Create an E-Commerce Website

Read This Before you Take the Risk of Creating a Website on your Own

When deciding to create a website for a small business in order to sell products or services online, many do not do enough research on which company and options are best for their website project. Following is a case study of one of our customers before they came to us to have us rebuild their website:

Paul had a small retail location based out of Los Angeles in which he sold products from. Each month was a struggle for him with the heavy overhead of expenses, such as labor costs and rent, to keep the store operational. His competitors had expanded their business online and had e-commerce websites that sold their products on the Internet. When Paul saw that his competitors had a successful business by selling online he decided to have a website built for his business.

Not having much experience with development companies and instead of calling a few companies to find out more about their services and their fees he decided to give the task to a friend of a friend that designed websites as a side job. He was only charged a few hundred dollars for his website and he thought he was getting an amazing deal. It took the guy seven months to finally finish his website and was never to be found on the search engines (Google, Yahoo and Bing) when potential customers searched for his products online. Because of how the website was built it had a slow loading time and the look was below average and nothing like his competitors’ sites. His site was difficult to navigate through and had distracting graphics that was irrelevant to the type of business he was in. After a year of his website launch it had gotten less than ten web viewers per a month and had not sold a single item online. Frustrated with the way his website had turned out, he decided to contact some professional web design companies in Los Angeles and that is how he found Website Design LA. We built his website from scratch with the correct web structure that is compatible with the major search engines and with a fast loading time. His newly built website provided relevant content and keywords that helped him on the searches. Within 3 to 6 months Paul’s website was visible on the major search engines and was obtaining an increase in traffic and higher sales because of it.