eCommerce with actinic

Essex Computer Solutions can deliver our clients a full end-to-end Sales Ordering System.

What does this mean?

This allows you to sell products online and on one of your business PC's we install the software that allows you to process those orders. This is not to be confused with the online Open Source management ecommerce packages you can download. We only use the current market leader in our eyes, www.actinic.co.uk. What this means is that you get a quality product to manage your online shop. Actinic is not just a shopping cart, we see it as a complete solution and is far superior to those currently out there.

How do we know? We invested a number of months of evaluating the open source leaders in shopping cart software and also tried the leaders in the commercial side and even went down the road of writing our own. Our conclusion was that for its price, ongoing upgrades and backup support, Actinic was a clear winner.

We use the Actinic Catalog® product for you to use to process your orders.

About Actinic Catalog®

Actinic Catalog® provides ease of use, flexibility and a comprehensive range of features in a value for money ecommerce package. It includes everything a small business needs to design, build and manage a secure and powerful ecommerce store. Backed up by a range of support and service options and a ready-made upgrade path to more advanced functionality, Actinic Catalog provides a platform to build a successful online store.

Key Features

• Easy to use and intuitive Windows interface with Start Up and Design Wizards to get you up and running quickly.

• Flexible product catalogue supports up to 20,000 products including digital products.

• Complete design and store layout flexibility to create your own unique, customised store.

• Extensive store management functionality for easy and efficient store operation.

• Powerful marketing and merchandising features to assist in growing your online business.

• Independence to integrate with the leading online payment gateways and commercial hosting providers.

Our eCommerce process.

• We gather your requirements - number of products, branding, other web pages, search engine assistance etc...

• We provide you with a quotation and if agreed, the project is kicked off. This involves signing the agreement and paying a percentage upfront to enable the project to commence.

• We then go into Product Identification phase - basically how each product should be presented generically (Descriptions, sales details, images, delivery costs and so on).

• We next go to design phase - layout/branding.

• Any other web pages required?

• Some Products are loaded and a "quick demo" is arranged to show you the progress and then is the time to make any changes.

• The remaining products are loaded.

• The web site is tested internally.

• Finally the web site is presented to you for sign off.

• An invoice is issued and once the final payment has been received we arrange a day to install your software and your web site. We give you training on that day on how to use the software.

• Finally your eCommerce web site is made live ready to take new orders!

Contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and let us know your requirements and we will do the rest.