
Online
trading is a lucrative business. Around 100,000 companies have an
e-commerce site, while another 400,000 are seen as potential users.
And according to technology research company Forrester, UK online
business trade was set to hit £300 billion in 2005 and e-marketplaces
will facilitate 41 per cent of these transactions. In addition,
e-business trade is on track to top euro 2.2 trillion in 2006, with
the UK, France and Germany accounting for 64 per cent of Europe’s
online trade. Obviously these figures do not tell the whole
story – some industries have been quicker to adopt e-commerce
than others and some firms have benefited more than others. What
is certain, though, is that e-commerce represents a real opportunity
for businesses to find new markets and serve existing customers
more efficiently.
To
enable you to succesfully sell online, we can provide, configure
and build a complete shopping cart system, running on our Windows
Server 2003 servers. This can be integrated with WorldPay, PayPal,
ProtX, SecPay as well as other
payment providers to accept online orders via credit/debit
cards.
Time
taken to customise this, and to upload product lines, configure
and test etc will vary but, as a guide, you can generally start
trading online for between £1000 and £2000.
Payment providers acceptance, fees and credit card commissions
are separate
and
depend
on a number of factors - we can advise on the various options
currently
available.
Even
once you factor in annual hosting fees from £50 annually,
you'll soon see how much
more cost effective this solution is, compared to application service
providers like ShopCreator, who charge a minimal annual fee
of £250
on top of any external hosting fees. And we build in, as standard,
some fairly advanced features. It's worth it; one site we have
taken over and redesigned has increased turnover by 400% in less
than 4 years.
This
shopping cart web design solution allows you to create, amend and
delete product information online via your browser, as well as enabling
you to create invoices, check stock levels, organise mailing lists
for newsletters, plus much more besides. You can even run affiliate
accounts and tracking. Or it can be as minimalist as you want -
it's your choice! Fully enabled content and inventory management
built in - no requirement for you to install any software! Click
here for a live example. Or here
for another. Or here
for another.
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