Ecommerce & Payment Solutions
We offer a great range of ecommerce solutions that suit your business model
Get your business products selling online today!
There are a myriad of ecommerce software solutions in the market place, so it takes time to decide on the one that's best for your business. Do you just want PayPal 'Buy it Now' buttons or a full blown solution that's able to handle 1,000's of product lines. We will guide you and help you choose the correct solution for your business.
Ecommerce web sites take a lot longer to create and test than normal static or dynamic web sites, so there are some important things to consider and discuss:-
Creating a product catalogue
An e-commerce website usually requires an online product catalogue which offers the opportunity to place your products into categories and subcategories (similar to departments in a physical shop). Each category (department) may have multiple sub-categories (sub-departments). This is essential for presenting your products to customers in an organized manner.
Product description and images
It will take some effort on your part to initially get your catalogue online, including organising images and descriptions of your products and inputting the information into your product database. ITS GUI Web Media usually offers to place a sample selection of products online for you but if your budget permits we can arrange to 'populate' the entire shop for you. The quality of product photography should not be underestimated or overlooked. In some cases the cost of professional product photography can exceed the total website design cost. This is particularly true if the images will require professional preparation and processing.
Pricing, taxes and delivery charges
When calculating prices, some products can be priced individually. In more complex cases, products might need to be priced according to attributes such as size and colour.
Different tax classes may be applicable to products. For example, some products may need to include VAT. Others may not.
Packaging and delivery charges also need to be planned very carefully, especially if selling internationally.
Maintenance, shipping and processing orders
You need to ensure that staff who will be handling the incoming orders are properly equipped and trained. They will need a modern, fast computer, full-time internet connection, e-mail software and the computer skills to process the orders.
Payment gateways and fulfilling orders
Taking orders and payments online is just the first step. You will need to be able to dispatch and deliver goods or services in a reasonable time. There is a danger of being overwhelmed if your site attracts a large number of orders before you are geared up for them.
Ensure that you have your supply (stock) and delivery (fulfilment) channels ready to go. You must know up front how you are going to source / manufacture your products and how you are going to fulfil orders. Also consider whether the shopping cart should control stock levels and how this element would integrate into existing systems within your business including accounting systems.
ITS GUI Web Media ensures that adequate training is provided for all e-commerce websites we develop. Naturally, it is in our customers interests to be able to operate their online shop with confidence - including tasks such as adding and removing products, moving / copying products between categories, adjusting prices, etc. If you would rather prefer we manage the online shop for you we can come to an agreement on management costs.
We can offer the following ecommerce services when hosting your site with us, ranging from the basic Secure Access to the top-end Ecommerce solutions:-
Secure Server Access
We can activate this for you but It is important to understand that SSL is slower than the normal HTTP protocol, since SSL requires that the data be encrypted on the server before being transmitted to the client. Therefore, you should use SSL only when collecting sensitive data, or sending sensitive data to the visitor.
Accept Credit Cards Online
WorldPay or PayPal enable thousands of businesses to accept payments on the internet, by phone, fax or mail. Credit and debit cards, bank transfers, instalments - even mobile payments. In any language and most currencies. All through one merchant account and one payment processing system.
PayPal has a strong connection to eBay and is the leader for online payments, processing in excess of $20m a day with eBay alone!
CubeCart eCommerce is a great solution for online merchants
ITS GUI Web Media uses one of the worlds best open source e-commerce solutions for our customers - CubeCart eCommerce.
Cube Cart offers a powerful and inexpensive shopping cart solution for online traders.
If you'd like to discuss our e-commerce services please don't hesitate to contact us .
