E-commerce solutions to suit your needs.
It has become increasingly costly for businesses to sell their products through the traditional means of retail outlets and sales people.
By selling your products through an online store or "e-commerce web site" you will not only open up your business to a whole new customer base but will also be able to automate much of the sales process and effectively reduce your expenditure!
Put your business on autopilot today!
The needs of each e-commerce business are unique and as such there is a wide variety of different options available to you. There are a number of 'off the shelf' software packages available, each with different features, styles and functionality and, each addressing different aspects of the e-commerce world. Alternatively we can develop a bespoke solution tailored exactly to the needs of your business.
We will help guide you as to which solution is most suited to your business
A typical e-commerce web site will include the following features:
- A shopping cart and store
- User account creation and administration
- Integration with a payment processor (such as PayPAl or Barclays ePDQ)
- A content management system
Find out more about the different options available below:
Pre-built e-commerce packages
Pros
- Cost - using an off the shelf software package is considerably cheaper than a bespoke solution as all the heavy coding is already done. Furthermore, the software itself is generally reasonably priced.
- User experience - All the packages we will recommend to you are used widely on the web and have simple user interfaces that are structured in a way that is familiar to your average online shopper. Keeping your prospective customers interest throughout the buying process is paramount in online shopping as all it takes is a few seconds of confusion as to how the application works and they are likely to give up and head to your competitors site instead.
Cons
- Limited scope - The code that powers most software solutions is closed to modification. it is common, in fact usual, throughout the development of an application, be it e-commerce or any other, for the client to think of new features they would like to have built in. A pre-built software package is limited to the features that are hard coded into it.
- Not search engine friendly - Many software solutions are not built with search engines in mind and are coded in such a way that may make it difficult for them to index your content.
Bespoke e-commerce development
Pros
- User experience- We will work closely with you so as to fully understand your target audience. This will enable us to design a user experience that meets the exact needs of your customers.
- Automate your business - The sky is the limit when we custom build an application for you! We can build a site administration panel that will allow you to automate much of your business, by letting us develop the application for you you can be sure that you have all of the features you do need and none of the ones that you don't. If you can imagine a useful feature that would help automate your business then we can probably create it!
- Less code, more speed - The software companies that develop pre-built packages want to target as wide an audience as possible, the consequence of this is that the end products have many features built into them that will not be relevant to your business. When we develop the application for you it goes without saying that we will only build in the features that you require, what is note worthy though is that by having the minimum code powering your site it is ensured that your pages load into the visitors browser at optimum speed.
- Search engine friendly - Most content on the web is found through the search engines. We build fast loading, standards compliant web sites that enable them easily index your content.
Cons
- More expensive
"Carlos exceeded my expectations. A friendly and expert service."
James Barton
rugby-town.co.uk
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