If your customers have a smartphone then odds are that they’re already shopping online and actively using eCommerce websites. eCommerce or online shopping is a market that helps small and large businesses alike. Whether you’re just a start-up or an already established business, there is no reason for you to hold your business back by delaying this step.
eCommerce Solutions
Businesses gain tremendous benefits from switching to eCommerce. Having an online shop lets you use modern marketing strategies that focus on internet advertisements targeted at specific niche demographics. Meaning that your ads are served to people who are already interested in your products. This drives up sales and maximises the return on investment from your marketing expenses. Not to mention the quality of life improvements that your customers reap the benefits of. Being able to purchase their favourite products form the comfort of their home, who doesn’t want that?
Benefits of using a digital storefront surely do not stop with that!
Realtime inventory management
eCommerce software provide inventory management services that update your stock data in realtime as customers purchase and add items to their carts.
Sales and customer analysis
Track spending habits of your customers and keep an eye on your profits and costs of conducting business. Make knowledgable decisions for your business.
Modern marketing opportunities
Marketing strategies in this age and time demand that you have a presence online. Without an online store, your product is deemed to be unmarketable online.
Products and services of all kinds
Online stores are useful for more than just selling products. Your products can also be more than just physical goods.
Physical goods
Integrate inventory management systems into your online store to sell physical items
Digital downloads
Sell licenses and digital files of art, paintings, or software through an online store.
Regular subscriptions
Charge your customers a regular fee for your services or for a monthly catered gift box.
Choose your eCommerce software
There is no need to reinvent the wheel. Someone else has already perfected the design and is offering it to you for free. There are countless eCommerce solutions out there and we provide set up services and hosting for almost all of them. Without wasting any more of your time, let’s guide you through this process.
Shopify
- Ease of setup
- Upfront Cost
- Customizability
Shopify charges a monthly fee. Using the integrated payment methods cost a percentage of your transaction. Plugins and themes can get expensive.
Shopfiy is one of the most popular eCommerce platforms out there, partly because of the fact that it requires almost no technical knowledge to set up. You can start an online store within a few hours. Shopfiy also provides fully integrated payment systems, although they do charge a per-transaction fee if you use their payment systems.
For startups that are looking to minimize their initial costs, it’s an excellent idea to start up your shop with Shopify.
Magento
- Ease of setup
- Upfront Cost
- Customizability
Magento is open source, it needs to be set up and hosted on a server, extensions and themes will cost you. Needs development.
Magento is perhaps one of the most powerful but also the most expensive eCommerce solution to set up. At the same time though, it offers the most customizability out of any eCommerce platform out there. If you can think of a feature then it can probably be implemented in your Magento store.
However due to the overhead costs, it’s not advised that new startups use Magento and even established businesses should think twice before making the switch.
WooCommerce
- Ease of setup
- Upfront Cost
- Customizability
WooCommerce is a free WordPress plugin that lets you set up an online store using the robust basic infrastructure that WordPress provides. One of the quickest ways to start an eCommerce store with minimal costs but all the features that you can dream of. Provided that you are willing to purchase premium plugins or pay a developer.
We recommend a WordPress WooCommerce installation to all new startups because there really isn’t any need to reinvent the wheel, is there?
Still not sure? Let us pick the best eCommerce solution for you!
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Integrated payment methods of your choice
Depending on where your customers are, you may need to implement payment methods that are local to your country. We will figure out the technicalities for you so you don’t have to.
Local payment methods for Pakistan
Many countries have local payment methods that are cheaper alternatives to the international standards. We will help you integrate the payment method of your choice into your platform.
- HBL Internet Payment Gateway
- EasyPay – easypaisa (Telenor)
- Feel free to reach out to us for implementations of any other gateways