Development of an online store is defined by its target audience so it can be customized to meet your special business requirements and satisfy your customers. Usability is one of the most important factors for e-commerce success.
Focusing on usability while keeping your shopper in mind, not only ensures that the online shopping experience for your customers is pleasant and intuitive, but it also lowers the possibility of shopping cart abandonment due to lack of user-friendliness and relevance.
I specialize in e-commerce design and development using open source software including osCommerce, PHP and MySQL, to create custom solutions that fit within your budget. My e-commerce development solution can help you accomplish your business objective by covering essential tasks such as product inventory management, tracking customers and orders, real-time credit card processing and much more.
The H-commerce shopping cart solution features:
Installation and Setup
- Web server configuration
- Database setup
- Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate installation
- osCommerce Online Merchant software installation and configuration
Design and Layout
- Custom designed graphical layout or integration of your own design
- Template structure implementation for easy updates and maintenance
- W3C compliant XHTML and CSS
- Support for dynamically generated pages
- Breadcrumb trail for easy site navigation
Customer and Frontend Functionality
- All orders stored in the database for fast and efficient retrieval
- Full order history and details including order status is available to the customer
- “Best Sellers” and “Related Items” display for cross promotion
- Temporary shopping cart for guests and permanent shopping cart for customers
- “Save Cart” for later functionality
- Fast and friendly quick search and advanced search features
- Product reviews for an interactive shopping experience
- Optional “Featured Products” section on your homepage
- Secure transactions with SSL
- Number of products in each category can be shown or hidden
- Customer receives confirmation emails when they place the order, and when their order’s status changes
- “Email A Friend” functionality allows customer to send a link to a product via email
Administration
- Easily manage Products, Categories, Options, Customers, Shipping, Locations, Orders and much more.
- Access to Administrator Tool from any computer with Internet connection anywhere
- Print invoices and packaging lists with your logo and business information
- Unlimited number of categories, sub-categories, products, options and images
- Publish, Edit or Remove products in real-time
- Integrated WYSIWYG HTML-Editor for products descriptions with images upload and management
- Contact customers directly via email or newsletters
- Easily backup and restore the database
- Select what products to display and in what order
- Support for static and dynamic banners with full statistics
- Add private comments to each order, or comments that the customer can also see
Payment, Gateways and Methods
- Support for offline payment processing such as cheque, money orders, etc.
- Support for various online payment processing services such PayPal, 2CheckOut, Authorize.net, Google Checkout
- Disable certain payment services based on a zone basis
Security
- Full HTTPS/SSL support for Shopping cart
- Secure HTTPS/SSL administrative access
- Encryption of passwords
- Implementation of reCaptcha for all submit forms to prevent spam
- Backup system
Shipping and Tax
- Real-time quotes from UPS, USPS, FedEx and others
- Free shipping based on amount and destination
- Add handling/freight charges
- Disable certain shipping services based on a zone basis
- Flexible tax implementation on a state and country basis
- Set different tax rates for different products
- Organize your tax settings by location
For information about getting your e-commerce store setup or adding e-commerce to your current website, contact me for more information or to get a Free Quote.