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13 Key Considerations When Choosing Best eCommerce Platform

Launching a new store or planning to migrate your online store from one eCommerce platform to another?<br>The good news is choosing the right eCommerce Platform is simple once you have an eCommerce technique that plainly outlines your business requirements.<br><br>

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13 Key Considerations When Choosing Best eCommerce Platform

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  1. Launching a new store or planning to migrate your online store from one eCommerce platform to another? The good news is choosing the right eCommerce Platform is simple once you have an eCommerce technique that plainly outlines your business requirements.

  2. How Do You Know You’re Choosing The Right One?

  3. Some Things You’ll Need To Consider When You’re Looking For The Best Ecommerce Platform For Your Business. Choose The Best eCommerce Platform Which Suits Your Business Requirement.

  4. 1 Type of Hosting On the off chance that you imagine that you need high level customization and full authority over your online store, you can go for self-facilitated eCommerce platform generally hosted eCommerce platform would do the trick your requirements. Some Examples Of Self-hosted Ecommerce Platforms Are – • Magento • WooCommerce • Prestashop Some Examples Of Hosted Ecommerce Platforms Are – • Shopify • Volusion • BigCommerce

  5. 2 Platform Pricing The first thing you should consider when searching for an ecommerce platform is the price. Some platforms offer one low flat rate, without tacking on additional transaction fees. Almost all platforms will have a monthly fee. Self-hosted platforms may be a higher investment comparing to hosted platforms, but then if budget is not a problem for you, this can be the right choice for you.

  6. 3 Features Required Different platforms will have different features available. Some platforms, offer in addition to the basic ecommerce functionality, built-in marketing tools like newsletters, abandoned cart emails, reward programs, daily deals, etc,... Wish lists, customer reviews, responsive design and product filters are just some features on offer, but they don’t come with every eCommerce platform on the market.

  7. 4 Integrations Another factor which needs careful consideration is integration. An ecommerce platforms should also have the capabilities to substitute any built-in features with Shipstation or Mailchimp App integrations. Here are some of the most popular types of plugins that you should look out for: • Accounting plugins to help with sales, taxes, revenues, and profits • Email marketing tools to help you keep in contact with your customers • A platform that helps you reward your customers for using your products • Apps to help with shipping your products

  8. 5 Product Catalog Management How many products do you want to sell online? Your eCommerce platform should be compatible with your existing product data and resources. Managing your product catalogue becomes hassle free if your eCommerce platform allows you to import your existing data from another platform or marketplace easily.

  9. 6 User Friendliness If you are new to eCommerce business, the user-friendliness can be a major deciding factor for you. The eCommerce stage you pick ought to be anything but difficult to utilize so you can setup and update your store with no specialized help. On the off chance that this isn't the situation, the upkeep cost for your online store may increment and benefits decrease. On the off chance that this isn't the situation, the upkeep cost for your online store may increment and benefits decrease.

  10. 7 Templates The design of your online store plays a major role in converting your visitor to your customer. Not every person can stand to enlist high profile website designer to set up an attractive and engaging on the web store. This is the place inbuilt layouts inside an eCommerce platform can be valuable. eCommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce give attractive layouts to browse. All you need is to simply choose the format and redo it as indicated by your business rationale.

  11. 8 Customer Support For new ecommerce businessman, technical customer support for your selected platform has great value for your business. Before you select an eCommerce platform, you need to check the level of customer support they provide. Larger platforms also have FAQ and tutorials for self-service help. If your customers can’t access your site, or they can’t complete a purchase, then you lose business.

  12. 9 Security When doing business in eCommerce, you will want to make sure that security is top notch. Ecommerce has a responsibility to their consumers to protect their information. People would never like to give out their payment details to the online store which they perceive to be insecure. You have to watch that the eCommerce platform you pick supports HTTPS/SSL to guarantee Secure Checkout Process for your clients.

  13. 10 Marketing How might you get traffic to your online store on the off chance that it isn't showcased appropriately? All things considered, you have to guarantee that your eCommerce stage can – • Support most recent SEO plugins • Incorporate with social platforms • Add blog to your site • Encourage clients to leave item surveys • Send messages and newsletters to your clients

  14. 11 Reports & Analysis To design your future marketing system, you need access to examine the current circumstance of your online store. What number of items sold for the current month? Which item was most extreme sold? The responses to these inquiries can be brought just in the event that you approach exact reports. Guarantee that your eCommerce platform furnishes you with the information which can help you in overseeing and promoting your online store so that it is prepared to confront the future business challenges.

  15. Selecting The Right Ecommerce Platform For Your Business Is Not An Easy Task, But Taking The Time And Effort To Evaluate What You Need Will Make The Selection Process Easier.

  16. After going through all the above factors which determine your choice of an eCommerce platform, you need to ask yourself some questions – • Which products are you selling? • How many products do you want to display in your store? • How much are you willing to spend on your eCommerce platform? • Are you planning to expand your product line in future? • Through which payment modes are you ready to accept payments? • Do you require high-level customization in your online store? • Are you migrating your store from one platform to another?

  17. The answers to these questions would help you in determining your needs relating to an eCommerce platform and help you in choosing the best.

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