eCommerce / Shopping Cart

So you have decided to upgrade and take your business from its brick-and-mortar existence to the web? Smart choice! Buying, selling, and marketing goods and services online is a fast-growing industry of the world's leading and emerging economies. (That also means, of course, that online competition is fierce, but fear not and check out our Internet Marketing section!) The benefits of having an eCommerce (electronic commerce) website are manifold:

• low upfront cost to you, as opposed to setting up a traditional business (fewer employees, no lease or phone/utility bills, tax breaks)
• prominence: being accessible from all over the world, your business gains visibility and appeals to markets (and partnership opportunities) it wouldn't be able to reach otherwise
• unlimited store hours - a 24/7 user accessibility
• customer satisfaction and loyalty: ease of browsing as your goods/services are displayed and described in visually engaging and interactive ways; convenience of shopping in the privacy of one's home; account creation to ease transaction and allow for inventory updates and special offers
• overall increase in sales and profits

Obviously, then, a well-designed eCommerce website is a must both for business owners seeking to augment their traditional enterprise and for enterpreneurs establishing an exclusively online business. ECommerce websites are usually complex and highly customized projects, but that is why we at Alicka like them! Our eCommerce/shopping cart options include:

• shopping cart: online buying/selling, protected payment options (credit card, PayPal, etc.), shipment choice / tracking 
• customer profile storage, order history
• inventory/order tracking
• promotional coupon generation