Web design for small business and charities in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Selling online with Enterprise Design

Why is selling online on the increase?

The opportunities to sell or offer services online continues to increase, as more and more people have access to the Internet.

For many people, looking on the Internet is their first reaction when faced with a purchasing decision.

Use of the Internet is constantly increasing, so the simple fact is, it pays to sell or provide services online.

"Research indicates that many consumers use the internet to window shop - to research and browse before they buy from local merchants" said Patrick Marshall, group vice president of Superpages' parent company Verizon Information Services.

Online retail spending in the UK in 2006 grew by 33.4 per cent to a record £10.9bn, excluding spending on services such as flights, tickets and insurance and business expenditure. This is almost 13 times faster than the retail sector overall. The figures mean that over £1 of every extra £3 spent on retail in 2006, in the UK, was claimed by an online retailer.

By 2011 the typical spend of an online shopper will grow to £1,056 a year, up from £606 last year. The 'clothing and footwear', 'DIY and gardening' and 'food and grocery' sectors are achieving the fastest growth.

Ian Williams, vnunet.com 29 May 2007

Britons have spent more than £100bn online since 1995, according to online retail research group IMRG.

Online sales for April (2007) rose 55 per cent, the largest rise since December 2003 when Christmas shopping sent sales soaring.

Travel is still the most popular category for online spending, accounting for £7bn of all spending last year, but sales of electrical goods, clothing and groceries are rising rapidly.

Dave Friedlos, Computing 18 May 2007

What this means is more sales, better turnover, more profit and more money. If your business is operating without a web site and your competitors have one, you will be losing out, and more so as time goes by.

Enterprise Design can help you with a really professional, quality web site design which will help establish you locally throughout Aberdeenshire Scotland and much further afield, and put you in line to benefit from the advantages of selling your products and services on the Internet.

How do I start selling online?

You can sell a few items online quite easily and relatively cheaply by incorporating PayPal buttons on your website. Some customers of Enterprise Design already do this such as www.bellandbellsa.co.uk Roger is a dealer in classic and antique firearms and weapons and we designed a website for him to sell his stock using a simple button system. This web shop sells around 20 items and is perfect for a business that provides a service but also sells a few items. See www.bellandbellsa.co.uk for this example.

To sell a larger number of items a full e-shop is recommended as it give you full control to run the shop, changing the stock, photos, prices and content yourself from your own computer.

A full e-shop created by Enterprise Design can be seen at www.crossstitcharts.co.uk

Advantages of a full e-shop from Enterprise Design includes:

Easy to Use
No Experience Required
Instant Results
Compatible With All Web sites
Accept Credit Cards Online
Search Engine Friendly
No software to download
No Contract or minimum lease time
New features and upgrades added all the time
Complete Solution, Nothing Else Required

Stock control built in.
Labels and Packing Slips built in.
Customers Reviews built in.
"E-mail a friend" let customers tell their friends.
You can display as many items as you like.
Automated payments and security by Paypal, or others
Free Maintenance
Automated Discount System to reward customers
Additional page to suit your needs.
Daily Backups of your Site
No Contract, just pay each month
Free Technical Support
No need to change your ISP
FREE Search Engine Submission worth £350
FREE Secure Server technology worth £250

Enterprise Design provides a full range of design services to get your shop looking the way you want it, instruction in using the shop, and help to get your initial stock in place, ready to open your doors to the world.

For a FREE quote or more help and advice contact us today.