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E-Commerce

In 2010, UK shoppers spent £58.8 billion online, an impressive growth of 18% compared to online sales in 2009, despite the economic downturn (IMRG Capgemini, E-retail Sales Index Report).

With more and more people choosing to buy their services and goods online, the need for businesses to provide customers with effective e-commerce systems has never been greater.

Solid Designs have over 10 years' experience in designing and building successful e-commerce websites. Whether you require a simple 'buy it now' button or a full e-commerce and back office system, we can develop a solution that best suits your business objectives and budget.

All our e-commerce systems are fully customisable, offering scalable solutions to meet to your business requirements including integration with your existing systems. Using professional designs and clear layouts, we ensure your products and services are well presented and easy for customers to find. Our effective shopping cart and check-out system enables your customers to buy quickly and securely online using a variety of payment processors. We also provide a user-friendly back-end system, allowing you to add new products with ease.

Key Features

• Bespoke designs: We deliver bespoke e-commerce systems tailored to suit your business needs and budget.
• Unlimited products: Add an unlimited number of products to your e-commerce website.
• Multiple product options: Assign multiple options to any of your products such as colour and size ranges.
• Cross-selling: Cross-sell related products to customers on your category and product pages.
• Discount manager: Add special offers to your e-commerce website with our discount and promotions feature.
• Product search: Help customers quickly find the products they are looking for with our search feature.
• Unlimited categories and manufacturers: Add an unlimited number of categories and manufacturers to your e-commerce website.
• Payment gateways: Integrate your choice of payment gateway.
• Order management: Track orders, email customers and print off invoices using our sophisticated automated ordering system.
• Search engine friendly: Simply enter your products and let our automated systems present your content in a search engine friendly format.
• Analytics: Track the performance of your e-commerce website using a range of statistics including website visitors and conversion rates.
• Technical support: Solid Designs provide on-going technical support to all our customers.

Taking Credit Cards Online

Internet Merchant Status

If you are a retailer you will probably already be able to take credit cards using a terminal or telephone to obtain authorisation for purchases. To take credit cards online you will need an Internet Merchant Status in addition to your normal Credit Card Merchant Status. This can be arranged with any of the major banks. Alternatively you can use an all-in-one solution such as WorldPay which combines an Internet Merchant Status and a payment processor.

Online Credit Card Authorisation

There are various payment processors such as PayPoint, WorldPay, Sage Pay, PayPal, or Google Checkout, some of which require you to have obtained Internet Merchant Status. The transmission of credit card details takes place between payment processors and purchasers via secure servers as identified by the 'padlock' sign.