e-Commerce (Online Large-Screen) Website
(database-driven example)
This is an example of functionality for an e-Commerce website interface utilizing a database engine for products, with a custom CSS interface template. We can support flash, gif, php, QuickTime, etc., with some limitations. For us it’s important to have an absolutely clear understanding of the logistic format and graphic look you’d like before we start.
WEBSITE HOSTING—COST-EFFECTIVE
Hosting costs from $29/month to $200+ — depending on the number of product skus on the site, ranging from 0 to unlimited. We have very low-cost monthly hosting solutions to recommend, even without fee or % charges per sale, and bandwidth charges won’t even apply until a very higher amount starts being used. It may require a designated server when a certain volume of transactions/traffic/bandwidth is reached. Requires a merchant account, SSL (Secure Socket Layer) Certificate for safe online purchases, and a shipping account with major shipping carriers of your choice (FedEx, UPS, DHL, USPS, and many others). Other options without a merchant account are also available for processing credit card payments.
INTEGRATED INVENTORY CONTROL & BOOKKEEPING
We can integrate your bookkeeping and inventory control in your e-Commerce site with QuickBooks and other accounting software—even triggering automatic re-ordering from your vendor’s PO when their order point is again reached in inventory. The system maintains an accurate inventory based on all transactions—whether they occur online or at a physical store location. You can even have multiple warehouses and still maintain one matching inventory that can be accessed from your website (eliminating inaccurate inventory and back orders to customers). Your computer itself (located inside your physical store) can also be used as a cash register at any of your locations—always maintaining a single, matching inventory (protected with individual private log-ins). You can even process orders when away from your office, through secure private logins to your website.
Inventory and sales results can be monitored by the management and sales groups online, and exported or reviewed within other external databases, CRM systems, custom Excel spreadsheets and in custom reports—to keep track of sales of each type of item. You’ll know which products are performing best and when.
GETTING STARTED
Programming/scripting and visual content per separate quote—from $500+, depending on the interface and site’s complexity and our/your internal resources/personnel involvement. Updates can be made within your organization. We’ll train you to update and maintain the site. We believe in active participation, making sites better and more current. We make it easy for you. No web design knowhow is required by your internal personnel. We also offer different levels of support: Setup, Training and Maintaining—on a fixed monthly retainer or hourly basis.
To make a custom web interface we need several meetings with you to understand exactly how you want your site to look and function. Your and our imagination and the budget are the only limitations. This can include home page graphics and design, category graphics, slide shows, animations, video streaming and playing, photo gallery, product display options, product zoom views, alternative views of products, and other additional informational web pages.
YOUR PRODUCT PHOTOS & GRAPHICS
To modify a template and have a professional look we need to have access to professional quality visual materials or develop the necessary materials—photographs, transparencies, or digital files—@ the required resolution, or do product photo shots for you.
We offer aggressively priced, professional product photography—traditional, digital and even fiber optic digital micro staging for small items such as jewelry and technical components (certain requirements may apply). Ask about our onsite pro studio setup at your location. We can also arrange for professional studio access for large subject shoots such as cars, furniture, machines, large sites/scenes, buildings, etc. 3D and Virtual Reality (VR) options are also available.
We also offer Pro Scitex scanning of transparencies and reflectives. If you have materials on file, transparencies, or illustrations of products (Reflective art, Bluelines, X-rays, CAT-scans), we can extrapolate out suitable files or create virtual renderings from them.
If you need visualization, we can create this as well—traditional drawings, computer drawings, 3D CAD drawings, architectural renderings, animations, etc. We also work with numerous talented associates having various unique styles and skills, with market-adapted pricing.
GET FOUND ON THE WEB—SEO & SEM (Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing)
We want to help your website and products get found on the internet so you’ll have good sales results. So we help you develop valuable keywords, descriptions and meta tags. We assist you in your site submissions to the key search engine databases so they know you exist. We help you track, analyze and revise keywords for improving ongoing customer reach. We optimize your website for Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Our professionals help you through this process.
Beyond the low-cost establishment of your website in the major search engines, we can also help you, when you are ready, with a variety of ways to market your website with paid advertising—Search Engine Marketing (SEM). However, before you start spending additional dollars, we can first help you create online marketing campaigns from right within your own website, which you can send out to customers and potential customers. These can include coupon promos, newsletters with discounts that link viewers right back to your site, and more. Get started with these campaigns right away, at no cost to you! Then start expanding into more in-depth web advertising—and get your site ranked higher and higher.
REACH YOUR CUSTOMERS WHEREVER THEY GO—EVEN ON THEIR MOBILE PHONE AND DEVICES
We offer a Complete Web Solution including a MOBILE m-Commerce website in addition to your ONLINE e-COMMERCE website.
Let your customers see and buy your products on their mobile cell phone or device—wherever they are! We can create a mobile version of your online website (an m-Commerce of your e-Commerce site) as part of the complete package! They’ll be able to see the products, prices, features, descriptions, tech specs, or anything you’d like them to see. They can select style, size, color, quantity or other choices and use the secure shopping cart to make a purchase. A walking retail store!
SOCIAL NETWORK PRESENCE ESTABLISHMENT & EXPANSION
Once your corporate identity and look has been established in your Online e-Commerce website and m-Commerce website, we will create a matching facebook and Twitter page for you which point customers back to your site. This can include always-updated special promos that entice visitors. We’ll even train you on how to update these promotions yourself. We’ll train you to create discounts and coupons you can reference on these pages to encourage buys. Keep connected and spread the good news about your products virally.
CHAT LIVE WITH POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS TO CONVINCE THEM TO BUY!
You can use the Live Chat feature that gives a visitor the opportunity to talk directly with your salesperson if they click YES. They may need an answer about the product before deciding to buy. You can be right there to help them, just as if they were standing in your physical store. You can show visitors you personally care and are available to help them. You can explain available discounts, or even create, right on the spot, a special coupon they can use to make their purchase! The system allows for ultimate customer contact!
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) INCLUDED
Keep track of all your customers in your CRM system within your website. Add potential customers’ email addresses and other contact information, so when you send out marketing messages and promotions, you’ll reach these people.
MANAGE HOW YOUR SITE IS ACCESSED AND CHANGED
You assign all access privileges to your site, from system administrators to the main system administrator. You can give Resellers of your products private access to certain parts of the site, with variable pricing they can offer to customers. You can confidentially set up salespeople with differing % commissions as products are sold, depending on their sales volume. You can add vendor part #s in the system and relate them to your own special part #. For the best discounts, have customers log in the next time they come back to the site. You control all access and can change it at any time, ensuring ongoing security when personnel changes occur.
CALL US NOW TO MEET AND TALK ABOUT THIS COMPLETE SOLUTION AND HOW IT CAN HELP YOUR BUSINESS!
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