Consumers are now taking full advantage of the ability to buy online and many businesses absolutely need an online shopping arm as part of their strategy. At Alperia Design, I can help you, as a merchant, offer shopping online. I can provide a complete online trading solution giving you a:

• complete e-commerce solution will allow you to sell to customers internationally without the overhead costs associated with ‘bricks and mortar’ stores
• marketing strategy that will ensure that your site has high rankings in Internet Search Engines, attracts a higher volume of visitors and converts traffic into sales
• site with a stylish look that promotes your brand. I will also ensure that your site has user-friendly navigation and other elements so that your customers can browse and buy with ease and enjoy a first-class online shopping experience

It has all the features you would expect from online shopping including the following:

• Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is the same level of security that banks use to conduct online banking - 128bit
• A Database that will remember clients and their information so that it can offer a tailored service when the visitor returns to the store
• A Shopping Basket that puts the customer's selection into a virtual-shopping cart to enable them to continue shopping. It then adds it to the shopping list and computes additional costs such as shipping and taxes etc
• Searchable Databases allowing customers to type in what they are looking for with the database bringing up the products associated with their search
• Shipping and Taxes dealt with at the Checkout so that the client knows exactly what they are paying
• Payment gateways like 2Checkout, Paypal, Worldpay, protx etc allowing the customers to pay in a variety of formats

The entire store can be completely administered by the site owner through a user-friendly interface. Product information can be changed such as product descriptions, prices and images, allowing for greater flexibility in running their store without being tied into communicating with their web designer to make minor changes. Access to the Administration System can be made from any internet connected computer.

Call me on 07977 137343