Development of a catalog site
A catalog site is a site whose main task is to present a list of goods or services, company contact information , useful information. The visitor can get acquainted with the characteristics, details, find out the price, ask questions to the consultant.
The structure of the catalog site resembles an online store . The difference is that there is no shopping cart in the catalog - the client cannot order a service or product on the site, since the task of such a site is only to familiarize clients with products. The development of a catalog site will allow to save managers' time on conversations with customers and save money on printing price lists and photo catalogs.
The main elements of the catalog site
The structure of the catalog site is directly related to its main function - presenting a catalog of goods or services on the Internet. The elements in the catalog can be different, depending on the needs of the company, but most often the basic set of elements looks like this:
- main page;
- About Us page for the user to familiarize himself with with the company;
- a page with contact details, information about the location of the company and a callback order form from a consultant;
- a page with terms of work, payment, delivery;
- catalog of products or services offered;
- search;
- news or a blog to describe useful information.
These are the basic elements needed to run a catalog site. If you wish, you can add and expand the functionality, for example, by adding a personal account, lists of selected services or products, calculation tools, additional pages and much more. Everything is discussed individually.
. A catalog site is ideal for you if the price of goods depends on many factors, is unstable, and the goods are made to order. The catalog site contains all the information about the characteristics of the goods, so customers will always be able to familiarize themselves with it by placing an order by phone or through the appropriate form.
If the company is not set up to sell via the Internet, but wants to significantly expand the geography of its activity and launch contextual advertising, there is no need to create a full-fledged online store either, since a catalog site will cope with this task perfectly.
Most often, such resources are created for companies specializing in the following areas:
- tourism business;
- equipment sales;
- transport services;
- cosmetology.
Advantages of creating a catalog site
- possibility of providing information about the characteristics of the proposed product;
- efficiency due to coverage of a large target audience;
- low development cost;
- saving time;
- easy tracking of results ;
- quick launch of the project;
How much does it cost to develop a catalog site?
Cost of creation site-directory depends on many factors: the number of pages, e elements, functionality, integration - and varies from $1000, but in any case is much cheaper, than the cost of an online store, and for many companies a web catalog is an ideal solution. Its main difference is the absence of a shopping cart and an order form: the product is ordered through the manager, that is, by phone call or through the contact form.
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