If the global pandemic triggered anything, it was rapid digitalization across every area of life. You can see it clearly in the boom of online shopping. Having an online store today is essential to survive and adapt to change.
To digitalize or not to digitalize
Consumers have changed their buying habits, and shopping online gives them more convenience and peace of mind. More and more, we see that having an online store opens a new door to thousands of customers you can reach — people you never even imagined before.
Advantages of having an online store (ecommerce)
- It may seem obvious, but the internet handles millions upon millions of searches. Those searches turn into potential customers if you know how to position yourself well.
- Open 24 hours a day, seven days a year. Customers can buy without needing anyone on hand at the moment of purchase.
- Setting up an ecommerce takes little upfront investment and is inexpensive, since your main costs are website maintenance and little else.
- Because it costs less, every sale you make carries a higher profit margin.
- On the internet, you have the chance to become a giant fast. Growing your online business to the point where it stands on the online store alone is a reality today. Some very successful companies have pulled it off.
How do I manage the ecommerce and the physical shop?
With the arrival of ERP software like ours, you can now connect your online store with your physical shop.
Manage everything from a single place and stop wasting time.
By syncing your ecommerce, StockAgile orchestrates the products published in the ecommerce and their stock. On top of that, when a sale is made from the ecommerce, it flows into StockAgile so you can manage it.
Advantages of managing the online store and the physical shop together
- You’ll manage everything from a single place.
- All your data and transactions stored in the cloud.
- No more stock mismatches, since the software updates in real time the inventory you have in both the ecommerce and the physical shop.
- You digitalize processes that used to be heavy and tedious to do by hand or in Excel.
- You reduce human error and gain more control over your business.
- Your time matters, and by using the software you can spend it on what really counts.
What does Stockagile let me do by connecting the online store with the physical one?
- Products: products sync with the ecommerce when the user does so explicitly, whether for a single product or multiple products.
- Stock: inventory always syncs the moment there’s a variation in it — for example, when you receive a purchase of products, send a transfer to another warehouse, run a stock count, and so on.
- Sales: sales made from the ecommerce flow into StockAgile so the user can manage them.