The e-commerce market has seen a dramatic period of growth as businesses and their customers see the potential cost savings and ease of buying goods over the internet. An e-commerce website usually consists of a products database, a shopping basket, a checkout/secure payments system and an order fulfillment system. greyhound computing can offer all of these e-commerce services at competitive prices.

There are a number of factors which will dictate how successful your online sales will be:

Customer benefits The greatest benefit is convenience. Customers are able to view all your products online and in one place. Just as important as convenience is cost; passing on your reduced overheads to your customers will keep you competitive in a busy market.

Credibility As with traditional transactions, your client will want to know that they are purchasing goods from a reputable company and paying using a secure online system. Credibility is helped by having full contact details on your website so clients can speak to a representative should they have any questions.

Secure payment In order to take payment online it is necessary to have a merchant account and a Payment Service Provider (PSP) such as Protx. PSPs take care of the security issues allowing your customers to make secure online transactions. greyhound computing will take care of any integration required to link your ecommerce site with a PSP.

Search Engine Friendly Potential clients may be searching for your products and services via a search engine like Google so it is vitally important to make sure that your products and services are advertised in a way that is search engine friendly. Our systems provide all of the necessary functionality to enable this.