Antiques-Atlas.com

Selling and Promotion on Antiques Atlas
- Websites for Antique Dealers

SELLING YOUR STOCK and PROMOTING YOUR BUSINESS LOCATION on Antiques Atlas couldn't be easier.

New record for Antiques Atlas - In the month of January 2009 alone the site recieved well over 1.45 million page views with over 87,000 unique users. In August 2009 we had over 97,000 unique users !

Check out a few of our latest testimonials

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William James Antiques deal in high quality Antique furniture, clocks and decorative items.

"Just a quick note to say how good Antiques-Atlas has been for our business. We have sold over 14 pieces across the globe within the last few months - High above our expectations.....just brilliant! Thank you."

Ruth Darley,
William James Antiques, Stalham, Norfolk, Devon.
July 2009

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Specialists in Country Furniture including Oak, Pine, Fruit woods and Mahogany from the 17th Century through to early 20th Century.

"Just a line from Cullompton Antiques in Devon to say how pleased we are with the responses we have had since we joined Antiques Atlas. We have only been on a month and have had a number of enquiries, several of which have converted into sales. It has been by far the most successful internet site we have been on and we have tried several different ones over the past few years."

George Mills,
Cullompton Antiques, Cullompton, Devon.
4th December 2008

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Antique Dealer trading for over 20 years specialising in Victorian, Edwardian and 1920's Dining Suites.

"We have been with the site for just under four years and are delighted in the manner of which contacts through the web site and ultimately sales have consistently grown during that period to the point that internet sales are now generating a significant growing contribution to our business.

Our web site was also designed by Antiques-Atlas and we get frequent commendations from our customers about the web site. This is also a very professional outfit and set-up to deal with and we would not hesitate in recommending this web site to any other dealer, it represents excellent value for money."

David Draper,
Chairs4u2, Wokingham, Berkshire.
10th October 2008

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Antique Dealer specialising in 16th-19th Century Oak, Mahogany, Pine, Persian Rugs, Paintings, Clocks, Silver etc

"We have been with Antiques Atlas for just over a year now. In that time we have had many enquiries, a good number of which ended in a sale.

For a very reasonable price, Antiques Atlas gives very good exposure to our stock due to its high search engine rankings. The site is full of interesting antique related information, yet easy on the eye and very simple to navigate around.

If you are serious about selling antiques, Antiques Atlas is a must."

Robert Tetlow, Director,
Debden Antiques and Interiors, Debden, Essex.
19th June 2008

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Antique Dealer specialising in Georgian, Regency, Victorian and Edwardian Furniture.

"Antiques-Atlas is a great way to promote your internet sales, we have been with them since the beginning which must be 7 years and in this time we have seen our internet sales grow enormously.

The site is easy to use and has excellent exposure to the search engines. Our own web site which was created by Antiques-Atlas is always receiving favourable comments from happy customers. The price is extremely competitive and good value for money compared to similar sites and the service is always friendly and helpful, I would have no hesitation in recommending Antiques -Atlas."

Linda Brobbin,
Nimbus Antiques, Derbyshire
19th May 2008

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Dealer in British Paintings, Oils, Watercolours and Prints from the past 300 years.

Antiques Atlas has proved an extremely worthwhile choice. It provides me with a regular stream of serious enquiries from across the country and, after 12 months, I have sold 25% of my current stock from the site. You can't ask for more than that!

Duncan Phillips,
Altus Arts, Somerset.
19th May 2008

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To see further testimonials please click here

Whether you have your own website already or not - you can still greatly benefit from having a site with Antiques Atlas ...

• Displaying your stock in our very high google ranking catalogue - You could spend fruitless hours and a fortune trying to achieve the high rankings we have - why bother when all you need to do is just submit your items to our catalogue. Check out our rankings on Google (see below) to see why this could work for you.)
  
  
• Promoting your location and stock in our Premium location listings (which you automatically get as part of the package) these help drive people to visit your actual business. We know for a fact many uk based and international dealers use our listings to plan their buying trips. You can also print off your own Antiques Trail guide to your region from the site.
  
  
• No Sellers or Buyers fees, and you deal with all Transactions.
  

