Easy currency conversions for ecommerce websites
by Paul Flyer
All ecommerce websites face one fundamental issue: whether they want to be or not, they have an international market. The Internet allows ecommerce to occur across all geographic and political borders. Individual sites may not ship internationally stating shipping cost, paperwork hassle and currency conversion as potential barriers.
Dynamic Converter is a tool that addresses the last of these issues. With the addition of a simple piece of javascript, Dynamic Converter can allow visitors to change the prices into their own currency.
The Dynamic Converter implementation can occur in one of several ways.
- Dropdown Menu - users can select a currency from a dropdown menu which would dynamically change the currency of the item
- Small Popup Menu - clicking the price brings up a small popup menu of other currencies
- Price with Dropdown Selection - alternative currency appears within the price dropdown box
- Flag images - users can select their currency by clicking the flag of their country of origin
How much does Dynamic Converter cost?
A free account can be created which allows up to 10,000 requests per month.
The Gold and Enterprise editions offer unlimited requests plus additional options and costs $13 and $39 dollars a month respectively.
I am in the process of firing up the ecommerce portion of this website. Dynamic Converter is currently on my list to implement once I get that piece up and running.
Disclosure: Paid Review
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