Easy E-Commerce

What is E-commerce? E-commerce websites are websites that sell goods or services where an order is placed by the buyer or price and terms of sale are negotiated over an Internet or an online system. The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce learned that e-commerce accounted for $15.65 billion of the $919.0 billion total retail sales for the second quarter of 2004.

So what does this mean to you? Chances are if you are selling a product or service you have competitors doing the same thing online. As more and more households gain internet access users are increasingly taking advantage of the ease of use and convenience of online shopping. People who enjoy online shopping are taking their business to your competitors because they enjoy having that ability. This means YOU ARE LOSING SALES!

Is it Expensive? At Silken Strand Web Solutions we do everything we can to keep our costs low. We use open source programs and host you ourselves to cut out the expensive monthly hosting fees and the back-end package fees that many web developers charge. While many developers are tacking on fees for hosting and shopping cart applications we are busily working to keep our prices affordable to small businesses. Remember that compared to regular websites E-commerce can be expensive, but compared to loss of revenue your return on investment should be GREAT!