If you’ve got more than a handful of products that you want to sell on your website, then most likely you’ll need a shopping cart. We’ve helped many clients build a simple shopping cart - contact us now for details
A shopping cart is just a fancy term for a software application that allows your customers to search the range of products in your online store, add a selected product to their shopping basket, and place the order, whilst making a payment.
The customer then waits for the goods to be delivered, and everybody is happy.
Simply, a shopping cart software program normally includes:
· The website that displays the goods, just like a traditional high street shop – and since there are no salespeople to help the customers, the website also displays additional information to store visitors (e.g. product detail pages, search pages, checkout pages, etc.)
· There’s a backend database that stores information such as product details, customer data, order information, etc.
· And an administration area that allows you, the store administrator, to manage your store. For example, this is where you add products, set up shipping & payment options, process orders, etc.
Your shopping cart should be easy for the customer to navigate, and present the product information that’s both useful and graphically pleasing.
You should include a search feature, so that your customers can quickly locate a specific product. The more search options available, the better (e.g. price, part number, description, etc.)
An area for the customer to login, so existing customers can change their account information, view previous orders, etc. There should also be a way for customers to retrieve a lost password.
Special pages where customers can easily find products that are on sale, featured products, products that belong to the same brand, etc.
We’ve helped many clients build a simple shopping cart - contact us now for details
