E-Commerce Development in Los Angeles

From Catalog to Checkout

Shoppers leave a store they cannot navigate, and they abandon a checkout that asks too much. We build store layouts with strong search and filtering and a checkout that is short, clear and tested on phones, because the last step is where sales are lost.

We configure Authorize.net, PayPal and Stripe to each processor's requirements, connect USPS or FedEx shipping and upload your product data, so the store opens ready to sell. Stores on Authorize.net also get QuickBooks sync, so every sale reaches your books with nothing retyped.

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Platform choice follows your catalog and growth plans: Shopify for a hosted store, WooCommerce for WordPress stores, Magento for larger catalogs, or a custom shopping cart when your product configurator, venue seating or sales funnel exceeds what a template handles.

After launch, we either train your staff to manage products, orders and reports, or run the store for you. Either way, the people who built the store are the ones you call for changes.

WHO IT IS FOR

Brands moving from marketplaces to their own storefront, retailers adding online sales, and businesses with a product that needs a custom ordering flow.

IN-HOUSE ADVANTAGE

Connected With Our Full Los Angeles Team

The team that designs your store also programs its checkout and tests every order path before launch.

What Is Included in E-Commerce

Your E-Commerce Store Process

DiscoveryWe review your setup, audience and goals, and you get a clear scope before work starts.
DesignWireframes show each page or screen and how visitors move through it, and you sign off before production.
BuildOur in-house team builds it from first design to final code.
LaunchWe test every page, and a team member reviews it before it goes live.
SupportYou can still reach the team that built it after launch.

Choosing between Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento and a custom cart

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Your platform decides how easily your team runs the store day to day and how far it can grow. We match it to your catalog and the way your shoppers buy, not to a platform we prefer. See the stores we built for Sportslick and the Alex Cramer Company.

Shopify development suits brands that want a hosted store with a proven checkout, with custom themes and apps where the standard ones fall short.
WooCommerce integration suits sellers who want a WordPress site and a store together, with a catalog your own team can manage.
Magento integration suits large catalogs and unusual requirements, such as syncing with your accounting or point-of-sale system.
Custom shopping carts are worth it when buyers configure a product, choose a seat or move through a multi-step offer.

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Getting paid: gateway, processor and merchant account

Three pieces have to agree.

The merchant account

It holds your money.

The processor

It moves the money.

The gateway

It carries the buyer's card details between your store and both.

A mismatch among the three, or a missing business detail, is what gets new accounts held. We set all three up together and run real checkouts before launch, whether your gateway is PayPal, Stripe or Authorize.net.

No product yet? A crowdfunding campaign can raise first orders before the store opens, and we can run it. A client we supported through launch raised over $100,000 on Kickstarter and met its funding goal.

What is checked before a store goes live

A customer taps a card on a plain payment terminal at a shop counter while the assistant smiles.

Before your store opens, we walk the full buying path on a desktop and a phone, the way a buyer would. The web design and development team that built your store runs the check, and afterwards our website maintenance team keeps it updated and backed up.

A test order from product page to confirmation email proves the whole path works before a buyer tries it.
Tax, shipping rates and carrier connections, with carrier rates and order feeds running through API integration.
Return, privacy and shipping policy pages, the ones careful buyers read before they pay.
Product data, categories and filters, so shoppers find what they came for.
Analytics and conversion tracking, so from the first order you can see where sales come from.

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E-Commerce Questions & Answers

Can you set up payment processing for our store?

Yes. We configure the account and the checkout together, following each processor's requirements.

When do I need a custom shopping cart?

When buyers build a product, pick a seat or a package, or move through a multi-step funnel with upsells, a plug-and-play cart falls short. We build a custom checkout around that flow.

Can you also photograph the products?

Yes. Our product photographers shoot to your marketplace and site specifications as part of the same project.

Which platform is best for my online store?

A team on WordPress gets the most from WooCommerce, a large catalog points to Magento, a buying process no platform supports calls for a custom cart, and a store that wants its hosting handled for it is a fit for Shopify. We build on all four and recommend the one that is right for your products, payment processor and budget.

Can you help list my products on Amazon as well?

Yes, through our Amazon marketing service. It covers the parts shoppers judge a listing by, its photos and description, along with registering your brand with Amazon, which opens up more tools, and keeping other sellers off your listings. Our own photographers shoot the product photos too.

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Technical note for your team

Checkout design and PCI DSS 4.0.1

Every checkout we build keeps card numbers off your server and every script on the payment page known and checked, so your buyers pay on a page that stays secure.

Technical details for your team

A checkout is the one page where design, security and compliance meet. The PCI DSS standard asks two things of an e-commerce payment page. Every script on it must be authorized and checked for integrity, and any unauthorized change to the page must be detected. We build every checkout to meet both.

For Shopify stores, Shopify development covers themes, checkout extensions and migrations. Headless commerce separates the front end from the platform that runs your catalog and orders.

Products people want to see in place come alive with 3D and AR experiences on their product pages. Whatever the platform, every checkout we build follows five practices.

Hosted fields or a redirect keep card numbers off your server.
Every script on a payment page has an owner and a reason to be there.
Change detection watches payment pages for unexpected edits.
We choose the right Self-Assessment Questionnaire before the build, because it follows from the integration.
Apple Pay and Google Pay shorten checkout on phones, and we place them beside the card form.

Tell Us About Your Project.

Speak directly with our Los Angeles web design & development specialists, or share your project details.

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