eCommerce Website Development
All
good things must make their way online. Let's be honest, if you're
not
online to many people, you don't exist. Todays customer is highly educated
on product choices. He compares prices, she checks out shipping
costs,
and if you're a favorite household site, you earn the privilege of a "bookmark."
eCommerce website design takes your product or service outside your store and places it in front of millions of people. The cost of creating and maintaining an online site is peanuts compared to the vast expenses of brick-and-mortar establishments. All you need in the virtual world is a great product or service, and the right ecommerce website development tools to make your business boom.
So what exactly do you need? So glad you asked.
- A website for your store or service, of course ...preferably one you can maintain and update yourself with your most recent information.
- A way to mange it yourself and this means you'll need some sort of e-Commerce website design that incorporates a content management system with tools that let you make changes yourself.
- a merchant account
- a payment gateway
- a shopping cart
The MaryDesigns Solution
At
MaryDesigns® we have our own content
management solution and it allows customers to have the custom eCommerce
website design they need at a very affordable price. You see,
in mid 2004 we realized that if we were going to be able to really help
small/medium sized companies successfully sell their products and services
on the web, we needed a way for them to affordably manage their
own eCommerce websites and products.
Keep the Money Honey!
Why would you spend more money than you have to to get an eCommerce website jazzed up with bells and whistles that you don't need? Granted, some eCommerce websites need to have their own merchant accounts, SSL certificates, and gateways with specialized shopping carts, but MANY online businesses don't need all that or the extra expense.
Our "ideal" solution at MaryDesigns® involves Paypal®. Yes, Paypal®. And no, you don't have to have a PayPal® account to buy from a merchant using Paypal®.
PayPal® offers eCommerce websites the ability to accept the same credit cards other eCommerce websites take without the monthly fees! Using PayPal® you can run your eCommerce website and pay a minimal transaction fee only when you actually sell something.
PayPal® offers you:
- Affordability by accepting payments from major credit cards cost-effectively, with no setup or monthly fees, and low transaction fees
- Security by having an industry-leading fraud prevention system and effective risk management models.
- A free business account in minutes, and access to the PayPal® suite of convenient eCommerce merchant tools
- Ability to reach people globally within a network of over 50 million accounts in 45 countries, and payments in five currencies.
MaryDesigns®, PayPal® and MDcms give you the tools you need to fully and effectively manage your online business.