We all need an income; life is pretty intense if you don’t have money and while the majority of Americans have salaried jobs, many have chosen to go down the entrepreneur avenue, which gives you freedom and independence. One popular choice is to build a shopping cart website and in this short article, we take an in-depth look at the e-commerce sector to help you plan your e-store business.
One stop for all your IT needs
The good news is, you can find all your web needs from a single provider;
An IT services company that offers the following:
- Domain name registration
- Web design & construction
- Web hosting & cyber-security
- Site administration
Your shopping cart website is your window to the digital world, therefore it should look professional, be easy to navigate and very importantly, page loading should be fast. Start by searching with Google to find a leading US provider of web services and prepare a domain name (shorter the better); the provider will check to see that your chosen URL has not been taken, then you are ready to build your shopping cart website.
Choosing a product line
Great care should be taken with choosing a product line; we advise you to do some serious market research to ensure that the products are, in fact, in demand. Another thing to bear in mind, what can you offer that other sellers cannot? Good quality is essential and by costing, you can discover what kind of mark-up there is for you. Take hi-quality images and write description text to be uploaded when the site is ready to be activated. You should forge an alliance with a leading US digital marketing agency and let them create a marketing plan.
Digital payment gateways
Of course, your customers need a range of digital payment gateways and we recommend the following:
- All major credit cards
- Direct bank transfer
- PayPal
- Bitcoin
The more payment methods you offer, the better and your site must be secure otherwise the consumer will be reluctant to enter their financial details.
Logistics
Order fulfilment is a critical aspect of e-commerce and the best way is to outsource your picking, packing and delivery to a third-party logistics (3PL) company. If you deliver your products and packaging to their warehouse, you can forward all orders and your 3PL partner does the rest.
We hope this information helps you set up your e-commerce business.
