Ecwid App
A very convenient cloud service that supports integration with 1C and Yandex.Market. Its main advantages are: the ability to host on your own domain/hosting; intuitive control; adaptive design. Disadvantages: the application is designed for novice salespeople, so it does not have such important functions as marketing tools and a personal account. The cost of this assistant directly depends on the number of supported goods: up to 10 products are serviced without money, for unlimited placement you will have to pay about 4,500 rubles per month.
Platform for creating an online store AdvantShop
An excellent resource that gcash database allows you to quickly open a store, landing page on the Internet. It has a fairly large set of tools: editing templates; uploading products; integration with Yandex.Market, GoogleMerchantCenter and ffering discounts and gifts to customers; selection of similar and related products; providing customers with the opportunity to evaluate the purchased product after purchase; CRM system.
AdvantShop disadvantages: quite a complex platform to work with; small selection of design solutions. The minimum tariff for AdvantShop is 990 rubles per month.
Umi Constructor
A service for creating online stores with a connected professional content management system UMI.CMS. Pros: easy management of products and prices; integration with 1C and "MyWarehouse"; section for fine-tuning SEO; separate SMM block with the ability to manage connected pages in social networks through the admin panel; website traffic counter. Cons: poor template design; slow speed of the visual editor with limited functionality; no autosave of changes and backup. The cost of the "Online Store" tariff is from 9,900 rubles per year.
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The final stages of creating an online store
Once all the main points of creating an online store have been worked out, it is necessary to conduct final checks and complete the setup of online commerce.
Logistics
Last but not least, is the organization of logistics processes for an online store using mail, transport companies and various courier services, as well as on your own.
Ensuring delivery of the purchase to the buyer, unless it concerns software and other digital products, is simply necessary. At the same time, the client must be able to choose the method of transporting the goods to the desired address.
If the geography of activity is limited to your city or region, it is advisable to send the goods to the buyer by personal transport or through couriers. At the same time, working with their service is quite easy: delivery is arranged on the company's website, indicating the addresses from where the goods should be picked up and where to deliver them. After that, the service employee who is closest to you by geolocation will pick up the goods and deliver them to the destination. Usually, a free courier is already there within an hour.
If you are ready to sell and send goods all over Russia, the CIS or even all over the world, it is better to use the mail or the services of a transport company. The latter option is no less simple than the first. You or the courier deliver the cargo to the receiving point (to the transit warehouse), arrange delivery there, and the order is sent to the required address to the buyer's home or to the pick-up point of the transport company. Fortunately, the logistics market today is overflowing with offers. To make the right choice, test several transport companies for delivery speed and the number of pick-up and drop-off points. Or make it even simpler - see what services your direct competitors use.
But it will be most convenient to work with those transport companies that provide the service of integrating their modules with the CMS or constructor on which your online store is created. Such a built-in function will allow buyers to calculate the cost of delivery online and choose a convenient pick-up point and time for receiving the order.