Design and software development solutions for e-commerce are prevalent, so it’s important that you find one to begin with that is solid long term. Online sales are a quarter of a trillion annually, so people are ordering online at increasing rates. The internet provides a marketplace that is great locally but can mean big business on the national stage.

Depending on your market, you may find that traditional walk-in stores are no longer worth the hassle and it’s all about ecommerce. One thing is for sure, there is money to be made in a variety of niches through e-commerce.

How you can find your E-Commerce Developer

If you are looking for a quality Ecommerce web design and developer, you need to find someone who understands that customers will need to find your products easily. Once someone comes to the website, they will want to buy a product within a few clicks. Setting a ‘click limit’ is not a bad idea. Let’s say you’ve set up your website well for SEO and are getting a lot of hits for certain product page. If someone lands on page with a product they just searched for, they should be able to add that product and go directly to the checkout page. There are other variables to consider but in general, the less clicks the better. If you find some of your products are popular or maybe you have a high inventory of some and need to sell them, feature them on the home page, as this will get the most traffic. Again, allow customers to be able to add that product to the shopping cart from the home page.

What to ask

• Find out what software and interface the developer uses. With new products coming and updates will be needed, so figure out how easily you are he can handle this.
• Figure out what security system will be used. This is essential to building trust with customers.
• Ask for examples of past work.
• Make sure the developer will be available to make changes or if something should go wrong, if that person will be able to make it live again. Downtime can kill sales and trust with clients.