RSS).

Swap links and build your shopping network

Swapping links is important to improve your search engine listing and increase your revenues. You can now swap links with other shop owners or among your own shops.

At the bottom of your shops you’ll find an area where you can display links towards your partner shops (three of them will be displayed randoml each time).
All of your partners are also visible in a dedicated page, which you can reach through the link “see all our partners”.

How to make a link towards a shop

To make a link from your shop towards the one you’re visiting, simply click on the “Link this shop” button located at the bottom of each V3 shop.

It’s up to you to find partners thanks to the Shop Directory!

You can also add a shop directly from your control panel (Indexation tab).
From this page, you can manage your links and see which shops point towards yours (incoming links).

How to upgrade to V3?

You shop has not been upgraded to V3 yet? Or maybe you wish to get back to the older version? Here is how to do it :

1. Click on the “configure” button on the Zlio.com homepage.

2. In the Standard tab, go to the bottom of the page.

3. Choose the version you wish and validate “Save modifications”

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May

4

Set up your own Meta Keywords Tags for Search Engine Optimization

I’m sure you’re going to appreciate our new feature : The Settings page of Zlio has been completely redesigned !

More structured than the previous, it also enables you to choose your own Meta Keywords Tags for your shop.

Meta Keywords are used by search engines such as Google, Yahoo or MSN Search to better list your shop. Lots of you were asking for this feature, it is now available to you !
Click here to access your Settings page and change your Meta Keywords !

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April

26

Developers requested !!

Would you like to:

- Create new projects connected to Zlio ?

- Have access to an API to retrieve all of your shop’s content ?- Create new modules for ZlioShops ?

- Create a plugin for a blogging platform or a navigator ?
Or maybe you have more innovative ideas that you’d like to develop ?

Feel free to contact us via our address API [AT] zlio.com and we’ll be more than happy to help you carry them out !

We will study with great attention any of your propositions.

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April

20

Screen out the products you already added to your shop !

Another new feature added just for you ! From now on, for each keyword you will type in our products’ search engine, the products you’ve already added will be highlighted. A nice way to figure out real quick which items you need to add to update your shop !

Hope you’ll enjoy it !

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