As you may have noticed, we are living in the age of apps. There are web applications, smartphone applications, computer applications and so on and so forth, for an increasing number of functions and serving an increasingly varied demographic.
Web applications allow us to pay our taxes, order a taxi or a pizza, read newspapers, listen to the radio, join and win at contests and play games, all online. The web development is thus at a stage where hundreds of new web apps appear on any given day, some of them successful and others quickly forgotten.
One of the types of applications that has gained immense prominence in the past decade are e-commerce applications, the hubs of electronic commerce that include buying, selling, exchanges, reviews, catalogues, etc.
Do you need an e-commerce application?
Perhaps the only person that can answer this question would be yourself, as no one else knows your business and your business model as well as you. Some things to consider here would be whether you are, indeed, planning to conduct commercial operations of any kind through your website or your clients’ smartphones and tablet computers.
If you envision, either soon or at a point in the future, to accept payments, take orders and carry out any other financial transactions electronically, e-commerce applications are indispensable.
Multiple functions
An e-commerce application can entail adding a ‘shopping cart’ or ‘wish list’ component to your existing website - or it can be the framework that actually becomes your new website, complete with a complex cataloguing system, various payment methods, customer accounts, reports, feedback mechanisms and so on. If you are considering e-commerce, you should consider investing in professional web development and web applications development services. After all, what you are dealing with here is the confidential financial information, as well as inventories worth potentially thousands upon thousands of dollars.
Benefits of e-commerce are plenty
If you and your web development team put the necessary effort into building an e-commerce application or component in your online presence, the benefits you will reap are many. Customer satisfaction invariably improves when the clients feel that they are given many options on how to buy your products or engage your services.
Revenues increase as a result of positive word-of-mouth advertising from happy clients that are drawn in by your successful e-commerce implementation that would work hand in hand with well-researched Search Engine Optimization.
You can both widen and deepen your customer base, get to the niche markets of which you had previously only dreamt, build strong customer loyalty and confidence, make your business available to the entire world 24/7, thus continuing to make a profit even when your office or store is closed.
E-commerce solutions are a sign of true dedication to web development that is oriented towards your customers - research has shown that the customers truly appreciate your effort in making your business, products and services more available, accessible and clear.
Thoransoft can determine whether it would be a profitable investment for you, contact us now. We are happy to share our expertise with you.