E-commerce

Consumers love the web. They want to buy, they want to sell and they want to make every kind of transaction from the comfort of their keyboard.   

To cope with the online demand you need a dedicated e-commerce solution.  Consumers have to feel secure, they have to find the process easy and slick and they have to be treated by your website like the precious customers that they are.

At B&M we have a range of solutions available for all budgets and requirements. We also have the flexibility to allow your e-commerce solution to grow with your business.

Small Business E-Commmerce Solutions:

We are an accredited Actinic partner, which is the perfect solution for the smaller trader looking to start selling online. The software takes care of the ‘backend’ side of the site, with all of the scripts and technology you need working ‘straight out of the box’. We then design a series of templates that seamlessly integrate with the Actinic software, giving you a working e-commerce store in a fraction of the time. By reducing the amount of development time, you can also reduce your costs.

Once the site has been designed you simply feed your product range into the software as either a product database or manually using the Actinic software and you’re ready to trade online!

You’ll find a number of useful marketing tools built in, such as best seller lists, “Customers who bought this, also bought…”, discounting and voucher codes and latest product highlighting. Many of these are self managing too, so don’t require constant updating.

Actinic has full integration with all the major Payment Service Providers (such as Paypal, WorldPay and Protx), is ‘search engine friendly’ and the software is very simple to use. It is also very cost effective, making it ideal for small businesses.

Full E-Commerce Solutions:

For businesses looking for a larger, more bespoke e-commerce platform we can offer a comprehensive Content Management System (CMS) that incorporates an e-commerce module. This option offers a wide range of advanced backend, business and selling tools, individual page management and a much larger degree of customisation available when compared to Actinic.

This is also more suitable for larger organisations, allowing different users with different permissions levels to make/approve or deny changes before they are published to the web - with automatic email notification that changes have been made and are waiting to be approved. Different sections of the CMS can be made available to different staff members or departments, such as sales teams, accounts staff and data entry personnel.

Comprehensive search tools, customer account management, order status and tracking, marketing tools and affiliate tracking can also be included.

Email marketing tools can also be integrated into the CMS, allowing you to design and send professional HTML emails to previous customers.

The flexibility and scalability of the software, alongside the potential design and customization options make this the ultimate solution for selling online.

Credit Card Payment Gateways

If you are taking money online then you’ll need a way of doing it easily and securely. Customer confidence is of prime importance when it comes to asking for credit card details. 

Successful, validated transactions are what your business needs.  We have a lot of experience of implementing credit card payment gateways so that both sides of every deal walk away with a smile.