eCommerce Design & Development

For over 4 years Ion Digital have built eCommerce portals for UK Companies using Magento eCommerce, it’s flexible, easy to use and you are going to love how it can empower your online eCommerce experience

A Little About Our Chosen Platform

Ion Digital use the Magento eCommerce platform to build all clients digital selling platforms, the reason for this choice is that for over 4 years Magento has been highly developed by a the online community to serve the needs of over 100,000+ online merchants.

It has vast array of extensions and payment gateway support for UK portals such as Sage Pay, World Pay, Card Save and PayPal it is both feature rich, easy to use and works across multiple devices, as well has having flexibility to fit any eBusiness needs as well as easy integration into any on-site systems you might have.

Best of all it’s open source and carries a lower cost of ownership than a proprietary solution.

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Key eCommerce features

  • Marketing & Promotion Tools

Flexible pricing rules enable the efficient creation of a variety of promotions to increase conversion rates.

Coupled with powerful tools such as Up-Sells, Cross-Sells, and more to increase Average Order Value, Magento’s suite of powerful Marketing Tools give the functionality and ease-of-use to increase your online sales.

  • Search Engine Optimised

Attract new customers with Search Engine Friendly(SEF) URL structure and Optimisation tools.

Built from the ground up to support SEO, The system auto-generates SEF URL’s, even down to the links in the Layered Navigation, sitemaps for search engine submission as well as for display on site, and a popular search terms page.

  • Analytics & Reporting

The included reporting suite provides visibility into your stores performance to enable actionable changes to react to your customers needs.

Out of the box integrations with Google Analytics and Website Optimiser allow for further insight into store performance and the ability to run A/B testing.

  • Full Site Management

Magento’s usable interface allows for efficient management of your online channel. Manage multiple stores from one admin panel, including the ability to manage localised and international versions of your sites.

With a one-click upgrade process which allows for seamless upgrades to new versions, while the Web Services API and pre-packaged integrations allow Magento to fit the way you do business.

  • Catalog Management

Manage the fully dynamic catalog via the intuitive administrative interface. The flexible catalog system includes various options for the display of items, while products can also be imported and exported for batch updates offline.

Magento’s Core API allows for integration via web services with existing back-office systems to make managing your online channel even more efficient.

  • Mobile Ready

Enable Mobile-Commerce with a mobile-optimised version of your site to attract and convert customers on the go.

Automatically detect mobile browsers and show a mobile-optimised version of your site and give either the full site catalog or a smaller choice of products tailored for  mobile customers. Works with iPhone, Android and Windows mobile devices.

  • Payment Gateway Integration

Your eCommerce system comes with a variety of major payment gateways out of the box, as well as alternative payment methods such as PayPal.

Customers can also pay via cheque/money order, or purchase order and extra payment extensions are available such as SagePay and Worldpay plus many more.

  • Customer Service & Accounts

Increase customer satisfaction with the self-service and backend tools. Customers can use feature-rich accounts to view order statuses and receive tracking information directly on your site.

Customer Service agents are able to view customer information, including order history, items in customers’ shopping carts and wish lists

  • Full Order Management

View orders, create invoice/receipt and shipment records for Sales Orders and issue Credit Memos (refunds) for customers.

Customers can re-order previous orders from their account, while administrator users can view full order histories and create orders in the backend.

Ion Digital build eCommerce platforms for product categories ranging from consumer electronics to lingerie, and across a broad range of industry sectors. There’s more to an eCommerce site than the checkout process; Ion’s team of dedicated eCommerce specialists research fundamental issues such as shopper habits.

Identifying particular trends and behaviours allows us to develop sites that work both for the customers – in terms of usability – and for our clients in terms of ROI. From iPhones to garden furniture, whatever the store, Ion can give several affordable solutions from start-up to enterprise level.