Archive for December, 2009
E-commerce
Benefits of E-commerce
Selling your own or somebody else’s products on the web can be a supplementary source of income if your main business is providing a personal service, say as a healer. It can also be a significant source of income itself.
The costs of finding and selling products to new customers can be much reduced, but there are payment transaction costs, IT system and support costs. Please contact us if you would like to discuss an appropriate business model, which should be done before any decisions on a website.
Recommended Solutions and Costs
The following recommendations and indicative costs are based on the analysis and review of E-commerce systems on John Wragg’s Main Website, which describes the options and potential solutions in more detail.
A few web pages or products
- A WordPress based web site, eg
- PayPal Website Payments Standard “Buy Now” buttons
Cost from £200, plus £40 per product, plus hosting and ongoing maintenance £100 pa.
5 – 12 Products
- A website using Joomla CMS, eg
- PayPal Website Payments Standard “Buy Now” buttons
Cost from £500, plus £25 per product, plus hosting and ongoing maintenance £100 pa.
Tens of Products
Website using:
- Joomla CMS
- PayPal Website Payments Standard “Buy Now” buttons
- Easy PayPal, for button management
- Simple Caddy shopping cart system
Cost from £750, plus £25 per product, plus hosting and ongoing maintenance £ tba pa.
Hundreds of Products
- Drupal
- PayPal Website Payments Standard “Buy Now” buttons
- e-Commerce
Cost from £850, plus £25 per product, plus hosting and ongoing maintenance £tba pa.