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eCommerce Web Development
If you want to sell your products online you need an eCommerce-enabled website.
You need a website with a shopping cart and online payment facility, so your customers can pay
online, securely, for your products and services. But which is the right option?
Do you already have a shopping cart-enabled website but you are unhappy with the system's features
or performance? Maybe you want to analyse individual user's behaviour to tailor their experience on the site.
There are a lot of eCommerce systems out there, many of which have been extended from old systems over the years and
quite frankly, in my view they no longer cut the mustard. I only work with the
market-leading, best-in-class products that
offer easy-to-use administration systems as well as smooth,
simple user interfaces and transaction processes.
Which shopping cart is right for me?
This really depends on the type of website you require, whether it is a pure shopping site or whether your products
area is just one part of a bigger system. It also depends on the volumes you will be selling. As a rule of thumb
Paypal
and other forms of online merchant payment services are more cost-effective if you are trading in
low-value items or have low volume.
Otherwise it is more cost-effective to integrate a payment processing engine connected directly to your
merchant account at your bank.
Whatever your requirements, contact me for a free consultation on your eCommerce project.
I have extensive experience in the following shopping cart systems:
Umbraco is also a full-featured website management framework. It differs from Kentico above in that it suits a more custom-built
website, with bespoke features and applications, rather than standard functionality that can be provided by using pre-built components.
It is open-source software which means the base system is free to use.
I often recommend Umbraco to clients who require a shopping cart integrated with a website that needs a more
advanced, custom specification.
Kentico is a full-featured content management system that comes with an excellent shopping cart eCommerce module. It is ideal
for clients who have websites where accepting online payments for their products and services is
just one facet to their site.
Perhaps their site contains other web applications and advanced functionality. It is also ideal for clients who want to
host the system on their own servers so they can utilise specific tools to monitor and maintain their system. Kentico is
commercial software so it incurs an upfont fee to use the software.
An excellent choice for small to medium size websites, selling both physical and digital goods. The management interface is
one of the best I've used of any platform, and it can be integrated with all the major payment processing and shipping systems.
It is a hosted solution, so there is a flat monthly fee as well as sales commissions to pay. This is not suitable for all sites,
but if you are looking to get started selling online this can be a great option, as you can
minimise your initial outlay and spread out the cost
of ownership.
Just contact me for a free consultation on your project.
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