5 great eCommerce tips for choosing your online store

Here in Dallas, eCommerce grows more and more. If you are thinking of going online, you will need to decide at some point which eCommerce platform will support your project. We have separated 5 great eCommerce tips for choosing your virtual store so that it can accompany you from the first moment to the expected future growth of your business. The selected 5 tips are as following:

1. Scalability
2. Tool testing
3. Positioning on Google
4. Integration with ERP (Enterprise resource planning)
5. Pageviews

1. Scalability

You can start with a very simple and cheaper tool, sometimes even rented and, over time, invest in something bigger when your online store grows.

2. Tool testing

Never close the hiring of a virtual store without browsing all the resources that the store offers, especially in relation to the control panel. Believe me; you will spend a good part of your working day poring over the store’s administration panel, checking orders, launching products, making promotions, etc. It is necessary that the store operation is fluid and that the panel does not cover your business.

3. Positioning on Google

Today, more than 85% of traffic to an online store comes from Google. In some businesses, this percentage is even higher. Therefore, make sure that the contracted virtual store has the necessary resources to allow Google to find and classify the store. That way, you will achieve good positioning in the search results and improve your overall ranking.

To make your position on Google you have to go with a process such as SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Maybe it sounds easy to you but the real scenario is completely different. You have to give huge afford on search engine optimization to bring your website a good position on Google. If you don’t know the actual process of SEO, you may read this article “The ABC’s of Search Engine Optimization”.

4. Integration with ERP

If you already have a physical operation and have integrated management software, known as ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), you need to check if the online store platform can integrate with this software. This is very important because a virtual store has all the processes of a physical store, such as sales, inventory, purchases, accounts payable and receivable, etc. The integration with the ERP facilitates streamlines and gives the entrepreneur confidence about the operational results of the business.

If you are running WordPress for your eCommerce website, it will be very easy for you to integrate your system with any 3^rd party ERP provider who builds plugin for that. There are tons of WordPress free resources on the internet.

5. Pageviews

Many online store systems charge for pageviews or store views. This can be a shot in the foot the moment your store grows. Check with your provider if on your platform the number of page views is released or at least set at a very high value.

The bottom line

If you are planning to do eCommerce business in Dallas you must need an eCommerce website. You may contact with Intrigue IT for your Dallas eCommerce web design for your business needs.