On-line trading offers a unique and unrivalled sales interface with access to a truly global customer base at minimal cost. Whilst its benefits are obvious, there are many common pitfalls associated with on-line trading that should be avoided.

Data integrity and security, privacy of personal information, regional tax variations and global trading agreements are areas in which CreatingMedia has specific expertise. Our e-commerce sites offer clarity, security, conformity and resilience, enabling an efficient on-line trading experience.

CREATING MEDIA’S ECOMMERCE SITES BENEFIT FROM THE FOLLOWING:

• A robust per-session cookie-based basket that never times out and doesn’t hog server memory
• A fully opt-in verified mailing list procedure to avoid spamming
• Tracking of stock inventory and low-level warning alerts

• A search engine that searches categories, products and versions, highlighting keywords in search results
• Operation in up to five languages set and administered from the database back end
• Full multi-currency support
• A skinning system using HTML/CSS templates allowing items to be relocated in the site,  without hacking ASP
• A database configuration system that can be administrated via the website back end
• A ‘My Account’ section where customers can view their order history and amend personal information
• Settings for each country/region to ensure tax and carriage costs are applied correctly