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Electronic or e-commerce website is a type of website where business transaction takes place online. This type of website allows users to shop and pay for products and services online. Ebay and Amazon are good examples of e-commerce websites. Even small businesses brought their endeavor online, seeking for more consumers at present. Because of the internet, consumers can easily build a site for their own businesses.

Especially when you don't know anything about basic web designing, building a website from scratch is not easy. It is required to have a branded line of products and services before you can build a site. Studies show that consumers' decision to buy a certain product is highly influenced by the brand name. If you're planning of introducing a new line of product, work hard in making your brand name known, through creating a website which reflects the qualities and nature of the brand. Also, a good e-commerce website design is simple yet catchy, but does not subdue the products. The cores of your website are the products. An attractive page design doesn't mean that you can easily sell your products.

Another quality of effective website is easy navigation. Well designed applications and graphics compose easy navigation. A shopping cart is one of the features of an e-commerce site which functions literally as a shopping cart. The shopping cart functions as the calculator and the collector of items you want to purchase. Evident among online stores are shopping carts. This feature also attracts more consumers because it can make shopping much less of a hassle.

How to add a shopping cart to your website? The two forms of shopping carts are full page and mini. Having its own page is a full page cart, while a mini cart is only a small icon. Both kinds of shopping cart are preferred, but it will be an advantage to use mini shopping carts because it will not outshine the layout of your webpage because it occupies only a small space. You can provide more information and options for your user through a full page cart once you build a site.

A step-by-step process is required to design your shopping cart. Sign in, billing and shipping, payment, verify, and edit, are the four steps to design your shopping cart. Through an icon in the homepage, you can also have another option to link your full page shopping cart. Through this, you can maximize the space in your homepage. However, you have to make sure that the icons are emphasized and will draw the eyes of the user. Use clear font face and size to avoid miscommunication with the consumer in terms of prices.

The verify and edit page is essential for the confirmation of purchase. Checking the items before making the actual purchase is important on the part of the consumer.