Online shopping solutions in Boise, Idaho

Do you need a shop at all?

Before building anything, we ask what you want the shop to do. The answer isn't always a full store.

If customers regularly ask whether they can buy something without coming in or calling, a shop likely helps. If you want to sell outside business hours, same. If you only want a few extra sales and don't want to pack boxes, a shop may not be worth the work. We'll tell you honestly. A simple "request a quote" form is sometimes the better fit.

Think about three questions. Would a buyer rather click than call? Can you describe the item in a few sentences and a photo? Can you deliver it without much custom work? If the answers are yes, a small shop works. Some businesses sell things they never thought of as products, like a maintenance kit, a class pass, or a small set of parts. If it has a clear price and a clear way to reach the buyer, it can live in a cart.

What a small shop includes

We keep the setup short on purpose. Here's what comes with it. What's left out is a warehouse system, complex shipping rules, or a catalog with thousands of products. Those belong in a bigger build. Keeping this simple is the point. A shop that is easy to run gets used. One that needs constant attention gets abandoned, and a stale shop with old prices hurts your credibility.

• Add-to-cart and checkout on your own website.
• Simple product management: add, edit, or remove items yourself.
• Payment processing setup, so money lands in your account.
• Confirmation emails for buyers.
• Order tracking so you can see what's been placed and what needs filling.

Add it to your site, or rebuild first?

Often a shop can be added to your current website. It depends on how the site was built. Some sites are easy to extend, and others aren't, and forcing a shop onto a weak foundation causes trouble later.

So we look at your site first. If a shop fits, we add it. If the site needs work, we tell you, and you can decide whether to rebuild. When the site is too dated or slow to build on, a website redesign is the cleaner path.

Payment setup is the part most owners find confusing, so we walk you through it. We connect the payment processor you choose and run a test order before launch. We'd rather tell you now that a site needs work than add a cart that frustrates buyers later.

What running the shop looks like

The point of a small shop is that it stays small. Day to day, it should take minutes, not hours.

Mistakes small shops make

A few habits cause most small-shop headaches. Start small on purpose. Five products you can ship well beat fifty you can't. You can always add more once orders show you what people want.

• Listing too many items before you know what sells.
• Using dark, blurry, or inconsistent photos.
• Hiding shipping costs until the last step.
• Writing vague descriptions that leave buyers guessing.
• Selling something you can't realistically ship, deliver, or restock.

Cost and next steps

We scope shops on a discovery call, since the right setup depends on what you're selling and how it gets to the buyer. We'll ask how many orders a week you'd like, how you'd deliver them, and who handles them. Those answers keep the setup sized right. A shop built for ten orders a month looks different from one built for a hundred, and we'd rather plan for the real number. For context, website packages start at $3,900, and most projects land around $6,400. You can see them on our pricing page. 50% of a build is due at kickoff and 50% at launch.

If it turns out you have a large catalog, we'll point you toward full e-commerce development instead. Ready to talk it through? Contact us.