Ecommerce Website Designers UK and Shopping Cart system

Ecommerce Website Designers in the UK

Our shopping cart script is totally customisable - many websites have great front door pages but when you get to their online store the design of the page deteriorates. We can integrate our shopping cart into ANY design you want us to create, including Flash!

The shopping cart is undoubtedly the most feature rich ecommerce solution under £400* - no other script comes close in its price bracket.

Our shopping cart gives you control over the management of your site's inventory, customer lists, order reports, and more. With real-time inventory quantity-on-hand controls, retail/wholesale pricing, featured items, cross-selling items, wish lists, product options, customer lists, and more, you will be able to do business online without re-creating the wheel.

Modular Expansion

Our shopping cart has a number of modules available to extend its functionality, including:

• Power Discounts
• Affiliates
• Coupon/Gift Certificate
• Multi-Language
• Bridal/Gift Registry
• Power Shipping
• MySQL
  (over 40,000 products)
• Power Search

All of which are very affordable add-ons should they be required. If you require more information on these modules please contact us.

*This is the price of licensing the script - for costs on the design of your website and configuration of the shopping cart we will need a brief outline of your requirements - get in touch for a free estimate.

Shopping Cart System

Our preferred ecommerce solution provider is Worldpay although we are happy to integrate our shopping cart into any online payment system you require. We recommend Worldpay's ecommerce solution primarily because it is the best value around and recognised worldwide.

Visitors will only transfer to Worldpay's secure servers once they have confirmed their order - we can even customise Worlday's credit card payment and confirmation pages to tie-in with your design.

Simple Ecommerce Solution

Other traders may wish to simply collect the card data from visitors and access this securely online - processing the transaction locally on their swipe machine.

This can be done using either our state-of-the-art script or by using a lower spec. script.

Merchant Account

Before you can trade online you will need an internet merchant account. Apply to Worldpay for an internet merchant account (WorldDirect - £100 set-up / £160 yr). If you already have a traditional merchant account with your local bank then apply for Worldpay's BankDirect account (same rates). This normally takes 2 weeks.

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Compare these prices with Barclaycard EPDQ:

£300 yr management fee with a set-up cost for home businesses of £250 and for business premises of £125.

For the Merchant

Web-Based Admin
Maintain inventory, print order reports, view the status of orders, and maintain contact with customers - all from a simple-to-use web-based admin facility. All that is required to maintain the web site is an ability to type.

Inventory Control
Adding, modifying, deleting products is as simple as completing a form. You will have the flexibility to add options for each product, including text options.  Downloadable products (software) and soft goods are no problem. Real-time quantity on hand controls let you know when it's time to re-order and protect you from over-selling.

Discount Tools
Apply to specific products, specific categories, or the entire store. The Coupon/Gift Certificate module and the Power Discount module take this a step further. With 2-for-1 style discounts and digital gift certificates, merchants can make the most in sales periods.

Retail/wholesale pricing Display is optional so that only wholesale customers see wholesale pricing - completely customisable.

Order Reporting
Get notified of orders by email or by downloading the information from the server. View the status of open orders for specific customers or within a date range. Data can also be exported to a spreadsheet application for further analysis.

For the Customer

Personal Account
No need to fill out their contact information every time they order. It also means they can be greeted by name when they re-visit the site and receive personalized messages from the merchant.

Shopping Cart Content Display
Customers appreciate knowing what their running total is as they shop. Place the shopping cart totals on any page in the store.

Wish List
Allows customers to set certain items aside so that they can easily purchase them at a later time.

Cross-selling
Related items allow the merchant to associate products with other products - including on the checkout page.

Product Options
Allows you to specify product options (eg: size, colour, etc) that add to the base price, replace the price, have no price, include a quantity break, or that include text input options (useful for special instructions).

Customer Lists
Maintain a customer email list and send emails to customers, notifying them of important sales or events.

Payment Processing
Payments can be processed through virtually any payment gateway (eg: Worldpay) or you can process payments manually. Additionally customers can pay by phone, fax, cheque by mail or PayPal - customers can be assured that their payment info is protected on a secure server.