What is an Ecommerce Website?

E-commerce is business conducted using electronic means, on the internet ecommerce is the buying and selling of goods online, in most cases individuals have a storefront website that displays products and services they offer and buyers can buy the items directly from that website, products are then shipped to the buyer, this seller are called e-retailer and you might want to tap into this money making business

Who needs an E-commerce Website?

If you are in the business of selling any kinds of tangible products, perfumes, cars, clothing, shoes, computers, books, furniture, or virtual products, like software, e-Books, computer games, etc then you are a right candidate for an ecommerce solution

What are its Benefits?

1. Increase sales - with ecommerce your buyers have the comfort for shopping at their desk in the office or at home, hence increased chances of up sales or cross sales.
2. Don’t need an office - With an ecommerce solution, you can work at home and store your products in a warehouse, example: if you ship in cloths or shoes from China.
3. Reduce Cost - You can drastically reduce the cost of marketing, knocking doors, or displaying products in a motor and brick shop, others are printing product catalogs, since customers can download them online.
4. New market - You can be able to reach new markets for your products once they are online, this could be regional or international i.e. Your located in Mombasa you can sell in kisumu or Kampala
5. Know your buyers - since your buyers have to sign up and provide contact information, you get to know you’re the demographics! i.e. Generic, female, 25 years old, income 50K Plus and interests , perfume, lingerie and shoes etc
6. Newsletter - You can use the contacts collected to update buyers on new products visa a vie calling them or visiting them.
7. Change of prices - in-case your products change prices you don’t have to re-print your catalog all over again, you can just log in and change the price
8. Reduced cost of production - For virtual goods, your cost of production is low, i.e. printing a book vs. selling a downloadable eBook, or software on a CD vs. downloading it.
9. No time Limitations - You can sell day or night, since the shop is online 24/ 7days a week!
10. Get Orders – You can list products you don’t have and give them a time line for delivery that allows you to get them from the supplier.

What are the Features?

1. Product management -Unlimited listing of products in categories, and sub categories, i.e. shoes , sports and casual wear, etc
2. Email alert for orders- Receive email alerts when a customer makes a purchase
3. Get Order reports - Get customized order reports of what products have sold
4. Product Description, - Each product is given a description for the customers to read
5. Product Image Manager - Each product has a related images, and other images can be included
6. Optional details - a product can have optional details, i.e. weight, material, color, size etc
7. Give discount on bulk - You can give discounts on bulk purchases automatically set i.e. if one buys 15 movies, then 2 are free
8. Price quote - give customer confidence by putting your price and allow for discounts on purchases
9. Search options - a customer can enter a search to get a specific good
10. Add tax and shipping - Add shipping rates, this includes DHL, UPS, Securicor etc, based on weight or distance.
11. Online payment - Let your customers pay you with Mpesa, Zap, credit cards, debit cards or cash

This are but some of the features you can get with an ecommerce solution, at ideas Africa limited we offer the following service for your online shop

1. Design and development of your ecommerce website
2. Installation and configuration of ecommerce websites
3. Data Entry for ecommerce website
4. Integrate payment solution for ecommerce websites

At this point you are probably wondering do you need an ecommerce website to boost your business sales? well if you are in retail, if you have a customer(s), if you dont have an office or cannot afford to open a stall or shop then you need an ecommerce website.

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