With the emergence of an increasing number of Payment processors such as Paypal, Skrill, 2Checkout gateway service, Stripe.com and Worldpay credit card services, online sales are becoming more and more elegant.
Creating sites for online sales depends on a particular business, number of items, sites, types of goods or services. Better communication at a global level, combined with a variety of billing services and developed networks of distribution and delivery companies, provides the opportunity to expand the business market because in this way your products can reach any part of the world.
WHICH PLATFORM TO CHOOSE FOR ONLINE SHOP?
There is a large number of open source platforms for online sales, from which we could extract Magento, WordPress with Woocommerce Add-on, Zen Cart, Open Cart.
Most of the needs of the owners of the Internet sites through which they are sold, these platforms are fully satisfied. If there are very specific needs, requirements that are not standard, it is always possible to execute a customized - unique solution.
The benefits of open source solutions are:
- huge support from communities that are constantly working on development,
- a large number of add-ons and themes,
- language support,
- permanent updates.
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CUSTOM ONLINE STORES
The main disadvantage may be the incompetence of the one who develops such a system and vice versa. If developers with experience working on developing this solution can be completely satisfactory. Unless enough attention is given to security vulnerabilities and unwanted bugs can occur on all functionalities.
For this reason, most of them opt for open source solutions because they have a huge community running for many years and it is very difficult for a developer or group of developers with a limited budget and time to develop a better online shop than the existing one. Certainly, there are also fantastic custom solutions for quality developers, completely adapted to both the site administrator and the end user.
BUILDING ONLINE SITE FOR SALE IN WORDPRESS
WordPress is a leading CMS (Content Management System) with incredible expansion and taking over 30% of the market of all sites as an impressive number. Created with the idea of a blog platform, year after year becomes a platform for everyone. From classic presentations, blogs, magazines, newsletters, portfolios, social networks to online shops.
The current flaws of the platform become insignificant in relation to all the advantages and speed of troubleshooting. If quality WordPress developers are working on your online sales website, be sure to have fantastic results.
A user-friendly part, great integration with social networks, add-ons such as Woocomers have caused a growing number of brands that opt for WordPress. WordPress is also our choice and we have joined the winning team.
PROCESS OF MAKING THE SITE FOR SALE
The first stage in the development of any website, including the online shop, is the taking of a precise specification of the ordering party's request, information about its business and the material that will be used for the website.
The design is the next step that is being done in consultation with the client. When a design is adopted developers encode PSD (Photoshop) design in HTML, CSS, JS. Executed HTML templates are used to implement functionality such as the CMS system, online shop functionality and all the specific functionalities that the client requires.
This is the standard workflow used, but it can be significantly enhanced by using wireframes and prototypes that give the client a clearer picture of how the end product should look and work.
Testing and quality control is a mandatory phase of publishing a web site on a production server.
HOW TO GET MONEY REACHED ON ONLINE SALES
The ability to transfer the profit you earn from selling in an easy way to the company's foreign currency account or your private account made it easier for you to do business.
The existence of payment cards such as Payoneer and Skrill, which is essentially Master Card enabled you to sell something online at the same time, you can raise money at the ATM with a minimum commission or buy directly through a card in stores without commission.
Whether you're doing business locally or globally, an online sales site will provide you with inexhaustible options.
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