E-commerce
E-Commerce is defined as commerce that is transacted electronically, over the Internet. There has been a huge rise in the number of businesses trading in this way in recent years.
Using the latest database technology we can provide e-commerce solutions for your new or existing business.
In 2007, there are now 61% of households that have internet access; which is 15 million households according to the National Statistics Omnibus Survey (2007).
“The growth of Internet commerce in both business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketplaces has escaped no one in recent years.” (Lee and Overby, 2004)
In 2006 it was suggested that nearly 60% of online users have made purchases online. 70% of which had no problems whilst doing so. The other 14% stated the problem was due to trouble with delivery of their product. (Office for National Statistics, 2007)
It is now common practice for a business to have a website either for trading or just as a shop front that acts as a business card or a catalogue advertising their products or services. There were reports of 70% of businesses owning a website in 2005. (Office for National Statistics, 2007)
Our E-commerce systems can include:
- Product Directory and Intelligent Search Facilities
- Shopping Basket with Transaction Logging
- Customer Login, Order Tracking and History
- Subscription password allocation and access authorisation
- Bespoke Payment Systems to allow transcations to be completed.
The cost of creating an Ecommerce store has always been a major obstacle for smaller businesses. We believe that our prices will make it possible for more companies to get on line and trading with their own Ecommerce site.
Ecommerce services are priced in a slightly different way to our standard website rates. It is important to know that your online store also holds information about your services so a second website is not necessarily needed.
Owning your own online store will give your customers a cart so that they can browse your site while placing items into their virtual shopping basket. Our aim is to supply quality sites at a fraction of the price of our competitors.
A shopping basket designed for use on the UK/EC market will take VAT into account, comply with the data protection act, and provide as smooth a browsing experience for your customers as possible. It can also fulfill functions unique to your business, for example, someone has added a television and a video to their shopping basket, and the website says "would you like to purchase a stand for these at a reduced price", or "can I interest you in an extended guarantee?".
The pricing proposal, will cover design and structuring of your store. Your shop also serves as complete website with all the information regarding you and your products and includes all internal and external links and artwork.
Stock Control System
The holy grail of website design is perhaps the integration of your existing stock control system with your website. Making sure that the website database contains current pricing is a fairly straight-forward matter, however, for the website to know that you're down to your last two widgets, it has to be permanently connected to your main database. There are several ways this can be achieved, but each represents a very substantial financial investment in infrastructure.
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