Coding In The Making Of An E-Commerce Website

There’s a staggering amount of websites in cyberspace right now, not to mention the wide variety of types of websites that can be found.

According to Internet Live Stats, there are nearly 2 billion websites online. While only less than 200 Million of them are active, those numbers keep rising.

Websites can range from something as simple as pages of information like blogs and portfolios to complex ones like e-commerce and social media sites. Whatever website category they fall under, each site is out there on the web to accomplish an objective and fulfill a need for others. 

 

The Rise Of E-Commerce Sites

Purchasing behavior has been steadily evolving as more and more people become active in the digital world. E-commerce sales saw a rapid rise at the turn of the decade, with Statista projecting that the e-commerce industry will make up 24% of all retail sales in the U.S. by 2025. 

Although many consider it a fast-paced industry, e-commerce has become a viable way to start a business for some entrepreneurs. It allows them to reach a wider audience from their location and with considerably less investment than putting up a brick-and-mortar outlet. Even better? There are still countless fantastic business ideas waiting to take the world by storm. 

For more established businesses, many are choosing to grow and adapt to the constantly changing modern market. But despite the accelerated growth of the industry, according to Digital.com, 23% of small to medium retailers still do NOT have a website – and nearly a quarter of them say it’s because they don’t know how to build or run one. 

Here’s the good news: Some people can help with that!

 

The People Who Code

After all the planning and designing in the previous steps of the web development process, a website still isn’t a website if it’s not interactive. 

Meet the superstars of your web development project. These guys make sure your website functions the way consumers expect it to and does all the things you need it to do.

Normally there are two kinds of web developers – one handles the front-end, a.k.a. the storefront, and the other deals with the back-end or the business side of an e-commerce site. . However, the programming gods have also blessed a select few with superhuman coding skills who can do both (and maybe even more).

• The Front-end Developers 

Remember all those things that the UI/UX and graphic designers put together? Front-end developers are the guys who make them work – the menus, links, buttons, interactive displays, etc…basically, every functional or interactive component a customer will encounter on your e-commerce site. They also handle the very important task of making your site responsive and mobile-friendly so users can browse through them with ease whether on a laptop, mobile, tablets, or other devices – a trend that is projected to keep on rising. 

• The Back-end Developers 

These guys handle the heavy lifting when it comes to implementing all the business features and processes on your website. Think of it as the engine inside a car – you won’t see it unless you pop the hood, but it’s what makes your car run. Back-end developers deal with the server-side of things, like registrations, data storage and access, payment options, and more. 

 

How We Can Help

At Nexus Box, we take pride in our years of experience building hundreds of e-commerce sites for our numerous clients. We adopt our client’s goals as our own as we help turn their vision into reality. 

Our team of highly-skilled professional web developers specializes in working with several of the most popular e-commerce platforms like Magento, Shopify, WordPress, and WooCommerce to help you bring or launch your business in the digital space. 

Visit our website to learn more about the platforms we work with and our four-step web development process. Looking to begin a project? We can help you get started. Book a free consultation today and let’s connect to discuss your options.