e commerce help

[elbow72]

Hi , This is my first post so please be gentle. I work in carpet and bed retail and would like to go national. My question is what is the most cost effective way of setting a website up, I dont have a large budget and was wondering if anyone had any good ideas. I was even considering advertising locally for some body with the right website, seo skills to start a partnership. Thanks James.

 

[shopintegrator]

Hi,


Please give us an idea of the following as this will help for better answers and help guide people to put forward a solution which fits you.

• Your level of ability is with the web and web page creation
• How much work you would do yourself if this keeps the costs of building a website down
• The number of products are you looking to sell and the average price of the majority of your products
• If you have any thoughts about how you would want to process payments, for instance It must be using your current business banks payment processing solution, e.g. HSBC

Cheers

 

[TotalWebSolutions]

Hi James,

You could try Sheffield Design Services or Printmeit.com and see what they could do for you. Tell them Simon @ Total Web Solutions sent you, if you do contact them.

Kind regards,

Simon

 

[sanjiv]

I can help you out. Send me a PM.

 

[PETTE]

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[George@Arkom]

Hi , This is my first post so please be gentle. I work in carpet and bed retail and would like to go national. My question is what is the most cost effective way of setting a website up, I dont have a large budget and was wondering if anyone had any good ideas. I was even considering advertising locally for some body with the right website, seo skills to start a partnership. Thanks James.

We would happily put together a proposal for you so you have an idea of cost. PM for details or Google "Arkom Creative Technology"

 

[simpleitsolutions]

Hi, James. Drop me a PM with your requirements (do you need E-Commerce, etc?) and also let me know if you have a budget in mind and I'll get a quote to you.

Regards,

Graham

 

[adam391]

Hi James,

As you have most likely found out there are loads of ways to sell online. Some of the options open to you are : -

Ebay - a good first step when selling online. Low start-up costs and a big group of buyers. If the product sells well you then can invest in a more professional site with confidence. I know in your post you asked to setup a website but this can be a good first step to selling online

Of-the-self ecommerce site - I offer this service with Clockwork Bears ecommerce website but there are other sites like ekmpowershop and magentocommerce, to name a few. This will give you your own site and all the admin features 80% of retailers need to sell online. The cost of these sites can be free, small monthly fee (like Clockwork Bears), or a one of fee. You then will have to spend money/time marketing your site to get visitors there.

Bespoke ecommerce site- This is for people offering something that isn't covered by the of-the-self sites. I would guess this isn't what you need as it is the highest cost and you don't seem to be after bespoke functionality

Hope this helps