As Alicia pointed out in her blog "Boost sales, customer satisfaction with a professional website" a little while ago, high street retailers are having a tough time and the finger of blame is often pointed at customers shopping online instead of supporting their local businesses.
It doesn’t have to be this way though. At Indulge we believe that anyone can be an online retailer, even on a small budget. We highly recommend using Shopify as the e-commerce platform for online stores because it’s cost effective, has a number of great features and makes managing stock and orders easy.
Shopify is a powerful, fully featured e-commerce platform and is used by over 25000 online stores. It includes e-commerce web hosting and has a wide range of professional features. More information on Shopify can be found at www.shopify.com.
Key Features
- Brandable design templates for mobile, tablet and desktop devices
- Secure shopping cart including payment integration with all major payment providers
- Advanced eCommerce analytics and Google Analytics integration for sales reports and tracking website visits
- Flexible product creation system with product categories
- Wide range of apps that can be used to extend the functionality of your store
- Discount code coupon engine
The administration system is intuitive and easy to use, giving you more time to focus on managing customer relations and making sales.
Here is an example of an online shop for the Bristol based company Architectural Decor. This is the latest Shopify project to be added into the Indulge Media portfolio and we have a couple more in the pipeline too.
Consumers are increasingly using their mobile devices to shop online. Happily, Shopify also works on mobile devices making retailers accessible to their customers wherever and whenever they might be.
