Which Shopping Cart Is Right for You?
There are hundreds of different online stores. Let’s find the right one for YOU!
The sheer amount of shopping carts available is mind-boggling: there are hundreds of online store systems available that work in very different ways:
- Some shopping carts are simple buttons with code implemented into your webpages. They are good for a few items that rarely change. Payments usually happen via PayPal.
- Some online stores are stand alone store systems that can be attached to your website
. Design and layout often differ from your site. Navigation can be confusing. - Some are hosted on special servers and require
monthly payment of $30+. Design and layout often differ from your site. Navigation can be confusing. - The ones we prefer have your cart seamlessly integrated into your website
. Wherever you are, you will be able to see your cart and check out. They can have multiple payment oftions like - PayPal, Square, Stripe, Authorize.net, just to name the main players.
Finding the Right Shopping Cart:
Many Factors Have to Be Considered
Above all it is software: features cannot be evaluated just by reading about them. Like a new car one has to test drive it in order to see if it works for the specific situation.
We have been
Our specialty is importing a large amount of items with product numbers (SKU), reducing the time of creating the online store.
Marketing Your Products With Newsletters and Special Offers
Once online stores are running, you will want to send out promotions and special offers.
Idea: Offer newsletter clients a 10% discount for signing up!
(Did we mention that we manage multiple newsletter providers?)
You will be able to direct your Facebook visitors and newsletter subscribers to your offers of the week.
Online Stores Can Have Multiple Discount, Wholesale Option!
Products can be discounted for a certain amount of time with discounts expiring automatically.
Option: Sell Retail and Wholesale
We can set up your online store to serve both regular customers and wholesale sellers at theb same time – no separate shop required! Simple process: the wholeseller applies on your site, after being approved the wholeseller sees retail and wholesale prices.
Wholeseller acounts can have different discount levels and shipping rates.
Distributor Websites
Over the last five years we provided Distributor Online Stores for a number of distributors of Natural Action Technologies Structured Water technology.
Wholesale Drop-Ship
Your wholesalers even have the option to place the order and have you ship to their customers directly.
Wholesale pricing
Coupon Management
How to Configure Shipping Charges?
One of the most important parts of selling online is calculating and displaying the shipping charges. While many commercials for stamps.com make it look so easy to print a label and put it on the box, selecting an appropriate shipping policy with affordable rates can be a nightmare. Also, visitors do not like to see a surprise at checkout – they would like to see the policy before they shop.
No, stamps.com doesn’t know your item!
Note that stamps.com and its competitors Shipstation and Endicia do not know anything about your product – neither weight nor size. You will have to do the research yourself and tell the software what to charge – within the US and internationally.
Examples of shipping calculations are:
- Free shipping (include shipping in the calculated sale price)
- Charge a base fee and add a fee by item
- Weight based shipping
- Value based shipping
- A combination of the above (also different shipping options for different products)
Sedona Website Design has built countless stores with a variety of shipping calculations. We mainly work with WooCommerce and know exactly which plug-in or extension to use for your purpose.
Shipping Calculation
Wide style
Classic style
Custom style, bilingual
Custom style with pricing levels