What is e-commerce (electronic commerce) ?
E-commerce definition: it is buying and selling of products and/or services online. It also refers to developing, marketing, selling, delivering, servicing and paying for products/services on the Internet (or, though rarely, other computer networks).
E-commerce development is a major part of our services. Our products lie at the very heart of the e-commerce revolution: the ability to take orders and accept payment over the World Wide Web. E-commerce development utilising our award winning e-commerce system offers the following excellent functionality:
Features
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E-commerce design
Works exactly the same as for any other web development, although it does take much more careful consideration due to the constrains stemming from product presentation limitations (“clean” design, ease of use for customer, navigation patterns etc.).
But apart from looking great (to the human eye) our designs always take into consideration the performance of the site! Styling, structure and even coding languages used (i.e. the infamous JavaScript!) can all influence how any particular e-commerce site will be perceived by Google and other search engines, which ultimately detarmines natural (“organic”) traffic that the e-commerce site will enjoy.
Design process: from initial contact with the client to e-commerce development sign-off our team of designers works as closely or as independently on the designs as the client finds most comfortable.
E-commerce security
We can integrate secure transaction channels into our e-commerce developments, such as Sage Payment Solutions, that provide complete debit and credit cards processing to guarantee customers’ peace of mind when they are using our client’s e-commerce sites.
Moreover, it is difficult to successfully run an e-commerce website when consumers don’t feel safe executing a transaction on your site. That’s why we sometimes recommend introducing SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificate (there are various types and payment plans to choose from) to e-commerce developments that would benefit from it.
E-commerce advantages and e-commerce disadvantages :
Benefits of e-commerce
A well built web e-commerce site can bring a wealth of benefits, facilitating and automating the e-commerce whole processes. In our e-commerce developments we offer, to name but a few:
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E-commerce drawbacks
Most commonly discussed e-commerce disadvantages are:
- Security (disclosure of financial details, security of payment, identity theft, etc.)
- Delivery issues (delay in receiving goods, transport risks, payment to delivery gap, etc.)
- Customer confidence – product description & presentation (“real product”, exaggerated product descriptions, inability to test goods, online and e-commerce scams)
- Service levels – lack of human contact (lack of or limited social experience in e-commerce)
- International legislation and taxes (e-commerce business country of origin VS customer location, diffrences in taxes and product restrictions for different countries)