Let’s consider some differences between e-commerce and standard websites.
Traditional website
The traditional website usually contains several web pages which have an informative purpose only. The content of the commercial site tells about the firm, its structure, products, services, and mission. If it is a landing page, you will find all the information about one product or a type of service (for example, a book or a training course) and all needful contacts. If it is a blog there are lots of text about the blogger and his or her life. These sites can spread your business and bring new customers.
An e-commerce site
An e-commerce site is a much more complicated system. The word “Ecommerce” is a short form of the collocation “electronic commerce”, the meaning of which is “online shopping” or “selling on the internet”. It is a kind of business which is run on the internet. Ecommerce merges several options into one business platform like online funds transfer, internet marketing, online transaction processing, and others. This platform allows businessmen to sell goods, receive orders, and get payments online. Thus, business becomes international and selling is increased. The process is automatic. Even if a client calls you and wants to place an order, you can always redirect him to your online shop.
Let’s take Amazon.com as an example. If you want to purchase a book, you visit the website, search the book, add it to your virtual cart and pay online via PayPal or Credit Card. On some days the book is delivered to your apartment. As you see, the process is simple and convenient.
web design services
Another example is our agency Direct Line Development, which provides web design services. If a company wants to order responsive web design services or custom eCommerce web design services, its representative goes to our website directlinedev.com, reads everything about us, and contacts our manager. Our site has a secure payment portal for our customers through which our services can be bought. As you’ve probably guessed, this is how almost all our customers decide to complete their transactions with us.
