Pixelhaus Studios: eCommerce

eCommerce

Whoever you are and whatever you want to sell via the internet, we can create a solution that fits your needs. Our ethos is to support your business beyond just building a site with expert tuition in search engine positioning, image optimisation and good photographic practise.

Actinic eCommerce

Actinic is the UK's favourite eCommerce solution & Pixelhaus are the No.1 accredited Actinic design partner in Dorset. The latest version of Actinic's excellent eCommerce software allows us to create a site as simple or as complex as you require.

We design the site to your exact design & specification then implement your chosen payment method(s). The day to day management of the site is done by you through an easy to use pc desktop application (please note, mac users: works just as well under Parallels on an Intel Mac) that also processes your orders for you. It will even print your delivery notes and address labels. Not only that, it allows you to manage your customers' and subscribers' details with ease.

Advanced marketing options

Actinic has a range of advanced marketing and merchandising features, some of which are similar to those seen on the largest, online retail sites.

These features, combined with the inbuilt search engine optimisation functionality, mean that Actinic now provides a complete range of sophisticated marketing and merchandising tools. These tools are of vital importance in assisting in the promotion and marketing of an online store and therefore to build customer loyalty and increase sales.

Actinic features include:

Automatic generation of ‘Best Seller’ and ‘New Products’ lists to showcase and promote best selling items and products just introduced to the store.
Automatic generation of ‘Related products’ and ‘Also Bought’ lists to encourage additional purchases by promoting other products that shoppers may be interested in.
Creating mailing lists for targeted customer communications via email and direct mail.

Enhanced store management

Actinic combines a wealth of store management features to help increase efficiency, flexibility and security in the management of your online store and therefore save time in processing orders enabling a better service to your customers.

These features include:

one-click order completion
line price editing on the desktop
using bar codes to process orders
enabling ‘Customer Account’ creation
improved tax reporting
user logon control
encrypting credit card data on the desktop
label support in order processing
integration with your accounts software

Case study

World of Thomas sell the most comprehensive collection of Thomas the Tank Engine products available anywhere. Hardly surprising really, as this site is owned and run by the Awdry family, creators of the stories.

The store has been running for less than a year but is already achieving first page listings on Google thanks to Actinic's configurability plus our depth of knowledge of SEO.

Payment options

In order to accept credit card payments, you will require a 'merchant account' from your bank. Additionally to take payments online, you will additionally need an internet merchant account.

In order to process the payment you will require an account with a Payment Gateway Processor. Pixelhaus recommends Protx as one of the UK's leading PGP's for its ease of use and administration plus its affordable cost . Click on this link to apply today.