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Ecommerce Development South Africa

 

Professionals in E-commerce Web Development in South Africa

If you're looking for an easy quick way to sell your products online..

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E-commerce is the future of your business:

Yesteryears’ retail stores are fast becoming an extinct species, having vestiges in the memories of seniors! Yes, the way trading on the Internet, credit card payment and virtual shopping carts are finding their way in the hearts of today’s tech-savvy generation, it is only normal for one to notice the pace at which e-commerce solutions today are serving businesses worldwide. Therefore, the need of the hour is a dynamic web design and development company that serves diverse products with exclusive e-commerce website design and custom software development.

E-Commerce is generally thought of as the ability for a website to accept and process credit cards in exchange for goods or services. ECommerce is also sometimes thought of as conducting business over the Web. In the more traditional sense, e-commerce deals with both accepting and processing credit cards where e-commerce software lists prices for products or services, includes a shopping cart and the ability to accept personal information and credit card information.

EPNET understand E-commerce and developing ecommerce shopping carts.

It takes more than good design to develop an ecommerce web site.  There are two options that are available to you for your ecommerce development:

Option 1: You can purchase a complete ecommerce shopping cart ready made.

Option 2: You can have an ecommerce shopping cart developed for you.

Option 1 explained: It is very tempting to purchase a ready made ecommerce package for use on your website a good system will give you the opportunity and flexibility to do want you want to do. 

The restrictions to "packaged" ecommerce web site designs and development means that if you want to add a new product category, it may not let you do this, if you want to add VAT or freight charges you may not be able to. There are many requirements that you will want to fulfil, some of which will not be immediately apparent when you purchase a ready made ecommerce package. Your company requirements for selling on-line, your product categories, your tax or freight charges that an off-the-shelf package may never satisfy.

Epnet have joined forces with an e-commerce partner who has developed shopping carts for the last six years and has refined a very flexible, yet sophisticated system that takes into account many different scenarios and has proved easy to use. The website examples below have used this system to great advantage.

The three biggest advantages of our system is FAST development (only three weeks to design and develop), proven system stability and our full service training and support on the administration system which you control.

  Option 2 explained: Ecommerce or selling off your web site is a serious business. You need to ensure that everything is in place and that your website is secure. These factors are the essential components for a well organised ecommerce online store:
 
  • Administration system - enables editing of products, prices, product categories as well as enhancements, special offers, freight charges, taxes, newsletters to customers etc.


  • E-commerce store front to the public, must be easy to use.


  • SSL - Security certificate to ensure that customer information including credit card details remain secure.


  • Communications - ensure that you are notified upon making a sale.


  • Technical people who are able to monitor the website and make adjustments, as required as well as ensure high search engine placement for your e-commerce store.
   
 
  • No software installation required (just a web browser) a feature-rich shopping cart
  • Web-based administration
  • Software updates, patches and maintenance
  • Built-in WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor for creating and editing your own informational pages.
  • No technical expertise required. (if you can browse the web, then you can use our software)
  ecommerce shopping cart solutionsEducational Toys is a new ecommerce website we are developing and will be launched shortly. Customers are able to browse the online shop and select products that they wish to purchase directly off the website.

A full administration system is available for the client who is able to update products and prices, including export orders to Excel and import products from Excel, just some of the features from the shopping cart administration section of the website.

All credit card payments (customer orders not credit card details for security reasons) are saved on the system and complete customer details can be viewed. Orders confirmed and reports provided as and when required.

The client is able to add a Special Offers, write news articles, new content pages and keep communicating with his market. Perfect for people who are serious about a shopping cart ecommerce solution in South Africa.

 

Complete control of your e-commerce online store. Just some of the Administration System features of the EPNET Commerce Solution:

Marketing Products Orders
  • Manage home page content
  • Manage featured products
  • Manage best sellers
  • Manage new arrivals
  • Manage specials
  • Manage Cross Selling
  • Manage Coupons
  • Manage Gift Certificates
  • Quantity Discounts by Product
  • Quantity Discounts by
  • Category
  • Generate Store Map
  • Add New Product
  • Locate Product
  • Import Products
  • Manage Categories
  • Add New Category
  • Manage Brands
  • Manage Product
  • Reviews
  • Manage Suppliers
  • Manage Drop-Shippers
  • Update Product Prices
  • Update Inventory Levels
  • Locate an Order
  • View all Orders
  • View Orders by Customer
  • View Incomplete Orders
  • Batch Process Orders
  • Batch Ship Orders
  • Help Desk
Security / SSL
  • Full HTTPS/SSL support
  • Secure HTTPS/SSL administrative access (optional)
  • Password-protected administrative access
  • Encrypted customer data
Settings Reports Customers
  • Store Settings
  • Display Settings
  • Checkout Options
  • E-mail Settings
  • Edit Store Buttons
  • Upload Images
  • Manage Blackout Dates
  • Manage Gift Wrapping
  • Manage Gift Registries
  • Manage Gift Certificates
  • Manage Help Desk
  • Manage Content Pages
  • Manage Countries
  • Manages Taxes VAT
  • Security Settings
  • View Sales Reports
  • Data Export
View a sales report by...
  • Date
  • Product
  • Affiliate
  • Discount code used
  • Referrer
  • Payment type
  • Top products or customers
  • Export sales data
  • Locate a Customer
  • Add New Customer
  • Manage Pricing Categories
  • Place Order
  • Import Customers
  • Newsletter Wizard
 

Epnet shopping cart systems - Fast development, design, hosting and setup.

Whatever you are selling online we provide solutions from shopping for computer stores, shopping carts for cameras, online shopping for books, DVD sales shopping carts, educational materials ecommerce shopping, clothing stores ecommerce solutions, musical instruments carts, and other commerce solutions for anything you want to sell online! 

Electronic Commerce, commonly known as (electronic marketing) e-commerce or eCommerce, consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. The amount of trade conducted electronically has grown extraordinarily in South Africa with widespread Internet usage and is set to continue to grow as it is very convenient for customers.

 

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