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Almost every website uses forms to collect information from users: contact forms, newsletter subscriptions, order forms and many others.

Although creating forms isn't the most difficult task for a web designer/developer, styling them, handling the submissions securely and tracking the submissions can be tricky and time-consuming.

123ContactForm, an impressive web-based form builder application which eases creating and managing forms so much for everyone, is giving away 3 Yearly Platinum licenses ($300 value/each) to WebResourcesDepot readers.

Details on joining the giveaway can be found at the bottom of this post and here is more information about this exciting application:

What is 123ContactForm?

It is a feature-rich web app that makes creating, customizing and consuming any type of forms (simple to advanced) possible.

Besides standard forms, it has support for creating various special ones like:

• order forms with payment integration (PayPal, Google Checkout or Authorize.net)
• surveys for collecting data from a given group
• event registration with a integrated map

And, there is a templates collection that includes many pre-defined forms like donation form, job application, sales lead, etc. to quickly building them.

123ContactForm has a slick interface with drag 'n' drop support where form fields of any type are easily added or removed.

The look and feel of the output can be selected from a theme gallery or changed/improved by adding custom CSS rules. Also, it is possible to present the same form in multiple languages.

How forms will behave during the submission can be completely controlled as well with options like:

• e-mails to be notified, if the page will be redirected to a URL
• using a captcha or not, blocking any IPs or countries, password protection of forms

Once a form is created, it can be published in many different ways:

• linking to the form
• embedding via JavaScript or iframe
• displaying inside a Lightbox
• Facebook integration, WordPress plugin and Blogger or Google Sites support

And, you can always track the submissions for each forms, their statistics from a user-friendly dashboard.

The application also integrates well with many other popular apps like Google Docs, MailChimp or SalesForce

To sum up, 123ContactForm is a very good solution for instantly and securely collecting data from web users.

How to join the giveaway?

In order to get a chance to win one of the 3 Yearly Platinum licenses, please mention "what you liked the most about 123ContactForm after trying it" in the comments and winners will be selected randomly using the query below on 25 Oct 2011 (a week later) as an update to this post.

SELECT * FROM wp_comments WHERE comment_post_id=2525 AND comment_approved=1 AND comment_type='' GROUP BY comment_author_email ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 3

Good luck everyone.

Winners (updated on 25 Oct 2011)

Here are the winners of 123ContactForm giveaway:

• Sam (comment #414089)
• wites (comment #414574)
• Jose Adan Ortiz (comment #414002)

Congratulations and thanks very much to everyone for joining.

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A week ago, WRD had introduced Fortune3 which is a full-featured shopping cart application and giveaway of 3*6-month licenses of any plan wanted.

If you commented to that article for joining the giveaway, make sure to check the end of this post to find out if you are one of the winners.

In case you missed:

What is Fortune3?

It is a hosted shopping cart application with 24/7 support to build an e-commerce website of any size.

The application simplifies managing the store with a "E-Commerce Wizard" desktop software which speeds up the whole process.

The design of the store of totally customizable, and it is integrated with all major "live shipping" providers (like UPS, FedEx or DHL), payment processors (including PayPal, Google Checkout, Amazon, etc.) and accounting softwares (QuickBooks, PeachTree).

Both B2C and B2B business models are supported and several marketing tools like an integrated affiliate system, price/quantity based promotions, gift certificates, promo codes + newsletter system helps selling easier.

Fortune3's Social Shopping Cart App is an instant way to add a shopping cart to Facebook pages and reach social media users.

And, mobile apps allow you to reach your store anytime, anywhere.

The winners:

Here are the 3 winners for the any plan for 6 months of this ecommerce software:

• dotcompals (comment #351445)
• Niju mohan (comment #350929)
• Nick (comment #350993)

Thanks to everyone for joining the giveaway and congratulations to the winners (hope they create awesome and sucessful e-commerce websites).

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Fortune3, an all-in-one shopping cart solution, is giving away "any plan wanted for 6 months" to 3 WRD readers.

There are very few things to do for joining the giveaway (info can be found at the bottom of the article) and here are the most important details about the application:

What is Fortune3?

It is a complete service for creating an e-commerce website of any size and type with the huge list of features offered.

Fortune3 is a hosted application, comes with a 24/7 support and enables users to create their stores from desktop with their "E-Commerce Wizard" software which speeds up the whole process of customizing the stores and adding products (it supports copy-paste and drag 'n' drop on multiple items).

The design of the store can be totally customized with the ready-to-use templates, ability to edit styles, built-in WYSIWYG editor and more.

Using Fortune3, not only B2C but B2B e-commerce can also take place under the same system with different user levels and pricing options.

It is tightly integrated with all major "live shipping" providers (like UPS, FedEx or DHL), payment processors (including PayPal, Google Checkout, Amazon, etc.) and accounting softwares (QuickBooks, PeachTree). Also, the ones that are not in the list can be added on request.

The application has powerful marketing tools like an integrated affiliate system, price/quantity based promotions, gift certificates, promo codes and newsletter system.

There are many other features like an API, import/export of data to Excel, integrated visitor statistics or one-page quick checkout. Here is a little closer view to 2 other features that you will probably love:

Social Shopping:

Fortune3's Social Shopping Cart App is an instant way to add a shopping cart to Facebook pages and reach social media users.

The products to be advertised can be selected/changed easily and this social app integrates with the settings of the system.

Mobile Apps:

Stores can be controlled from iPhone and Android (coming soon) devices with:

• push notifications on orders
• order management
• customer management

Simply, wherever you are, the essentials for controlling the store are under your hand.

How to join the giveaway?

