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How to Choose the right E-Commerce Solution for your business

Webika Design is a website design company, and our main specialty is ecommerce solutions. Nowadays, there are so many shopping carts available on the market that it can be very challenging to choose the right solution. All the companies say they provide the "World best solution", but who do you trust and how do you know that this is the "best solution"? Since we work with ecommerce every day, we have decided to create a little guide for people who is looking to start an ecommerce business.

There are two types of the shopping cart solutions:
a. Hosted Solution
b. Full Source Licensed Solution

Hosted solution means that you will keep all the files on company's (Solution Provider) server.

The Pros of hosted shopping cart are:

1.       Much lower price for the solution

2.       Usually very friendly back end interface

3.       Support from the company provider. Of course, the provider will not create the template for you for free, but if you run into some technical questions they will be able to help you.

The Cons of the hosted shopping cart are:

1.       Limited design options

2.       No access to the source files.

3.       Limited quantity of the products

This means that Web Design Company will not be able to change the layout of the shopping cart in the checkout process and some of the core layout elements of the shopping cart. I am not saying that it is not possible at all, but to do it the designer will need to use Javascript and CSS tricks, which on my mind is not the best option.

If you have around 100-200 products it will cost small price, if it exceeds specific amount the monthly fees will increase.

Usually monthly fees for hosted solution run in a range of $30-$120. Here are some hosted shopping carts: Volusion, Big Commerce.

If you do not have any custom requirements the hosted solution may be a good choice for your store.

If you have specific design, layout requirements Full Source Shopping cart is the best solution. First of all, when you purchase the full source license the code is owned by you. If you would like to switch to different hosting company you can easily do it and your store will not be affected by it.  Secondly, you can customize the cart anyway you need, and add unlimited quantity of the products.

The full source shopping carts run in the price range of $400 and up.  Here is the list of the full source shopping carts

Magento Commerce (Personally the best solution on the market)

• ShopSite


• CubeCart


• Agora Cart


• Zen Cart


• Os Commerce


• StoreSprite


• OpenCart


• PrestaShop


• UberCart


• VirtueMart


• Avactis


• BusinessCatalyst


• Wordpress


• MagellanCommerce


• ShopSite


• ViArt


• InterSpire


• 3dCart


• Shopify


• AsShop


• StoreFront


• ASPdotnetstorefront


• MivaMerchant


• SunShop


• Fortune3


• GoEmerchant


• I-Store


• Network Solutions


• X-Cart


• MerchandiZer Pro

Based on my experience it is expensive to go with the full source shopping cart, but on my mind it is only first impression. The hosted shopping cart monthly fees will run about $80, and to create a custom design will cost about $2,500-5,000. If you use Full source shopping cart the monthly hosting fees will cost around $40 and the design will run in about the same price as for the hosted solution. So the full source license will cost you maybe $1,000-$2,000 in the beginning, but you will save money at the end, and you will be very flexible with the design, products, etc.

If you decide to create online store, be specific with what you want. Think about your business model, expectations, etc. Remember, you are creating not only the ecommerce store; you are creating online business. Online competition is very big and you want to make sure that if the visitor comes to your store he becomes your customer. You need to allure the visitor with the design, user-friendly navigation, promotions, etc. Web Design Company will always help you to create powerful business strategy based on your clients and expectations.

Webika Design provides training after the project is completed. Ecommerce back end is very complex, but with good explanation it is very easy to navigate through and create products, categories, promotions, etc.

If you would like to talk about your online business idea please email us at  support@webika.com with your details and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you,

Constantine

About the Author

Constantine Yaremtso

Creative Director

Webika Design

Secure Ecommerce Shopping Cart


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With Shopping cart sell your product all across the world

In the last few years, a revolutionary advancement in the Information Technology has taken place. This advancement has helped it to emerge as one of the highest revenue producing fields. Today, with E-commerce web sites, we can do the buying, selling and all types of transactions over the internet. Now, we don't have to leave our homes and search the stores in order to buy certain products, we can order it from home. In this era, where time is considered as most precious thing, popularity of e-commerce is growing at a fast pace. Another factor because of which people prefer buying from the online stores is that they offer hundreds of options to buy from, on the internet. Because E-commerce saves time and provides thousand of options, it is gradually taking the shape of a global market.

Owing to its undeniable advantages, more and more companies have started developing   E-commerce sites.  Now the question arises how can we develop an E-commerce site? We can set up an E- commerce site by hiring a professional web developer. In this market we will find several fresh as well as experienced web designers which will charge affordable to high amount of money. They not only develop websites, but also write and manage content, create logos, upload pictures and keep your site updated. But if you are thinking about hiring a web developer, make sure he can develop a user-friendly and comprehensive website. Only if your website has functional features to facilitate transactions, then the customers will be able to use their credit cards for buying.

For designing an E-commerce website, a Shopping cart is essential. This in turn requires require X-Cart, software which is used in the development and modification of websites. There are a large number of X-Cart Development Companies which provide a variety of X-Cart Templates. Some of these companies also provide X-Cart Web Design Services. The skilled and talented Shopping Cart Developers employed by these companies posses thorough knowledge of the use of X-cart and are capable of providing customized services to their clients. The first thing to do while designing a website is installation of X-Cart Template. X-cart templates or X-cart skins are designed to present the products and services of a company in a user friendly way while at the same time providing visual appeal.

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CartTemplates.com is an X-Cart Development company in Canada providing services like X-cart Designs, X-cart Templates & installation, X-Cart customization & Design Integration to help the business organizations in their business growth in the online market.

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