Why does your business need an ecommerce site?
Monday, October 06th, 2008 | Author: admin
 

Is your business going in the right direction?
E-commerce is more than just selling your products on the internet, it’s about building a long-term relationship with a customer through effective marketing. It’s about serving their needs better, smarter, faster, and in a more appealing way than your competition.
Now is definitely the time to enter into eCommerce, as more and more consumers are turning to the web for easier, better and enjoyable deals online. If you follow the information in this site, you are maximising your chances of growing your business and increasing your profits.Many of Digimode’s clients have increased their sales by an average of more than 260% after their websites were designed and developed by Digimode.

FACT:

In the first six months of 2008, online sales soared to £26.5 billion, as shoppers increasingly turned away from the high street and looked for bargains elsewhere. (Interactive Media in Retail Group).
 

Greater Reach! Increased Sales!

An ecommerce website developed by Digimode can help you reach a wider geographic base of customers interested and eager to buy your products. Not everyone lives in a reasonable driving distance to your location. Not everyone wants to or prefers to physically shop at your store. Reaching a national or even global market can mean exponentially more sales for your business.

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24/7 Shopping.

You don’t have to close shop. One of the greatest virtues of ecommerce is that it runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. This allows people to purchase products any time of day or night, who normally wouldn’t be able to buy at your shop as often as they would like. Or they may prefer to shop from home or from the office. An ecommerce website meets their needs and enables you to make more sales than traditional business hours and physical locations could ever offer.

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FACT:

UK online shoppers spent just under £4.4 billion during August, up 15.1% from the same period last year.


Lower Costs. Increased Profit.

An online store does not only increase your sales but also your profits. There are several ways e-commerce can help reduce your costs, which lead to more profit.

  • In a store/business/office one staff member can only help one customer at a time. E-commerce can handle hundreds, even thousands of customers at one time.
  • Reduced transaction cost - without personal interaction, the transaction happens without draining your resources.
  • Less Training of employees/sales staff required.
  • Reduced Service and Support Costs - using online help files or FAQs or videos can often eliminate the need for a customer to call and take up your time for help or support.
  • Reduced processing errors and more smooth operations leading to happy customers.

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Adds Credibility!

Content Image Inline The fact that your business operates on the internet and can not only show but sell all its products online, adds credibility to your business. In the customers mind, such a quality and reliable site by Digimode shows you as a progressive, competitive and worthy company to do business with.

You can win more customer loyalty when they get to experience your website powered by Digimode. Imagine, they don’t have to travel far just to get your product.

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FACT:

Online sales in the UK reached a high figure of £5,420 million in the month of December 2007. Is your website ready for doing business in December 2008?


Increased Analysis & Control!

See what sells best, what makes the most profit, what promotions work best all through the advanced e-commerce system offered by Digimode. Integration with accounting systems allows for much better control, reduced errors and lower administration costs overall.

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Increased Upselling!

Content Image Inline Another great virtue of e-commerce and doing business through your website and email is that you can effectively sell more products to a customer at one point in time. You know the famous phrase “you want chips with that?” - that’s an upsell.

When someone wants to purchase a product on your site, Digimode can program your site to show them complementary products that go well with the product they’ve chosen. You can also offer specialized discounts for ordering multiple units, which for many products works very well. You’ve instantly and easily just added more profit to your bottom line.

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FACT:

Over 20% of UK businesses are now reporting additional sales as a direct result of their web presence.
77% of Brits use the Internet for buying goods compared to only 60% of people on the continent.
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