More Than A Store
Your e-commerce site can be boldly and beautifully designed, to dynamically project your brand. Plus, do lots of other important chores.
Go Big Or Small
Your store scales up or down to fit the viewport size of whichever device the visitor is using. The site itself scales too. Build the new amazon.com or a micro store for unusual boutique products. The design is completely customizable. Your store can be incorporated into a bold and contemporary shell just like you are seeing on this page. It's also going to integrate with a range of other apps, such as high-image e-blasting. Add some boing with modal popups advertising specials. Install customer chat. Better yet, build out a detailed and useful customer service section of the site. Allow customers to join as site members and receive store-wide discounts. What can you imagine? We can do that.
Enough about us, though. We'd really love to hear all about you and your exciting new Internet project.
It's not unusual for new clients to come to the table knowing pretty much what they want. That's cool.
Give yourself a present by investing in a polished, professional website today. It's the gift that keeps on giving.
We are fluent in the two leading open-source website construction systems for small business.
Your store scales up or down to fit the viewport size of whichever device the visitor is using. The site itself scales too. Build the new amazon.com or a micro store for unusual boutique products. The design is completely customizable. Your store can be incorporated into a bold and contemporary shell just like you are seeing on this page. It's also going to integrate with a range of other apps, such as high-image e-blasting. Add some boing with modal popups advertising specials. Install customer chat. Better yet, build out a detailed and useful customer service section of the site. Allow customers to join as site members and receive store-wide discounts. What can you imagine? We can do that.
Go Big Or Small
Go Big Or Small
Your store scales up or down to fit the viewport size of whichever device the visitor is using. The site itself scales too. Build the new amazon.com or a micro store for unusual boutique products. The design is completely customizable. Your store can be incorporated into a bold and contemporary shell just like you are seeing on this page. It's also going to integrate with a range of other apps, such as high-image e-blasting. Add some boing with modal popups advertising specials. Install customer chat. Better yet, build out a detailed and useful customer service section of the site. Allow customers to join as site members and receive store-wide discounts. What can you imagine? We can do that.
the nitty gritty
All you know is that you need a nice website because the old one sucks; or you've never even had one. It just has to work. You don't care how we're going to make it. But, for those relatively few clients who do care, see below. Maybe you're particular about the technology, and even have a preferred platform.
extendable open-sourced workhorses
These full-featured custom websites do a lot more than just sell. Your store can be the star, or a supporting player. You're investing in a powerful, extendable, customizable, all-around performer. Which can become many other things besides a storefront.
Based on the WordPress content management system, this feature-packed, affordable app has thought of everything. Worldwide, WooCommerce is the most popular way to achieve a custom-designed e-commerce site. More than 5 million installations and counting. Used by more than one-third of all e-commerce sites. The core application is free, but to get the most out of it you'll be installing a la carte paid plugins. Those annual license fees typically cost several hundred bucks. But, you only buy the mojo you need.
HikaShop is Joomla's answer to WooCommerce. You haven't heard of it, but it holds an edge in a number of ways. In one click, add a complete store to your website, ready to go, nothing more to plug in, 100+ payment options included. Out of the box, sell internationally. Setup goes fast. Controls are simple and intuitive. Core functions included in the basic Business package ($100EU a year) will suffice for the vast majority of customers. The company provides excellent support, unlike WooCommerce (which offers none).
econo solutions
proprietary-sourced turnkey all-in-ones
These all-in-one, hosted, DIY website builders for e-commerce get the job done economically. A good option for those willing to compromise on functionality and custom design. You're limited to whatever apps the company's closed ecosystem contains. Customization potential is limited. On the plus side, there usually are no upfront fees. You just pay a predictable monthly service charge - albeit forever. The drag-and-drop layout and the control panel are intuitive and coding-free. The company handles the hosting and all the other technical stuff, turnkey. Our breadth of experience equips us to work with any DIY platform you like. These are merely four of the most popular. Call for a quote today.
The most robust and full-featured template-based system. Also the priciest, depending on the scope of your project. Seamlessly combines your e-commerce website hosting, product and order management tools, digital marketing and multichannel sales. Includes a retail point of sale ("POS"), that supports in-store sales if you want an integrated online and in-store sales solution. The company claims more than 800,000 installations. Enterprise plans start at $79 a month.
Offers a suite of basic, user-friendly e-commerce tools and a selection of 40 sleek templates. Popular for influencer sites thanks to its built-in blogging tools. Sell hard goods or digital products. Also sell services and offer online bookings. Market your own creative work. Promote events, send invites, take reservations and RSVPs and sell tickets online. Sell via Instagram. Includes a decent, feature-packed, integrated email marketing system. Pricing starts at $30 a month.
Most beginner-friendly option. A step down in functionality, but super-simple and coding-free. Select from 500 templates. Sell one, a few or entire collections of products. Set up a subscription-based, multimedia website. Market special events and sell tickets. Sell your creative work including original music. Comes with simple built-in blog and integrations which include e-blast and social media. Most popular plan costs $49 a month with enterprise upgrade options.
Upstart contender takes on Shopify. More feature-rich than the rest of the pack. You will probably want to add a commercial theme; they start at $149. Has the widest choice of payment gateways. Yet, zero transaction fees. Sales channel support includes Facebook, Pinterest, eBay, Amazon and Square POS. Add products via multiple methods. Easily import video. Better layout/formatting options than most DIY builders. Their most popular “Plus” plan starts at $80 a month.
"Hey, what about Magento?" You don't see it here because this professional product from Adobe is for major regional/national/international e-tailers who employ teams of in-house developers and security professionals.
don't do it!
There's an ax murderer behind that door. But, instead of chopping you into little pieces, he's going to force you to spend big bucks to harden your small-business e-commerce website. Which maybe is worse.
"PCI" stands for Payment Card Industry. The deceptively simple little moniker refers to a vast, hi-tech private regulatory system created by the Big Three credit card companies.
The system dictates ultra-secure hosting of your e-commerce site. If your bank considers you a high risk, they may force you to go through the dreaded compliance process.
It doesn't happen a lot, fortunately. But, when it does, it can be onerous, confusing and expensive. Hire us to help you survive it.
No two projects are alike. So, no two projects cost the same. However, you can find some ballpark numbers on our pricing page. Due to their complexity, e-commerce sites of any size generally fall into our two upper price ranges: Midsizer/Enterprise.
