e-commerce websites
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Opening an e-commerce store as a small business can provide significant advantages. An e-commerce store allows you to reach customers beyond your local area, opening up national and even international markets, with your products available to buy 24/7. An e-commerce store can support your bricks and mortar business, or can be an online-only business. Regardless of its scope, an e-commerce store provides long-term benefits of increased visibility, efficiency, and customer reach allowing your business to grow.
We recommend building an e-commerce websites of one of two leading platforms: WooCommerce which is based on the WordPress platform, or Shopify, which is a unified e-commerce system that allows you to build a customisable and scaleable online store.
WooCommerce e-commerce
WooCommerce extends the WordPress platform to offer solid e-commerce functionality that can be extended and customised to meet your exact needs. This has the benefit that you only need to develop what you require and the website will not include features that you don’t need.
No other e-commerce platform allows businesses to start for free and grow their store as their business grows. Of course there are development costs involved, for the design and build of the store, and ongoing hosting thereafter, but the e-commerce software itself is open source.
Shopify e-commerce store
Shopify is a dedicated cloud-based e-commerce platform which provides you with a pre-built e-commerce store within a closed system. Whilst the e-commerce store can be customised and extended with additional applications, it's not quite as flexible as WooCommerce. However, this is often not a problem as Shopify offers most everything any business will need for e-commerce really well and has a wealth of third party applicatons that extends its functionality.
Shopify has been used by over 600,000 businesses worldwide and is ideal if you want an all-in-one package and you're happy with the features it offers for an ongoing monthly fee.
Whatever way you choose to go, we'll guide you through the process of successfully setting-up and establishing your e-commerce website, so you can maximise the success of online sales.
Our e-commerce services
Domain name
We will register a domain name for you or if you already own a domain can help you to point it at the new e-commerce website correctly.Creative design
We'll make your e-commerce store stand out with a strong design optimised to maximise your sales.Products
We'll develop the product pages, including eye-catching photography, search optimised product titles and descriptions, product variants, SKU and price.Basket & checkout
Opportunities for up-sells, cross-sells, coupons and promotions need to be considered as well as deciding on the payment options for your customers.Payment gateway
We will help you to select and integrate the best payment gateway including well known providers like Stripe, WorldPay, Paypal and Apple Pay.SSL certificate
Your site needs to be safe and secure, so we'll advise you on the appropriate SSL certificate for your e-commerce website.Fulfilment and delivery
We can help you to set-up the systems to best manage and fulfil your orders, be it in-house or outsourced and we can recommend a variety of postage and delivery options.Customer service
We can help you to establish good customer service systems for your business, including dealing with returns and refunds, and offering customer support.Reviews
Increasingly customers use peer-to-peer review services that influence who they'll buy from. Services such as Google Reviews, Trustpilot or Feefo can help you to build trust.Ready to sell?
Contact us today to learn more about selling online with a WooCommerce or Shopify e-commerce website.
