{"id":6944,"date":"2008-10-28T17:19:54","date_gmt":"2008-10-28T22:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/28\/what-you-need-to-know-if-your-using-a-website-as-your-storefront\/"},"modified":"2008-10-28T17:19:54","modified_gmt":"2008-10-28T22:19:54","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-if-your-using-a-website-as-your-storefront","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=6944","title":{"rendered":"What You Need to Know if Your Using a Website as Your Storefront"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Craig Lerner<\/div>\n

A customer walks into the store, browses through products and shelves, picks up items, inspects, considers the prices, chooses a product and takes it to the cash register to pay. Now if you want to sell your products online, then your site must be enabled for e-commerce, where you must have the following features:<\/p>\n

You need to provide plenty of content and product description like sizes, dimensions, colors and comparisons with other similar products. It must allow the customer to choose a product, get a clear pricing and shipping costs on the product, complete the transaction and get an order number, and\/or invoice confirmation via email. Allow your customer to choose a shipping method.<\/p>\n

You must tell the customer if the item is in stock or delivered against order. Ideally, you should have an email contact or live help if the customer has a question. Most importantly you must respond immediately! If you want to provide your own live chat and help desk services on your website, specialized softwares are available for purchase. <\/p>\n

Be sure your customer service links are large and clearly marked, so your client does not have to dig around to find information.<\/p>\n

Provide an ‘about us’ section or a section about your policies. If you have privacy statements and customer satisfaction policies, your customer will feel better about shopping in your store.<\/p>\n

You probably want to have customer quotes and references on the storefront page, as well, to let your prospective client know that others are happy with your service.<\/p>\n

Provide an FAQ with information about your return-back policies, guarantees, shipping prices and insurance charges if any.<\/p>\n

If you are so inclined, you can offer a print catalogue if the customer prefers to order one from your storefront and shop in the privacy of their homes.<\/p>\n

Do not annoy your customers by presenting products that are marked ‘sold’ or pages that say ‘under construction’ or ‘coming soon’.<\/p>\n

Do add new content frequently, so your returning customers will not be bored by seeing the same products they saw four months ago.<\/p>\n

If your site has got a date tag or has current references, be careful to change these references frequently so you don’t give the perception that nobody is attending or reading your site.<\/p>\n

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