Why spend a fortune on inconsistant pay for click listings on the search engines when you could see your stock appear in the top 10 listings of Google almost immediately with a site on Antiques Atlas.
Test our claims for yourself - type the keywords below into Google.co.uk and see who comes up !
The Antiques Atlas pages that do are our catalogue pages where your stock would appear !
(Note. Google rankings below are as on 18th Sept 2009)

"Antique Cabinets" "Antique Bookcases" "Antique Extending Dining Tables" "Antique Dining Chairs" "Antique Chair Sets" "Antique Wardrobes" "Antique Linen Presses" "Antique Chandeliers" "Antique Lanterns" "Antique Desks" "Antique Chests of Drawers" "Antique Cupboards" "Antique French Clocks" "Antique Wall Clocks" "Beswick Horses" "Antique Beswick" "Antique Fairs UK"

1st on page 1 of 3,370,000 pages on google.co.uk 5th on page 1 of 644,000 pages on google.co.uk 1st and 2nd on page 1 of 36,600 pages on google.co.uk 2nd and 3rd on page 1 of 967,000 pages on google.co.uk 5th & 6th on page 1 of 6,410,000 pages on google.co.uk 5th on page 1 of 2,000,000 pages on google.co.uk 1st & 2nd on page 1 of 842,000 pages on google.co.uk 6th on page 1 of 2,950,000 pages on google.co.uk 5th on page 1 of 1,760,000 pages on google.co.uk 8th on page 1 of 1,390,000 pages on google.co.uk 3rd on page 1 of 435,000 pages on google.co.uk 2nd on page 1 of 393,000 pages on google.co.uk 2nd on page 1 of 38,900,000 pages on google.co.uk 2nd on page 1 of 1,010,000 pages on google.co.uk 1st on page 1 of 47,500 pages on google.co.uk 2nd and 3rd on page 1 of 64,700 pages on google.co.uk 1st and 2nd on page 1 of 539,000 pages on google.co.uk

We have top 10 rankings on page 1 of google for a whole rack of keywords, and if we don't yet currently cater for your specialist area - we'll create one for you !

WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT ANTIQUES ATLAS - Much more than just another online catalogue !

1.) Comprehensive Directory
The only truly LOCATION based Antiques directory covering the UK today. With regional maps and images accompanying listings it is probably the most useful website for planning buying trips in the UK. It is geared to DRIVING buying customers from the UK and abroad to visit your business's real world location. A buyer is much more likely to spend if they are on your premises than online.

2.) The site has been established since 1999. In the month of July 2007 alone the site recieved well over 1.35 million page views with over 72,000 unique users !

Other high profile Antiques related businesses use our services:-
In 2006 we created the new website for Antiques for Everyone www.antiquesforeveryone.co.uk
In 2007 we created the website for two new International Art and Antiques fairs in Abu Dhabi and Dubai www.emiratesartandantiquesfairs.com

3.) Comprehensive online catalogue - compare our Google rankings
Check our rankings for yourself - compare us to our competitors (and our prices!) and even your own site if you have one ! Click here for testimonials.
Remember you can use a site on antiques atlas to drive traffic to and promote your own website if you have one.

Google.com is recognised as the leading search engine today and has won numerous awards. In Jan 2002 Google.com was named as one of the 'Seven web wonders of the world' in the Guardian newspaper. http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,624964,00.html

4.) NO COMMISSION ON SALES. There are no Sellers fees or Buyers fees on any stock you sell through the site. All transactions are strictly between the seller and the buyer.
Also as Antiques Atlas is not VAT registered the prices you see for a site on Antiques Atlas are prices you pay, we do not charge VAT on top.

5.) The best UK Antique Fairs Listings
Searchable by Location and by date - we believe we have created the most user friendly and most useful fairs listings in the UK - Check them out for yourself. Its bang up to date and you can search by region, by month, by week and even by day. Antique Fairs Calendar

Visitors to the site
With any website the biggest problem is attracting visitors and then getting them to keep coming back ! All the above contribute to why Antiques Atlas is achieving on average well over million page views a month. The Trade, Collectors and Public from home and abroad use the site to plan their own antique buying trips and visits to fairs as well as look for antiques online in our catalogue. It's a site that people use on a repeated basis. By having a website on Antiques Atlas you benefit from the mass pulling power of the whole site and everyone on it.

What you can expect with a website on Antiques Atlas
(Note. some services are optional and can incurr additional costs)

