Statistics show that people are increasingly shopping online.
Research by Verdict Research shows that the amount of money spent by consumers online grew by 35% to £14.7bn last year.
The retail analysts suggest that faster and cheaper internet access was driving the growth, and forecast that sales would reach £44.9bn by 2012, about 13.8% of total spending.
When asked why they shopped online, the most common response from the 4,000 consumers asked was that they wanted to make better use of leisure time.
So have local high street retailers fully recognised the potential for a second income source? Or are fears over security and investment holding web development back?
Our customers at Activ web design are looking for the freedom to buy wherever and whenever they want.
A company’s website is in many ways its face.
Buying online customers can avoid the hassle of battling through a busy city centre, so they want retailers to be online.
If you went on holiday and found the perfect jewellery supplier, you wouldn’t travel back and forth to buy, you would turn to the internet.
Why should a business lose out on repeat dealings when a customer cannot reach it face to face?
And yet, although an online shop can grow revenues and attract customers from around the world, many small, specialist retailers avoid investing in a website because they think it costs too much.
Wouldn’t you like to open your inbox in the morning to a mountain of new orders?
An online shop can attract revenues from around the world, yet many specialist retailers avoid investing because they think it costs too much
Entrepreneurs dream of making money while they sleep – and now they can.
A website for sale never closes for lunch or takes a week off; it’s there to work cost-effectively round the clock for you, giving customer service 24/7.
Providing you invest a modest amount of time and effort into maintaining it, why would anyone buy anywhere else?
Can your business reach a global audience quickly?
Just think how expensive it would be to place an advert in every town around the world.
A website provides worldwide exposure cost-effectively, and is crucial to growing sales revenue, so what are you waiting for – give your customers the gift of being able to buy from you wherever and whenever they want.
