The history of e-commerce dates back to the early 90’s when the internet was first invented. Most people during this time didn’t quite understand how to use the internet, let alone understand the term “e-commerce”.
But when we entered the new millennium, we saw a bunch of companies in the United States and Western Europe rush to start offering products & services online. Today’s e-commerce websites are incredibly powerful and make it very easy to sell your products or services online through secure, private connections.
But there are a couple of things you need to think about before getting started. Please see our tips below.
Our experienced team at Web & Marketing Strategies (W.A.M.) can help walk you through an e-commerce website development project. If your thinking about building an e-commerce website for your company, here is a list of questions to ask yourself.
Who is going to manage the day-to-day website updates?
Which content management system will you use for the website?
Which design will give my website visitors the best user experience?
Who is going to handle customer issues?
I.E. Returned Products
What type of valuable content are you going to create to drive traffic to the website?
Are you thinking about creating a new e-commerce website for your company? If so, please give us a call so we help you. Our experts have built numerous e-commerce websites for various companies on the east coast region and we would like to share our expertise with you.