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 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 for a custom
solution. However,
if you would prefer a lower cost-entry route, see the third party
hosted option opposite via BigCommerce, which uses Interspire as its
system.
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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