Choosing The Right System For Your Ecommerce

Three of the focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money, Business/Entrepreneurship and Technology. With the majority of business taking place these days via ecommerce, it’s critical to choose the right system to conduct your transactions. If this is well thought out, your ecommerce business activities can thrive. The following contributed post is thus entitled, Choosing The Right System For Your Ecommerce.

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Starting a website in the modern world is easier than ever before. There are loads of services around the web which are designed to help you to put something like this together for yourself, and most people have the basic computing skills required to get something like this done. Of course, though, when it comes to choosing the system you want to use, things can start to get a little more complicated. To help you out with this, this post will be exploring some of the key elements which need to go into this decision.

The Type Of Product

There are loads of different types of products which can be sold online, from things which are completely digital to services which are provided in person, and each of them will have a platform which is better suited to it. Digital products, for example, are really easy to manage through a system like Squarespace. Thanks to their integration with Stripe, you have a comprehensive suite of tools to help with your digital products on this platform. Of course, though, you have to think about the exact product your selling, too.

The Volume Of Sales

The amount of sales which your website is likely to handle should also influence your decision in this area. Some CMS systems are far better at collecting and organising data than others, with Magento coming out as a clear winner in this area. This means that stores which are dealing with high quantities of orders will benefit from an option like this, though you may find the customizability options a little lacking, as a result.

The External Services

Most people can’t build an ecommerce website from scratch, and will have to use some external services to help them along a little bit. You will need to make sure that the platform you choose is compatible with the services which will have to go along with it. For example, if you’re using BlueSnap to handle payments, it may be worth pairing it with WooCommerce in WordPress, as this will make the process of integrating the two systems far easier.

The Point Of Sale

Finally, as the last area to consider, a lot of small businesses are connecting their in-store point of sale systems with their ecommerce sites, nowadays, as this helps to make inventory management nice and simple. To make this work, you need to have a platform which will connect with your PoS system. WordPress is great for this, too, providing unrivalled compatibility with services like this, even compared to the likes of Shopify.

With all of this in mind, you should be feeling ready to take on the challenge of choosing the platform you use for your ecommerce website. There are loads of options to choose from when you’re working on something like this, and most people have the skills to find the best option for them; it just takes some patience and dedication. If you need more help with this, there are loads of companies around the web with the resources to push you further in this area.

Author: anwaryusef

Anwar Y. Dunbar is a Regulatory Scientist. Being a naturally curious person, he is also a student of all things. He earned his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Michigan and his Bachelor’s Degree in General Biology from Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU). Prior to starting the Big Words Blog Site, Anwar published and contributed to numerous research articles in competitive scientific journals reporting on his research from graduate school and postdoctoral years. After falling in love with writing, he contributed to the now defunct Examiner.com, and the Edvocate where he regularly wrote about: Education-related stories/topics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Financial Literacy; as well as conducted interviews with notable individuals such as actor and author Hill Harper. Having many influences, one of his most notable heroes is author, intellectual and speaker, Malcolm Gladwell, author of books including Outliers and David and Goliath. Anwar has his hands in many, many activities. In addition to writing, Anwar actively mentors youth, works to spread awareness of STEM careers, serves on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the David M. Brown Arlington Planetarium, serves as Treasurer for the JCSU Washington, DC Alumni Chapter, and is active in the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace Ministry at the Alfred Street Baptist Church. He also tutors in the subjects of biology, chemistry and physics. Along with his multi-talented older brother Amahl Dunbar (designer of the Big Words logos, inventor and a plethora of other things), Anwar is a “Fanboy” and really enjoys Science-Fiction and Superhero movies including but not restricted to Captain America Civil War, Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Prometheus. He is a proud native of Buffalo, NY.

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