An E-commerce website means a website that lets people buy and sell physical goods, services, and digital products over the internet rather than at a physical location. Through an e-commerce website, a business can process orders, accept payments, manage shipping and logistics, and provide customer service. So if you want to sell or purchase things on the internet you are going to need an e-commerce website. Today I’m going to take you through the essential points of how can we get started with an e-commerce website.

Getting Started

First of all, we need to get a website. So you’ve three options when it comes to constructing an e-commerce store. First, you can utilize any hosted service (PAAS/SASS) such as Shopify or BigCommerce. Second, you can use a ready-made template and modify it to your needs. And the third one is to plan out what you want to see on your website then get a professional website developer that can make a bespoke and custom-built solution tailored to your specific needs.

We would always support constructing a bespoke e-commerce website. It may cost you more in the short term but will cost you less over time and you will be able to have every feature you require and nothing more. If we talk about the hosted or open-source platforms that can also offer many features out of the box, which is great but this can make things more complex and you could end up with difficulty in maintaining the slow website or a huge hosting bill.

Make it Secure

Next, Security is one of the primary features of an E-commerce website. E-commerce website security is critical for several reasons, specifically when it comes to safeguarding the privacy and sensitive data of customers on a website, protecting the finances of an online business, preventing forgery and financial scams, and defending the reputation of an online store as a safe place to conduct transactions.

A secure (HTTPS) website is not the only consideration. You also need to make sure your hosting is secure since you will be handling sensitive information such as customer and credit card data. We recommend using Laravel for your custom-made E-commerce website. Because Laravel’s advanced security features are easy to configure on most websites to enhance security and protect sites from hidden SQL injections, hackers, and cybercriminals.

Payments Methods

To take payments on your site you can use a payment gateway that takes a percentage of your sales. A payment gateway is a merchant service that processes credit card payments for eCommerce websites and traditional brick and mortar stores. Such as Paypal, Stripe, or Braintree. There are many built-in packages in Laravel that can be used to integrate Paypal, Stripe, or Braintree into your e-commerce application. Taking payment through these payment platforms is quick and easy to set up.

Scale & add new eCommerce features

Having an e-commerce website that you can easily scale to adjust your web store’s growing audience is necessary. Because, If your business evolves over time and expands then you should be able to scale your e-commerce platform to accommodate the needs of your business’s online growth. A study performed by Google revealed that 53% of mobile users abandon a website if it takes longer than 3 seconds to load. So your website should be SEO friendly so it can be easily optimized.

Marketing Tactics & Seo

There’s high competition in the e-commerce world and everyone wants to be number one on Google. So you need to be ready to compete if you want to be on the all-important first page. There are many different steps you can take, such as:

• Boost your organic social presence on Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Twitter, etc.
• Optimize your website for SEO
• Create interesting, useful content.
• Try out Google Ads.
• Advertise on social platforms.
• Your website should be fast.

Closing Notes

Codebrisk is here to offer you exactly what you may require. We are a reliable and established company with notable experience in the Laravel e-commerce web development field. We can provide you with custom-made e-commerce web applications with a bunch of advanced features and options.

If you want to chat with us, You can send us an email at rizwan@codebrisk.com or get in touch with us, our business person will get back to you.