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Affordable Ecommerce Solutions for your Web site
Would you like to sell your products or services on the Web?
AmandaMarks has a two-fold approach to affordable ecommerce solutions: first to educate you on what's actually involved with setting up an ecommerce enabled Web site and second to provide you with a choice of affordable ecommerce solutions that are right for your needs.
AmandaMarks can provide ecommerce consultation to local and distance clients. Local clients can take advantage of a morning information session right in their place of business, while distance clients can obtain answers to their questions via the Internet or telephone.
Providing affordable ecommerce solutions for your Web site or online store:
- Shopping cart setup for manual credit card order processing
- Shopping cart setup for real time credit card order processing
- Database-driven shopping cart installation, setup and customization
Depending on your needs, AmandaMarks can develop a strictly hard coded site whereby each shopping cart item is separately coded into the site (suitable for small online stores with few products or services for sale), or a dynamic shopping cart with your inventory and ecommerce data tracked by a database. The latter option is more suitable for larger ecommerce sites that may have a frequently changing inventory requiring the online store to be updated automatically.
What's the advantage of a database-drive shopping cart?
The great advantage to having a database-driven shopping cart for your online store is that you are in control of updating your inventory when it's convenient for you, so you really are receiving an affordable ecommerce solution. Well developed shopping carts allow you to add, edit and delete products by using an admin panel, so you'll need to know practically no HTML and you can save $$ on the ongoing time required to maintain an online store. A good shopping cart will provide extra features including by not limited to:
- an easy to use frontend, where you'll perform all updates
products listed by category, manufacturer or another method that's applicable to your online store- a wishlist feature that your online shoppers can enjoy
- product promotions so you can build seasonal sales, customer appreciation days and other events right into your online store
- product discount codes that are date activated and deactivated
- inventory tracking so you and your shoppers will know if an item is out of stock
- order tracking and notification.
What about custom ecommerce solutions?
AmandaMarks does not provide custom ecommerce solutions. Although some online stores may need this level of flexibility, experience has shown that the majority of online stores require three key things to be successful: 1) a reliable, database-driven shopping cart, 2) built-in features that keep track of important data and make the online shopping experience more enjoyable, 3) flexible handling of shipping and tax scenarios.
We use reliable open source or affordable licensed-based shopping cart systems that have been industry tested. The most affordable ecommerce solution is one that does not reinvent the wheel. Why pay for custom programming when it can be more strategic to pay for ecommerce consultation (so you know what's being done and how it all works), installation and configuration of a trusted open source system that has a proven track record, and lastly, the customization of your shopping cart so that your online shoppers will enjoy a seamless shopping experience with all pages and features customized to fit into your online branding strategy.
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