E-Commerce Design By Blossom
There are so many e-commerce providers out there, every one promising the world, with a seemingly endless list of features. But... why are so many of them so ordinary? E commerce can be beautiful and Blossom have the know-how to transform the e-commerce software into a beautiful shopping destination with all the features you want in a store, with SEO friendly design.
Blossom creates jaw-droppingly lovely, totally "you" e-commerce design backed by genuinely solid technical expertise. Many web designers can create good looking sites but they don't really have the technical expertise to create a store utilising the latest in tableless CSS, is multi-platform, browser friendly and can be viewed on any device. Blossom does.
Others are genius developers but the end result looks too corporate and a little lack lustre.
Along comes Blossom Graphic Design...giving you both clever and beautiful e-commerce stores.
Beautiful and Clever E-Commerce
Blossom Graphic Design will design the look and feel of your store, so it has the loveliness you could possibly want, then our very clever developer will cut up the site into code so it loads as quickly as it can, works on all main platforms, appears in all main browsers, and works on a range of devices.
Blossom Graphic Design adhere to the latest W3C standards for accessibility. Your code is created to maximise your search engine optimization, and we use industry specific keywords throughout the site build.
We know what makes someone choose your store over another to buy from. Blossom are global experts in creating a divine looking store for you so that you can get selling online.
The stores we build are supported by a large host company, offering rock solid, round-the-clock support and technical updates along the way. With cyber crime on the rise, security is paramount and you can collect sensitive information as safely as modern standards allow using SSL encryption through your store's certificate.
Our e-commerce solution is a quality hosted software solution, not an open source solution, so not as prone to security breaches. The technical updates happen behind the scenes so you don't have to worry, they are easy to update and are of the highest standards of development.
Fully Custom Designed Look and Feel
As your Web Designers we have full access to the HTML and CSS, so can make the Big Commerce highly functional e-commerce solution look as beautiful as it is technologically advanced. We can create stunning menu's, a user-friendly layout and add that extra OOMPH that an online store needs.
E-Commerce Design Options
Below is a list of our e-commerce packages. Each package is priced, reflective of the time and resources required to produce the package.
- Level One E-Commerce - Petite - Starter Limited Budget Package
- Level Two E-Commerce - Deluxe - Most Popular Mid Range Package
- Level Three E-Commerce - Luxury "All The Bells and Whistles" Package
Note - pricing shown in package pop up may be subject to change and does not take into account specific needs of every client. Please use as a general guide for your web pricing.
Blossom's chosen e-commerce solution, Big Commerce is an all-in-one, feature rich e-commerce platform that allows even the novice user to create a fully functional online store and sell both physical and digital products online.
Utilising a user-friendly interface, you will be able to publish products in seconds, accept credit cards, use multiple shipping methods and run effective marketing campaigns to become a successful online entrepreneur. Big Commerce is built from the ground up, to support search engine optimization features such as search engine friendly links, effective use of heading tags, alt tags and per product and per page title tags.
Big Commerce also features a built in content management system to allow easy publishing of website content including web pages, news items, blogs, promotional banners and coupon codes.
Functionality Screenshots
E-Commerce Feature List
With Blossom Graphic Design's choice of e-commerce solution, any entrepreneur can quickly and easily create their own online store without technical experience. Unique features such as Drag & Drop Design Mode make it easy to completely customize the look and layout of your store using just your mouse. Our E-Commerce has built-in search engine optimization features which help your online store rank at the top of all major search engines including Google and Yahoo. Below is a (non-exhaustive) list of our e-commerce provider features:
Hosting & Security
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Storefront
Marketing and Promotions
Payment & Shipping
Checkout Features
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Design Customisation Capabilities
Tax
Content Management Features
Search Features
Import/Export Features
Customer Features
Reporting Features
Inventory Features
Training & Support
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* Feature list correct as of September 2009. Features are constantly updated, the latest feature list can be found on the BigCommerce website.
Why Not Use Free Open Source (OS) E-Commerce?
When you host your own site, and build it using Open Source Software such as OS-Commerce, there are several issues that the store owners face once the site is built. The site looks great initially and the merchant is happy. But technology changes fast these days, and security needs to update regularly to keep ahead of hackers and cyber crime, to protect sensitive data and clients personal and financial details.
Hosting your own open source (OS) site means that you, the merchant, are responsible for checking for security patches and updates, and there are lots of them. If you, the merchant miss an update it makes the store vulnerable to malware attacks, infiltration and data theft. Fixing a hacked site is unpleasant for everyone, and frankly we'd rather be helping other businesses get off the ground that fixing sites that hackers have broken or worse, inserted malware, which will have your site removed from search engines altogether.
This security issue is the main reason that Blossom recommend that you choose a hosted solution (Such as Shopify or Big Commerce) where an experienced company looks after all of the technical maintenance for a monthly hosting fee. It saves time and money.
It makes sense to let the experts take care of the security and you can just run your store and put your energy into your store's PR, marketing and sales growth.
Click here to view Google's results for security and open source e-commerce.
