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Ecommerce Websites: What are the most important considerations to ensure success?
- Start with a good business plan – have a good understanding of what success looks like. For instance, it’s important to be able to answer the following questions:
- How much revenue and profit do you want to generate each month from my ecommerce webiste?
- What are your monthly sales targets? What percentage is from online sales?
- Who is your target market? Why do they want to work with you? How do you differentiate yourself from your competitors?
- How many people will come to your site and what percentage will buy your products or services?
- A good plan is the foundation of any successful ecommerce project
How to set-up an online store
The following list identifies the basic steps to setting up an online ecommerce store. To learn more contact us
- Online cart program – you’ll need an ecommerce platform. Fortunately, there are lots of choices depending upon your specific needs, goal and objectives.
- Online Security – you need to secure all the appropriate pages within your ecommerce site.
- Accepting payment – you need a way to accept payments from your customers (i.e. credit card, cheque, PayPal etc).
- Sales reports – you’ll need to know what you sold, how much money you’re making on a daily basis (profitability), what’s left in your inventory etc.
- Returns and complaints – you need to have a system to manage returns and customer complaints.
- Online customer service – you need a way to ensure and measure customer satisfaction with your service and product.
