E-Commerce - Shopping Carts
Selling your services and/or products online can be a very profitable venture. However, it is critical that your developer understands marketing methodologies to guide the user to purchase from you. Idea Design offers professional copywriting services to write persuasive ad copy to guide the user to purchase.
There are several types of e-commerce sites available. The entry level for a few products can start with PayPal. Full merchant accounts are full featured shopping carts that can be hosted and sercured by the merchant services provider or can be hosted on your own secure site.
Our shopping carts (other than PayPal) offer a wide range of administrative features. You can add your own products, prices, specials, featured products, shipping calculations and much more from a web browser! We offer maintance plans but for quick editing you have the flexibility to do it in house.
A successful e-commerce site is more than just sales. An effective e-commerce marketing plan tracks results and evaluates visitor habits and traffic patterns. Idea Design provides the vehicles to accomplish these tasks and secure your long-term success.
Cart Types
PayPal: The most cost effective is PayPal and recommended for merchants with limited items. Orders are processed on PayPals secure server. Orders are managed on their site via your account.
Easy Cart Solution: Only a bit more than PayPal but no PayPal account needed. More like a traditional shopping cart. Again, this cart is on a secure SSL-sever (offsite) where all secure information and order processing occurs. A sample can be seen here: Shopping cart sample This cart has management tools on the services server. Credit card fees vary depending on the products sold. Call for rate conmparisons.
Full Cart: A custom cart for unlimited items. Usually uses a database to store product info. Back end administration that you can manage. You can also add and remove your own items. Your site will need to be secure.
To begin the process and get a quote for your new and effective web site, take the first step and send us this questionnaire. We will be happy to recommend one of our pages or a custom package.