Mind Blowing Features Of An Online Store

About 90 percent of the population around the world loves online shopping particularly on the reason that we can save time and effort. We do not have to go on hassle lining up on the counter and carrying hefty bags going home. Aside from Amazon or eBay we can see other online store operating today because creating an online store today is much easier compared to years before. Of course, if you are going to start making one you will go through decision making of what theme suitable for your site and checking possible means to offer affordable goods/items so buyers will flock into the site. You also have to make your site easy and simple to navigate as not to confuse your buyer. There were already too many platforms you can use and today we will examine what features your online store must have in order to stay in the competition of business.

1.    The site must user-friendly and fast to load

Your site is your means to drive people so you want to make sure that anyone can navigate it by few clicks. Buyers would go away and sale will be less of the site structure itself gives frustration to the buyer. This happens when they will look at an item in your store and had a difficult time to check where they can find it. For the speed of the site, we do not want long loading so as much as possible we want everything to appear within seconds because buyers tend to abandon what they are about to buy on site if this happens so we lose our chance to make a sale. In addition to this, the site must also be mobile-friendly since most of us do anything using the mobile.

2.    The site must offer a wide selection of payment mode

As an online store owner, you must provide myriad selections for your customers as their way of making payments for the item they want to purchase. If the preferred mode of payment of the customer is not available on your online site, they abandon the cart.

3.    The site must have a review button

Easing your customer that they shall buy the right product, they read as much information you can provide for the item. The one who also made a purchase on the item can put their reviews so it will give confidence to the buyer and to avoid disappointment.

4.    The site must also have social media buttons

This will enable to integrate the site to the other social media platforms so you can reach a wider audience or customers to buy something from the site. Social media sites like Pinterest, Facebook, Tumbler, and others have pin or share button which carries the link of your site so when someone clicks unto it, it will redirect to back to your site.

5.    The site must have a support customer

This feature is incredibly good for the ease of customer to contact assistance and less waiting time for buyers. This helps retain the customer.

6.    The site must have a clear return policy and the like pages

Online shop sites must see to it that it has clear policies stated on the website. This includes the terms/conditions, the facts, and questions, shipping options or schedules, and return policy so that the buyers are aware of what to expect from the services or goods they get or in buying from the site.

Note:

It may be easy nowadays to set up an online store, but maintaining it is another hard work. You may need some help to keep things going especially if you had little time on your own or if you are doing a 9-5 job.