Innovative Future Web Design

Actinic have released their latest report into Ecommerce. It reveals some interesting figures regarding ecommerce which I’ve summarised below.

Essentially Ecommerce “etailer’s” now benefit from significant increases in profitability after a number of years of stability. Ecommerce is also now seen to be significantly cheaper and web designers are now being sought after to build online stores for their clients. However only one in 10 retailers has a “transactional” website (i.e. one that can take online payments) and of those retailers
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Does your businesses need a website? If your business is booming from recommendations, you can’t keep up with demand as it is and you don’t want to grow the business more or take on more staff, then you may not need a website. But for many there are any number of reasons why a website is an essential tool. That said even if you are rushed off your feet and can’t cope-perhaps you need a website even more-to save you time, take your bookings and to keep down costs.

What are the advantages of selling online? With an online store you can sell your products or services 24 hours a day using a fully automated store that accepts credit cards, customers don’t have to queue for (let alone leave home!), that doesn’t get too busy, take breaks or have health & safety or personnel issues! Unlike an office a website is never closed, or engaged, and contact details are always available whenever a customer decides they need them. Unlike a “High Street” shop-overheads, both fixed and variable, can be so much lower they’re hardly even comparable. Read the rest of this entry »