How To Get Your E-Commerce Website Off The Ground!!

Are you an aspiring entrepreneur looking to create an online presence for your business?

Hi guys and welcome back to my blog. Today I will be giving you a run down on some of the online platforms you can use to build your e-commerce website. There are many different platforms available, but I have broken them down into 3 different types of businesses and hopefully you might gain a greater insight into what platform you should use.

 

Shopify 

Firstly, let’s take a look at Shopify from a budding clothing boutique standpoint. Shopify is a platform that is specifically designed for first time entrepreneurs that are looking to make their company present online. If you choose Shopify as your e-commerce platform for your clothing boutique, then you’re probably making a very good decision as their main goal is to take the pressure off entrepreneurs and make it easy to use. Shopify's software does all the work for you, so you won't have to pay for web developers when starting off. Shopify will enable you to build a website in under 2 hours. You can list your clothing, track your boutiques inventory, sell your clothes, and create analytics based on all this information. If you choose Shopify, you will be joining a platform with multiple successful brands such as Kylie Cosmetics. Shopify is a no brainer to create you e-commerce clothing brand website. 

 

LegitFit 

 

Shopify may be useful for a wide range of industries, but in my opinion, LegitFit is the best option for the gym and fitness market.  Since my local gym use LegitFit, I have first-hand experience with this e-commerce platform. This management software can be used to collect gym membership payments, act as a booking system for classes and allow you, as the entrepreneur, to view the overall business analytics. You can create your gym class schedule easily and regularly update as needed. LegitFit is a one stop place for clients to pay their membership, see class schedules and book or cancel classes. LegitFit also stores profiles on all members so you would be able to view their attendance records and create direct debits for them to pay membership. It can also be used to message any member of the gym and will give analytics based how the company is performing overall. 

 

 

WIX

WIX is an e-commerce platform used by millions of companies all over the world. It is a specifically great e-commerce platform for restaurants and cafes. It allows the entrepreneur to use a template to build a creative website to show off their cafe. It can also create multiple sections on your businesses new website so you can provide a café menu and café gallery of the types of food and drink on offer. It also links to reservation apps so customers can easily book a table in your café. Your café can also create an online order section so customers can order to click collect and the payment will automatically go through the WIX, and it will not take any commission. It also allows you to see all engagement and analytics features on your websites. There is also an added feature to digital market on WIX. 

 

If you guys have any more questions on any of these e-commerce platforms, please feel free to leave a comment in the comment section below. 

 

Hope to see you next week. Bye for now!!