10 Small Steps To Building A Successful Ecommerce Website – A True “Dumbman’s Guide” To Guaranteeing Success Online.

Shannon runs a successful pizzeria on Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn. He specializes in exotic varieties of kosher pizza and after repeated requests from office assistants for a website through which they could order, Shannon finally relented and landed a beautiful e-commerce website. She also installed a computer at the cash counter. Each morning, Shannon would simply log into the site and keep the admin page open. The moment a pizza order was placed, the order details and address would appear on the screen. Shannon would press the print button, prepare the pizza, and tape the printed order on top of the pizza box. Today, Shannon also owns the store next door, has installed more pizza baking units there, and has eight delivery guys working for him.

So how did he do it? I love pizza, but I have no idea how he makes them. But, as the friend of his who helped him create the website and online business marketing plan, I can tell you about the ten steps he took to create successful eCommerce website solutions. I’ll omit the name of the pizzeria so you don’t think I’m advertising Shannon.

1.Know your name

Shannon paid $9.99 and reserved a domain name by selecting the same name as the existing pizzeria. This makes remembering a name really easy and is one of the important steps in building an online store or online presence.

2. know what you want

You visited some existing e-commerce store management websites that accept pizza orders. This gave him a good idea of ​​what was possible. He also gave her some ideas on how he wanted his website to look.

3. Step your right foot forward and be careful where you place it.

After seeing a few ads that promised instant online nirvana, Shannon paid $72 and opted for one that promised to “instantly create an e-commerce site by reputable web developer Richmond Company with the click of a button.” In Shannon’s own words, “the result was identical to my first attempt at pizza when I was 6, a total disaster.”

After much thinking and reading various white papers on how to build an eCommerce website, Shannon visited a few websites that provide eCommerce web development services and freelance web experts. She finally decided to work with elance.com because of the great professionalism displayed there. She posted her request for a website mentioning her requirements and invited freelance web designers and web masters to bid to create an eCommerce site.

4. Select Your Ecommerce Consulting Services Partner Carefully

After carefully examining the various offers he received, he chose a bidder who had several years of experience building e-commerce websites, as well as good feedback from previous clients.

5. Heed Professional, Sensible Advice

Shannon followed the freelancer’s advice and purchased hosting space from the recommended web host. She cost him $99/year. It had plenty of space, 99.99% guaranteed uptime, a high-speed Internet connection, and all the resources (such as database support and other things) the webmaster required.

6. Attention to details

As the website developed, Shannon would visit their website and watch development as it occurred. He could do it because the webmaster uploaded the complete sections every night. If Shannon thought any part of his website or web page didn’t look right, he would inform the webmaster, who would promptly make the changes. Shannon provided the webmaster with all the content that was required. Which basically meant a list of kosher pizzas, ingredients, pictures, prices, seasonal offers, other discounts, time required for delivery, delivery zone, etc.

7. Try it

Once the site was ready, Shannon, myself and two other friends tested the website. We would select a pizza, toppings, etc. and once in the shopping cart, make changes to the order, delete it entirely, add another selection, and so on. You could say that we “stress tested” the website. On the third and final day of testing, we covered the nine yards and paid for the pizzas we had ordered. This way we also made sure that the payment procedure ran smoothly. Shannon, I would log into the administration panel of her website and verify that the order details were displayed correctly. Shannon’s e-commerce website was ready.

8. Let people know

On the day of the opening, Shannon displayed some large signs on the sidewalk and in the pizzeria. She also placed a few ads in the local editions of various newspapers, magazines, and made dozens of calls to clients she knew would be interested. The first day she received a total of 5 orders from her website. Even that delighted him infinitely. He was as happy as a little boy with a candy bar.

9. Let the world know

The next day, Shannon remembered the $49 Google AdWords gift certificate she saw on her web hosting account. Not knowing how to use it, she “googled” for details, got the gist of it, and once again visited elance.com. This time she submitted a project for e-commerce internet marketing for her e-commerce website at Google.com using Google AdWords. This was in February 2009. Between then and today, Shannon says she spent about $1,500 on Google Ads. She today receives more than 300 orders per day from the website alone.

10. Keep working

Shannon has hired the webmasters who initially designed and developed her site to also maintain her site. Maintenance usually meant changing various offerings and schemes or adding new varieties of pizza and toppings.

Whether it is pizza, cabbages, EPABX, car accessories or online consulting, there is no difference in procedure. Shannon’s success is proof that the 10 steps she followed were the right ones. The path has been revealed. Whether you choose to follow the successful or not is up to you. Use it to your advantage when building your ecommerce store or online office solution. Shannon and I would be delighted with your success.