Do It Yourself Home Security

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Do It Yourself Home Security Gets a New Face

Do It Yourself Home Security has gotten an upgrade at SafeMart.  A while back, the guys at SafeMart were talking about ways to improve the customer's experience in purchasing home security systems.  They decided that a complete redesign of the existing website was in order and got to work.  Now, after months of work, the site is public.  Here are some of the features of the new site:

- New User Accounts: These accounts allow customers to have real time access to their own personal account on SafeMart.com.  Customers can now pay invoices online, check the status of their orders, track packages, and easily submit tech support questions.

- Video Presentations: So far there are six videos, but SafeMart plans to add a new video per week.  The videos are short product demonstrations to help customers better determine which products are right for them.

- Simpler Format: The website is now very intuitive.  The most popular products and brands are displayed clearly on the home page and all other items can be accessed from well categorized drop down menus.

- One Page Checkout: All of the steps of checkout are now on one simple page.  This means there's no waiting for the next page to load, and if you need to go back a step, there's no chance of losing your data.

Additionally, SafeMart plans to add thousands of new products over the next few months, making it easier for customers to get exactly what they need.

SafeMart is known as a customer oriented business, and the new website takes that to the next level.  Stop by and take a look.  You'll like what you see.

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Do It Yourself Home Security Makes Financial Sense

I just read an interesting article.  I'm not including it because most of it is irrelevant to our purposes here, but there is one item that stood out when reading.  That point is this: rising gas prices translate into rising costs for fully comprehensive home security companies.  This may seem commonsense, but its worth noting.  The fact of the matter is that gas prices are incredibly high and companies have no choice but to pass that extra cost onto the customer, or find other ways to cut costs.  In fact, one of the ways mentioned by one home security company in the article is to decrease their hours.  This means your ability to receive technical support will be limited.  Either way, you're getting less value for your dollar.

I'm bringing this up because it illustrates, in a profound way, one of the great benefits of do it yourself home security: Saving money!  It has always been the case that purchasing and installing your own system was less expensive than using a fully comprehensive company.  Now, thats even more true.  

Still, many of you may think its worth paying extra money for this service, since you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself.  And while I understand your concern, it simply isn't true. Manufacturers are making their systems more easy for the end user and there is a wealth of information to assist you in this project.  Plus, with SafeMart, you will receive top tier technical support for free.

Its important to have a home security system to protect your home and loved ones.  But, that doesn't mean you need to shell out a ton of money to pay for it.  Here's an article on do it yourself home security for the doubters out there.

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