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Bridging offline and online shopping is one of the first steps to omnichannel success. Through ecommerce and a POS system integration, you can also extend the existing functionality of your website and attract a larger audience to your brand.
We’ve updated our article in 2022 to provide you with the latest information about the benefits of POS integration with ecommerce.
Additionally, we will share one of the NEKLO customer’s success stories that testify to the efficiency of POS with ecommerce integration strategy.
Global digital development is exploding and impacting every business activity, including ecommerce. Statista predicts that online sales in 2023 will account for 22% of all retail sales worldwide. That’s trillions of dollars in monetary terms.
Retail businesses providing quality POS experience only risk losing an opportunity to receive their share of the global online sales profit. Brands invest lots of resources, time, and money into a professional online presence, or even combine both ecommerce POS systems for a greater sales boost.
More on what it brings to businesses to integrate operations conducted via retail point of sale (POS) systems at a brick-and-mortar store with an ecommerce platform you will find below.
Buckle up before you reveal 3 key advantages of such an integration.
Both POS and ecommerce systems play significant roles in business development. In a nutshell, the essence about the systems can be formulated as follows:
Through ecommerce integration with POS in a physical sales point, you can synchronize, automate, and organize in-store and online operations. As a result, chances of improving customer experience in today’s online realm increase.
At NEKLO, we have identified and highlighted 3 main benefits that integration with POS systems brings to businesses. They are:
Now, a bit more in detail about each.
Running a web store and POS separately may cause an imbalance in the work of both systems. Issues might also arise because of manual data input. Fixing human errors takes time and effort.
Through POS system with website integration, you get one system that helps you to:
Additionally, it helps to get a complete image of how your customers shop.
The time saved on manual work can be used for data analysis and further improvement of your promotional strategies.
As you connect POS with your ecommerce website you get an opportunity to establish a retail system that supports loyalty programs, coupon and gift card redemption for both online and in-store purchases. In the case of having two separately-operating systems, integration with loyalty features might become rather challenging.
Moreover, the synchronization feature will help in setting up the prices on both channels at once. For instance, you can set up automatic handling of your store’s promotional coupons. No need for manual entering of promo codes during the checkout online and in-store. Positive and results-driving customer experience is critical for online retail. We’ve already shared some insightful tips on how to improve your website’s usability in our article called eCommerce UX: Improve User Experience of Online Shopping. Click on the link to check it out.
As online shopping has been on the rise, giants like Amazon have become the first to introduce express delivery. For ecommerce businesses whose sales volumes are not yet equal to those of Amazon, the optimal solution is to provide online customers with an opportunity to pick up orders in a brick-and-mortar store.
Ultimately, the ecommerce POS integration makes it possible to turn your physical store into the point of order fulfilment for your online customers. By enabling the possibility to pick up orders and effectuate POS payment in a store nearby, you reduce overall shipping costs while increasing customer satisfaction.
Along with the advantages above you get the ability to:
As certified Magento developers, we are often engaged in ecommerce projects, providing a range of services to help retail businesses get an online presence and scale their ecommerce activities.
In 2015, we got a request from a California-based fashion brand Planet Blue to help them go digital. The company has already been successfully running a chain of brick-and-mortar stores.
The Planet Blue Company wished to launch an online store, integrate with POS systems and third-party services.
Our Magento certified specialists launched an up-to-date solution to help Planet Blue with the point of sale integration with ecommerce.
We were responsible for:
The outcomes of our development work got the customer satisfied in the end, as we have managed to:
On our portfolio page, you will find what else we can offer to streamline your retail business.
Running one retail business through two channels seamlessly and simultaneously is hardly possible without a POS website integration. At the same time, it helps to avoid time and money wasted on manual work, error correction. incoherent data fixes.
What you ultimately get with POS ecommerce integration is a consistently functioning business system that works to increase your sales.
At NEKLO, we will be glad to bring our ecommerce development expertise to power your idea through a well-balanced retail online integration solution for your prospect or existing retail business activity. Contact us through the form on our website or turn to our sales representative Alex Mokievets for a targeted dialogue on our custom ecommerce development services.
US-based and operating globally, NEKLO spearheads digital transformation initiatives for businesses worldwide. We deliver software solutions complying with your market and legislation.
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