Our Ecommerce Service

We provide a complete end to end implementation service for ecommerce solutions. From consultation and design through to backoffice integration and hosting, our hard earned retail expertise adds value.

Of course we're up to speed on PCI compliance, SEO advice, affilliate schemes and other trendy terms, but we also draw on our network of experts to add specialist value when required. And our choice of technology (Magento - a leading ecommerce platform), is best of breed, delivering rich features and huge value for little cost.

What does it cost?

Two of Magento's greatest attributes are that it's open source with a rich community of resources and expertise, and free: you get a leading, feature rich ecommerce platform out the box for nothing. You only pay for what you need. A Magento based ecommerce implementation can cost from £3000 to £300,000, depending on requirements. Factors affecting cost include:

• Size of business

  It a different proposition managing a website of 50 products that makes 20 transactions per week, to one that boasts 60,000 products and handles 40,000 transaction per week. A bigger business needs better automation and performance for managing catalogues, marketing and promotions, and operations.

• Amount of Integration

  You may need to integrate your website with a procurement and inventory system, call centre, external affilliates, a merchant service provider, email marketing specialists and such. This usually involves making Magento communicate properly with other systems, and the more of these you have the more work is required.

• Your USP

  Product that needs to be presented in a specialist way, or unique online features that make your site stand out will definitely enhance your online proposition, and usually require custom development.

• Legacy Catalogues

  Your existing product catalogue will generally require careful restructuring before migration, so as to properly exploit Magento's features, and a large catalogue will require significantly more attention.

We understand the trade-offs involved when financing a website, and are able to provide strategic advise on how to extract value from your investment, and maximise your budget.

How long does it take

A trival Magento website can be designed and deployed quickly (days if instruction is accompanied with a good design brief). Of uncertain time are your additional requirements. Our Magento deployments have ranged from 2 weeks to 4 months.

Next Steps

Contact us to sound out your requirements. If you like what we say we'll ask to meet and flesh out some details, and then prepare a proposal or specification as necessary.