eCommerce

Ecommerce, also known as electronic commerce or internet commerce, refers to the buying and selling of goods or services using the internet, and the transfer of money and data to execute these transactions.

• Shopping Cart:
  This is an integral part of any e-commerce store, the shopping cart. This is where your end consumers store their products to continue with the checkout process. A flexible cart allows both the guest user and registered user to checkout. Whereas the guest checkout does not require the user to sign up on the site, hence aiding them in making the process faster.
  
  
• Payment Gateway Integrations:
  A good eCommerce website gives you an option of integrating with diverse payment gateways by not limiting your choices to a selected few.
  
  
• Order management:
  A wholesome order management panel simplifies the task of the merchants where one can get detailed information regarding Buyer Cancellation/Refunds/COD order verification/Exchange/Order Status Update and more. The panel helps the merchant manage his order fulfillment and oversee the completion of the same.
  
  
• Security:
  This feature is one of the most important feature as it ensures that no crucial data such as credit card information is saved and for all prepaid shipments the checkout is carried out through a secure payment gateway. The passwords are hashed and not stored in a readable format. All web pages should be protected by SSL. The servers are secure and protected using state of the art services.
  
  
• Scalable Infrastructure:
  Your hosting infrastructure should be able to scale as you get more and more traffic. A higher latency leads to drops in transaction rates and leads to loss of marketing dollars. CDN should be used to improve the website’s performance and managing the products online. It also provides excellent uptime, ensuring that the website is readily available everywhere and at any time.
  
  
• Mobile compatibility:
  Great eCommerce websites usually offer three types of solutions for mobile compatibility. First is ensuring that the mobile view is responsive and properly accommodated according to the device. The WAP is a mobile specific template which optimizes the website in size and generates less loading time. API’s for building mobile apps is essential since everyone now likes to browse via phones.
  
  
• Reports:
  The reports should be available as exports which contain detailed information regarding the orders, customer database, and product reports in terms of catalogue. It is quite useful for analyzing the growth of the business. The websites should be pre-integrated with marketing tools and analytics to better market the brand and read reports about the performance of the store.
  
  
• Communications:
  Provisions to send and receive timely notifications regarding your orders are available on the panel. This way a merchant can keep his customers informed about the status of the order and receive the same via the system.
  
  
• Content Management Systems:
  Content Management System is used to manage the website content such as, Logo, banner, Footer links, Policies, and Products from the back end itself.
  
  
• Logistics integration:
  Integrating logistics services allows not only seamless shipping but also ensures that the merchant and the consumer get real time courier updates along with order tracking capability. This allows the user to manage shipments from the same panel instead of approaching the courier partners separately.