E-commerce websites based in Poole and Bournemouth area; covering Dorset and UK

The number of shoppers turning to the internet rather than the High Street is constantly increasing. According to Office for National Statistics the number of adults who bought or ordered goods or services online within the last 12 months reached 31 million in 2010. These Internet shoppers represented 62% of all adults. That is why e-commerce is a crucial area for most businesses.

Alpha Studios offers a complete one-stop solution to clients who are considering selling products or services online. We provide high level of expertise in all aspects of e-commerce business: from online shop design and development to Internet marketing to drive customers to your shop.

All of Ecommerce websites that we create have a user friendly navigation and secure password protected management area where you can add and edit products, manage stock and monitor your orders.

As a part of our e-commerce packages we offer the following services:

Standard

•    Custom e-commerce website design
•    Full content management system (Manage the content of your online shop)
•    Full set up and test of your online shop including payment processing
•    Unlimited design revisions (Working until you are happy)
•    Onsite SEO
•    Search engine submission
•    E-mail addresses set up
•    Dedicated Account Manager
•    Free telephone and email support

Optional

•    Google Local Listing account set up
•    Google analytics account set up (Advanced website visitor statistics)
•    Logo design
•    Royalty free images for your website and bespoke photography
•    Product video and photography including 360 degree product view
•    Domain name registration (.co.uk, .com, .net etc)
•    Website hosting

Please see below the list of features that can be integrated into your e-commerce website:

   - Unlimited products for your e-shop: Add, edit and delete unlimited products; multiple images; categories and product descriptions

   - Website content management system: Allows you to edit every page of your site from your admin area

   - Promotional Vouchers: Create e-vouchers and coupons and encourage customers to visit your e-shop and purchase products at discount prices

   - Stock management system: Manage stock levels for each product and get automated warnings of low stock levels

   - Integration of your chosen payment processor: Accept credit and debit cards on your website through payment service providers such as Paypal, Google Checkout or high street bank merchant accounts, and many more. You can even have more than one

   - Image Zoom and 360 degree view capability: A new and unique way of marketing your products online. This allows your customers to spin a product to view all possible angles as well as zoom into the product to focus on the detail and quality

   - "Tell a friend" facility: Allows customers to instantly send emails to their friends and spread the word about your products and website

   - Generate Invoices and Shipping lists: Produce customer invoices and shipping lists with your logo directly from the admin area

   - Product Review facility: Allows customer to submit reviews of the products they have bought

   - Multiple Currencies: Allows international customers the chance to pay in their own currency

   - Customer management: Automatically capture customer details and keep track of customer orders, view order history, email them etc

   - Customer account facility: Allows your customers to create accounts, login and edit their contact details, view their order history etc

   - Automatic order confirmation: After placing an order, customers will be automatically emailed with the order confirmation

   - Special offers and Bestsellers sections: Ability to list sale items and best selling products at the touch of a button

   - Search Function: Allows customers to search products or services on your website

   - Delivery options feature: Multiple delivery options e.g. standard, recorded, special delivery etc, as well as calculation of delivery cost by weight, per item, by value, etc

   - Gift Wrap and Gift Message feature: Allows customers to have the option to gift wrap their purchase and attach a message for a special occasion

   - Cross-selling option: Customers are automatically offered additional products related to what they've already bought

   - SMS Integration: Ability to inform your customers of their order/delivery status via SMS. You might also want to add a "send by SMS" option to your website

   - Video Integration: Allows customers see your product or service in action.

A program to monitor your financial and inventory like a ERP system that can save your data in the cloud is important to think about when you are thinking about your e-commerce design.

Let us help with your e-commerce needs, please call us on 01202 773213 or fill in the form online for no obligation quote and to discuss your requirements.