Why Sell Online?

Exponential Growth

During the past nine years online shoppers in the UK have spent some £200 billion on online purchases. Online sales have grown every single year and reached £43.8 billion last year. Despite the poor economic outlook, online sales are forecast to grow significantly again this year.

What's Driving Online Sales Growth?

Quite simply, shopping online makes it much easier to compare prices and hunt down bargains, and when the economy is poor, more and more people do this. Shopping online also saves the cost of having to drive to the shops, particularly if several different shopping centres have to be visited to find the best price or the particular item the shopper is looking for.

In addition to this, fear of credit card fraud has diminished as security has improved and people have become used to paying online as there are now many services that can only be purchased online.

Can You Afford To Miss Out?

Forecasts show that online shopping is set to continue growing strongly for the foreseeable future and that means even the smallest retailer cannot be complacent about online shopping if they are to survive and thrive.

The good news is that setting up an online shop is really easy if you work with a professional supplier like us who really understands what they are doing. Compared with operating a physical retail outlet or trade counter, the cost of selling online is very small and usually this cost will be recouped in additional sales very quickly.

A professional supplier can also offer lots of good advice to first time online retailers about issues such as payment clearing, fraud prevention, search engine optimisation etc. and guide you through the whole process effortlessly.

Who Is Really Succeeding Online?

Retailers, distributors or resellers who work with a professional supplier and have a good-looking, well-designed, easy to use web shop with good product descriptions and photographs achieve the most sales. The other vital ingredients to success are online and offline marketing campaigns to tell people your online shop exists and drive that vital search engine traffic to the key product pages.

There is clear evidence that professional looking web shops gain the trust of their visitors much more readily than poorly designed, cluttered and often American templated systems with the dreaded 'Add To Cart'. This is because, in the eyes of the visitor, the online shop reflects the retailer's professionalism and commitment to taking and delivering their order.