Ecommerce Website Design Sydney

E-commerce has grown from a small niche to an online powerhouse in a very short time. According to international financial services company, JP Morgan, e-commerce revenue in 2011 will grow to $680 billion worldwide, up 18.9 percent from 2010 revenue. They further predict that global e-commerce revenue will hit an incredible $963 billion by 2013.

This means that companies, of every size, must consider e-commerce website design in their budgetary planning. The numbers really are impossible to ignore. If you’re still on the fence about whether your business needs e-commerce website design, consider these additional facts:

• 38% of people shop online once a month.
• In 2007, 20% of people don’t shop online now its only 12%. 
• Higher income earners shop online at least 3 times per month.

Corporate Interactive can help equip your business to take advantage of these lucrative figures. Our years of e-commerce website design expertise and specialised knowledge of today’s online marketplace make us the partner of choice for companies wanting to increase their revenue through e-commerce.

What to Consider for Your E-commerce Website Design

Selling products or services on the web involves having tried-and-true assets. These include:

• An appropriate, memorable URL

• Sufficient hosting and storage capacity

• A compelling ecommerce website design

• A highly-functional navigation system

• Expeditious shopping cart processes

• Seamless shipping solutions

• Bullet-proof accounting systems

• 24/7 support

These elements represent the bare-minimum for e-commerce website design. However, there are several new issues that enhance or detract from your success:

Mobile technology smartphones, web-enabled tablets– should be included in ecommerce website design.	Location-based social networks Foursquare and Gowalla will affect online sales and should be included in any ecommerce website design project.
Social Networks Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others have captured the imagination of millions of consumers, and they will continue to have a dramatic impact on online commerce. These social network sites must be taken into consideration for ecommerce website design.	Online Couponing Systems Locally-based online couponing systems, such as Scoopon and LivingSocial, have changed the way local businesses promote their goods and services and these programs should be considered in planning.

The team at Corporate Interactive is skilled in the development of each of these new features.

Nothing Happens Until Someone Visits the Site

E-commerce can only occur when shoppers stop by the website. For this reason, any e-commerce project should take into consideration the importance of search engine optimization (SEO), web analytics and reporting tools.

Corporate Interactive has a great deal of experience helping companies to meet these challenges. We are proficient in effective e-commerce web design that includes SEO strategies to build organic search rankings. These include email newsletters, product related blog posts, social network postings, and original content development and archival. These tactics and others are instrumental to high search engine visibility.

Constantly attracting new customers is a critical component to successful e-commerce sites. In order to increase website traffic count, it’s important to know where the current traffic is originating. Corporate Interactive has access to the latest and most comprehensive analytic and reporting tools to accomplish this objective.

Other E-commerce Website Design Considerations

Success of e-commerce has skyrocketed because online commerce is easily scalable, when properly designed. Since there is no physical location, reduced supply chain limitations and unlimitated hours of operation, online commerce does not have the restrictions of traditional retail. In order for this advantage to be fully realized, e-commerce web design must allow for multi-channel management and for all processes to be fully automated.

With over ten years in website design and software development, Corporate Interactive are adept at solving the numerous e-commerce challenges that businesses of all sizes might encounter. Click on Contact Us to find out how excellence in e-commerce website design can dramatically drive revenues and increase profiltablity.