Gold Package–e-Business platform.

For retailers who for reasons of their peculiar practical requirements may not want to run a full-cycle e-Commerce platform (we use full-cycle e-Commerce advisedly since without an online payment system, it cannot be said to be full-cycle), such ones can take advantage of what is called an e-Business platform. The difference is that even though there is a product catalogue with a limited shopping cart, it does not come with prices, integration with the POS and even sometimes delivery. The import of such a system is to enable customers make enquiries respecting variables such as product availability, price and the like via email or the telephone. With the feed-back, the customer knows where he can find what he needs at the right price without driving or roving throughout the city. (An example of such a site is www.kingdomgh.com, designed and developed by our sister company Meridian Networks Ltd.

There are several strategic advantages of deploying e-Commerce and e-Business platforms. Some of these are as follows:

Your business is taken to the door-steps of potential customers in both local and international locations. The geographical barrier is thus eliminated.

Your business desk is open 24hours a day, 7 days a week with no need of extra personnel. This means that, time zones are no longer a barrier. Even while you are sleeping your business will still be running!

Your company can now promote itself effectively on a platform where potential customers and partners can reach you more easily and conveniently to transact business and access useful information.

You have a cheaper means to reach a wider local and international market in extensive text, visual and multimedia formats.

Start-ups with limited resources can run their business without owning a shop or an office.

Small and medium-size businesses in manufacturing, textiles, ceramics and woodworks can now expose their products to a wider local and international market.

Businesses do not have to bury huge sums of money in opening and operating a chain of stores but yet sell virtually to anyone, anywhere.

Your business no longer has to rely on a single market.

International trade barriers are eliminated.

With operational costs reduced, profits will grow, making investments in other sectors of the economy more possible and easier.

Finally, in today’s consumer market, this is one best way to better serve your customers and retain their loyalty.