(1) Flexible and personal service to suit your requirements.
We provide sites for antique centres, shops , antique fairs and private dealers
(2) Excellent Google search engine rankings.
(3) Excellent standard of photography - of your premises and stock.
We can come to you to take all the pictures (for an additional fee), but alternatively you can supply them.
(4) No Computer knowledge required. We can set up everything for you
(5) Online location maps - In addition to links to Multimap we can can provide a dedicated map page that potential customers can print off from your website to find you. Alternatively you could print them off yourself and hand them out at fairs and events.
(6) Domain names - we can arrange the purchase of .co.uk and .com domain names on your behalf.We can also set up an identical website (there are additional costs for this - please ring for details) on your own domain name without any antiques atlas branding. Your site on your own domain name would share the same catalogue so you only ever have to upload your stock once.
(7) Premium Listings in our very popular search by location and name directories.
(8) Your stock online- Stock appears in the main catalogue and your own site catalogue. We can even arrange for it to be incorporated into your own website if you have one. Potentially creating 3 points of access where customers can view your stock that you only have to update once.
(9) Each item in the catalogue has its own dedicated page with a larger image and an email form buyers can use to make an enquiry from the page immediately.
(10) New improved online catalogue updating facility - easily update and add new items online.
(11) Currency Converter - Handy currency converter available throughout the catalogue.
(12) Archive facility for sold stock.
(13) Targeted Email alerting service to existing registered subscribers when new stock goes online.
(14) Site online and working for you 24 hours a day 365 days a week.
(All Services offered are subject to Antiques Atlas's terms and conditions) All prices are per year.

Prices

Promoting your stock and location on the UK's leading location based antiques Directory just got even better
A two page site with up to 300 items (over the year) of stock in our catalogue for
only £30 a month !
Flexible payment options are available.

• Pay two months in advance (£60) followed by 10 monthly payments (by standing order) of just £30 per month (10 x 30 = £300). Total = £60 + 300 = £360 per annum.
• Or pay £170 for the first 6 months followed by another payment of £170 for the following 6 months.
  Total =(2x170) = £340 per annum (with no set up fee).
• Or pay just £315 in one single payment covering the whole year (with no set up fee).

THE PRICES YOU SEE ARE THE PRICES YOU PAY, WE ARE NOT REGISTERED FOR VAT and hence do NOT CHARGE IT on top.

If you believe you will be uploading considerably more than 300 items in a year please get in touch for a quote.
Generally everyone requires something different and we will tailor the site to suit your requirements. Check out our examples below.

Here are some sample sites

Nimbus Antiques www.antiques-atlas.com/nimbus.htm
Barclay Antiques www.antiques-atlas.com/barclayantiques.html
Michael Allcroft Antiques www.antiques-atlas.com/michaelallcroftantiques.html
Eras of Style www.antiques-atlas.com/erasofstyle.html
Garners Antiques www.antiques-atlas.com/garnersantiques.html
Havard and Havard Antiques www.antiques-atlas.com/havardandhavard.html

The cost of adding additional new items (above your existing allocation that came with your site) is £2 per new item. Additional items must be added using the online updating facility


WE CAN SET UP YOUR OWN SITE
Let us set up your own website for you on your own domain name !
Here are a few examples
Afonwen Antiques Centre (Antique Centre) afonwen.co.uk
Ledger Brothers Antiques Ledgerbrothersantiques.com
Altus Arts (Private dealers) altusarts.com
Barclay Antiques (private dealers) Barclayantiques.co.uk
Nimbus Antiques (Antique shop) Nimbusantiques.co.uk

OR INCORPORATE OUR EASY TO USE ONLINE CATALOGUE INTO YOUR EXISTING SITE
Maybe you already have your own site, but you don't have a catalogue facility or you are looking for an easier one to update. For a one off fee (+ a maintenance fee of £10 per annum) we can incorporate a catalogue facility into your own site that is branded in your own colours (note. you do need to have and maintain a presence on Antiques Atlas already to incorporate this facility as it shares the same database - The advantage being you upload your stock once and it appears on both your own site + the Antiques Atlas main catalogue (which achieves the high google rankings) at the exactly the same time. See example below.

Rules Antiques and Interiors   rulesantiques.co.uk

We also offer the service whereby we can come and take the pictures for you (at £5 per item) but the number of images taken must be large enough to make the trip cost effective for us. (Please contact us for further details)

There are no hidden costs or monthly charges and no buyers or sellers fees, your online brochure and items are 'up' for a year or as long as you keep paying the monthly costs depending on which payment plan you are on. The online updating facility is very easy to use and gives you just about full control over your catalogue from your own computer ! If you have any queries or wish to order a site just give us a call on Tel/fax 0161 613 5714 or email enquiries@antiques-atlas.com

FREE LISTING (including small photo)
Even if you are not quite ready to venture onto the internet with a site, any bona fide antique related business including private dealers can get a free listing. Click here to go to the online free listing form.

HOW TO CONTACT US
If you are still a bit overwhelmed by the internet and how it works and how it can help your business feel free to contact us (with no obligation) on any of the methods below.......
By email on enquiries@antiques-atlas.com
By phone on Tel. 0161 613 5714

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