Before migrating/expanding your business to e-commerce you probably want to figure out what platform to choose. You try to google, ask friends, co-workers or someone who already launched e-commerce website and makes money.
One of the main keys to success is to choose a platform that matches with your goals and features you want to implement.
Let’s discuss Shopify CMS and when it’s the best scenario in terms of your business process.
What’s Shopify?/how to use?/benefits!
You don’t know how to code/design/organize your e-commerce solutions. Plus, you’re not willing to hire someone to manage your online store because you want to take over your business.
If you feel that such a description matches with your approach, there is a great chance that Shopify will work best for you.
Here’s the list of advantages you’ll face with Shopify:
1) more than 100 themes with user-friendly interfaces together with full access to HTML/CSS allows you to easily design your website without having special skills.
2) Credit cards such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover are already available so that you’ll be able to handle payments online without any extra fees being charged
3) 24/7 customer support will help you to answer all your questions and solve all the issues
4) Sometimes you don’t have a laptop to manage your business. Shopify will provide you with a mobile application so that you’ll manage payments, customers, orders etc from your smartphone!
5) SEO is a great part of Shopify as long as it supports customizable H1, meta tags and title.
6) Integration with Amazon and eBay which will help you to sell products on these marketplaces. Nevertheless, you’ll manage the whole process from a Shopify admin panel.
Amazon/eBay integrations
Amazon and eBay are obviously the largest online marketplaces and a lot of people choose them in order to start a business. What if you decided to open your own marketplace, having a lot of existing customers. The thing is you never want to lose clients form Amazon/eBay.
Fortunately, Shopify solved your problem by integrating the platform with Amazon and eBay. It means that you can open your own online store and manage Amazon&eBay clients directly from the Shopify admin panel. Sounds cool, right? Later on, you may lead your Amazon/eBay traffic to your new website!
Amazon integration perks:
1) Manage Amazon orders directly from Shopify
2) Create products on Shopify and it’ll automatically sync on Amazon including images, listings so that you won’t have to create products manually
3) Easily reconcile revenue from Amazon using Shopify
4) Saving time running both your own platform and Amazon account with expanding your business perspective
5) Ability to invite your Amazon customers on Shopify website
eBay integration perks:
1) eBay-importer app allows you to import products from your eBay Seller Account to Shopify with no technical skills required.
2) inkFrog Open allows you to sync Shopify products with eBay
3) Ability to invite your eBay customers to Shopify shop by sending them emails with links to your online shop or packaging products with a welcome note and web address
4) All your products are managed in one place
5) Communicate with eBay customers directly from Shopify
Long story short
All in all, before implementing an online shop you obviously should have a clear understanding of what features do you need/ Where do you want to sell? Who will manage your online store?
Shopify works perfectly in case if you want to manage the whole process on your own. It’s very easy to set up an online store with Shopify and doesn’t take too much time. Plus, the platform has a lot of perks as Amazon/eBay integrations and various extensions which allows figuring out how to use the platform even for those who don’t have any tech experience!
Feel free to set up your online store today and enjoy your first sales)
- Website development
- eCommerce development
- CRM-implementation
- Graphic Design, UI/UX design
- Online store development
- SEO optimization
- Tech support services and much more.