The internet offers a host of sales opportunities for an enterprising business but an e-commerce web site is usually seen as an expensive and difficult thing to arrange.
Extend Ecommerce Edition web development software makes it possible to set up a web site without any programming or design skills in "less than five minutes".
Equology has created an instant web site package that links directly to a web hosting service to allow users to create and populate a new e-commerce site without the hassle of commissioning a web site designer and organising the technology.
The software is remarkably easy to use and self-explanatory.
I set up a trial web site in about ten minutes, clicking on every button in sight and trying out all the options. I was then able to upload my data to the site without problems. I was quite pleased with the result.
A web designer friend pointed out the template approach to design produces a rather bland looking on-line brochure, even when supplemented by photos and other images.
The value to companies on a low budget is the site costs next to nothing to create. The drawback is a rather heavy monthly web-hosting fee of about £40.
Price: £34.
Contact: 01895 201555.
Feel good factor: 6 out of 10.
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