E-Commerce Website Development

Types of E-Commerce Websites

There are three types of e-commerce:  business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C), and consumer-to-consumer (C2C).

Business-to-Business (B2B): the most profitable form of e-commerce, allows businesses to buy and sell products and services and it is particularly used for high-volume transactions. 


Business-to-Consumer (B2C): When someone goes online and buys movie or concert tickets, a new jacket, and even a car, among other things, they are engaging in B2C e-commerce with a business.

 
Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C): C2C e-commerce is most identified with eBay. 

 

Maintain your website with Content Management System (CMS)

E-commerce websites are powered by CMS a web browser-based application that includes:

  • Shopping cart software with order processing and shipping management
  • Email subscription and marketing tools
  • The ability to add unlimited products, pages, images, and files
  • An easy-to-use content editor for easy content updates
  • Photo gallery and interactive form publishing tools
  • Secure client login
  • Site performance statistics
     
What you need to accept payments through your e-commerce website
  • A payment gateway to accept credit card and electronic check payments
  • An SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate to enable secure transactions and to help your customers confirm that you are a trustworthy merchant


Features

  • Page Content Management and Publishing
    Web content management system is design to make creating and managing web content simple.  Anyone in your organization with minimal computer experience can be trained to confidently maintain your website using our built-in WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) content editing technology.
     
  • Product Management and E-Commerce Software (Shopping Cart Software)
    Selling products, services, or subscriptions online demands an e-commerce system that is trustworthy, reliable, and secure. E-commerce’s CMS automatically processes transactions, securely handles customer information, and allows you to accurately manage order fulfillment with its integrated workflow technology.

  • Data Capture and Management
    Information is everything, especially information that’s useful to your business.  Data capture involves enabling your website to collect voluntary information from visitors and customers and storing that information according to your needs.  Points of data capture include web forms (e.g., service request forms), subscription sign-up utilities, and membership applications.
  • Email Marketing
    Periodical newsletters with useful articles and special offers are excellent tools to keep your customers interested in and aware of your products or services. Email marketing allows you to target specific groups of customers within your opt-in subscription database with email newsletters that guide them back to your website.

  • File Management
    Consolidating and sharing your files has never been easier. Web content management system features a universal file management system that lets you upload, organize (by folder), retrieve, and publish your images, documents, videos, and flash files.  An integrated metadata search mechanism makes managing your assets straightforward.

  • Site Performance Statistics
    Optimizing your website to increase traffic and convert visitors to customers is easier if you know where you stand.  Our site performance software shows you detailed traffic statistics, including daily, weekly, and monthly totals of hits, unique visitors, and page loads

  • Secure Administrative User Accounts
    You can access your web content management system securely online with a username and password.  Within the web content management software’s administration section, you can create additional administrative user accounts for others in your organization as well as set each account’s access level.  In other words, you control what your employees can see and do within the web content management system.

  • Simple and Advanced Searching Mechanisms
    The web content management system is navigated by browsing category options (by task; e.g., “Add a New Page”) or by searching and filtering.  The searching capabilities are as simple and advanced as necessary allowing you and your staff to locate and use information quickly.