Make Sure Ecommerce is Right for you
Selling online with your website sounds exciting and can seem like a way to make easy money, but all the hype is pretty misleading. Unlike what you might have heard or read, just because people can order and pay for something through your website doesn't mean that orders will start rolling in. To create a successful online store, you have to put a lot of time, effort and money into promoting your website, fine tuning the information on your website, and improving how you present your products.
Some important things to keep in mind:
- How will you promote your website and let people know they can order through your website - Online (Google Adwords, Email Marketing), Traditional Advertising (Newspaper/Magazine/Television/Radio/Mail)?
- If you plan to ship a product, how will you (or who will) organize, fill, and ship your orders?
- How will you deal with taxes, shipping rates, and returns/refunds?
If you have decided you are ready to put in the time and effort, great! Our All-In-One website service is integrated with Paypal. With our All-In-One - Large package, we'll help you catalog your products/services, and it just takes a couple of clicks to add a 'Buy Now' or 'Add to Cart' button that lets customers order and pay you through Paypal.
With Paypal, you don't need to spend thousands of dollars setting up a custom shopping cart website, paying for security certification, and paying monthly processing fees (even if you don't get any orders). Paypal charges a small percentage only when you transfer money from your Paypal account to your bank account. There are no monthly or set-up fees.
Paypal lets you set different tax rates for different provinces, and lets you create simple shipping rates. The shipping rates can be set as a percentage of the order for different order total ranges, or a fixed price for different order total ranges. See 'Related Articles' below for more details and 'How Tos'. If you have questions, contact us!