In order to win one of the 3 accounts (which will be free for 6 months) for this ecommerce software, simply comment to this post and winners will be selected with the query below on 15 June 2011 (1 week later):

SELECT * FROM wp_comments WHERE comment_post_id=2289 AND comment_approved=1 AND comment_type='' ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 3

Good luck to everyone.

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AnalyzePal is a free Adobe-AIR application that provides an easy way to measure your PayPal sales, performance & customer tracking.

It doesn't require any PayPal username-pass or API information as AnalyzePal works in an offline way with the transaction logs that can be downloaded from PayPal.

The application displays a snapshot of your last 3 months activities with charts or you can view the revenue for any given period.

AnalyzePal is also great for browsing past transactions quickly as it works offline.

Besides the free version, it has paid & more-featured versions that can filter data by customers, countries, etc.

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GetShopped is a free WordPress plugin for adding e-commerce capabilities into WordPress-powered websites.

It is a very easy-to-setup plugin which can work with any standards compliant WordPress theme (and WordPress MU).

The plugin offers a flexible pricing structure for products with features like:

• flexible coupon/discount pricing rules
• product specific sales
• quantity discounts
• free shipping options
• multi-tier pricing for quantity discounts

and supports multiple payment providers like Google Checkout, Paypal & Payment Express.

GetShopped makes it possible to complete the shopping process quickly with a one-page-checkout & optionally, guest checkouts is supported.

It is easy to manage orders with the help of a powerful admin interface, print invoices, packing slips & more.

The plugin also offers lots of other features from comments to new/featured product widgets.

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BigCommerce is an easy-to-use hosted e-commerce software which makes your store up & running so quickly.

It can be totally customized as you have full access to HTML/CSS via FTP & there are 50+ ready-to-use store designs that can be applied with few clicks.

BigCommerce is integrated with almost every payment, shipping & accounting system you can think of. Optionally, it offers its own merchant account system with under-the-market rates.

The software is fully optimized for SEO from valid W3C templates to automatically generated sitemap XML file & SEO-firendly links.

Besides the products, it is possible to create & share any content (like return policies, promotion details) with its CMS functionality.

The software offers a quality usability experience to customers with features like:

• one-click adding to cart
• ability to compare products
• tracking orders
• wishlists (public & private)
• single page & guest checkout
• powerful search system (suggestions, filtering by price/availability, etc.)
• & many more

It has everything to market the products easily like

• trackable coupon codes
• bulk discounts per product
• ability to create custom discount rules
• free shipping for purchases over $x
• affiliate system
• & more..

As BigCommerce is a hosted software, it comes with an included premium hosting with daily offsite backups, unlimited e-mails & top-notch security.

To sum up, the software offers more than anything a store owner can expect. It is a great choice for anyone who wants to run their stores without any technical hassle & get official support.

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simpleCart(js), a very simple but smart shopping cart that was shared on WRD, now has a new version with more features.

The application is an upload & use shopping cart where no database is required and can be integrated into any website so easily.

It works by including a JavaScript file into the webpages and usage of special classes. As an example:

<div class="simpleCart_items"></div>

will display the full cart, no other code needed.

With the V2, it supports both PayPal + Google Checkout as the payment providers & multiple currencies/tax rates can be used.

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Wix is a free web-based service for creating simple to advanced Flash websites.

It offers 100s of ready-to-use and well-categorized free Flash templates (like e-flyers, photographers, business & more) or everything can be created from scratch with a blank one.

Wix is very easy to use with its drag’n drop editor that enables anyone to add:

• any type of media (sound, video, images)
• shapes, cliparts, animations, effects
• advanced photo albums (slideshows, coverflow, carousel & more)
• & lots of widgets like Google Maps, RSS, contact forms

to their websites.

If you want to sell stuff, the application has a solution for that too. It offers PayPal buttons to be added & configured with ease.

Although Wix looks like a perfect fit for anyone who is not into or new to web design (considering it does not require any programming skills), it is also a solution for experienced users to create impressive websites very quickly.

Websites created by this free web design service are search engine friendly & hosted free. For anyone looking into getting more with Wix, check the premium upgrades.

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OpenCart is an open source shopping cart that is built with PHP & stores the data in MySQL.

The application has every standard feature an e-commerce website may need like:

• unlimited categories
• multiple images for products
• customer reviews
• multiple currencies & more..

OpenCart‘s front & backends can be expanded with modules (there are already 30+ modules).

It has also support for:

• templating
• multiple payment gateways
• multiple languages
• various shipping methods (like weight based shipping) & more.

The system can be managed with an easy-to-use administrator panel where all the orders can be viewed, products can be defined, etc.

And, a very nice feature OpenCart offers is the "coupons" where discounts can be set on a "per product" basis.

P.S. There is also another open source e-commerce project named OpenCart Zero which is derived form OpenCart (more details can be found here.)

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XtraUpload is a free file hosting script for anyone willing to create a service similar to Rapidshare.com or Megaupload.com.

It is written in PHP (CodeIgniter Framework) & uses MySQL for storing data.

The script is also an e-commerce platform as you can offer both standard-free & premium-paid plans where payments can be handled via PayPal, 2Checkout, Authorize.net, Moneybookers & more. All are integrated.

It has an e-mail validated signup system where users can:

• upload multiple files
• create & password protect folders
• rate files
• share links via e-mail & more..

And, with a powerful administrator screen, you can:

• restrict downloads with:
  • amount of allowed MB per hour
  • defining concurrent download limits
• create user groups & define limits for each user group
• add/manage servers (multi-server support)
• manage subscriptions
• enable/disable captcha & much more..

Besides being a complete file hosting platform, XtraUpload's code is a resource for anyone into CodeIgniter Framework covering most of the features a web application have.

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