We’re a Small Business Sydney eCommerce Agency providing SME’s a suite of website eCommerce and digital development solutions optimised for affordability, performance and features.
Our eCommerce Services are focused on ensuring our clients online businesses provide their targeted consumers a premium and functional user experience on desktop, mobile and tablet.
Our approach to eCommerce is to deliver logical and appropriate transactional solutions specific to our clients users and target audience. We supply reliable, proven and secure eCommerce Solutions to all type of businesses requiring high-performance transactional solutions.
Your all-in-one for small business. We know that small business in Australia requires a expert support partner that delivers results, provides value and ensures your business survives, grows and performs.
COG Digital is an independent digital marketing agency located in Cronulla, Sydney. Our focus is the survival, growth and performance of our clients businesses. Established as a reliable digital marketing supplier with over a decade in business, we welcome new partnerships and look forward to solving new problems with dynamic forward-thinking solutions.
We lead as a technology and small business consultancy while operating as a brand and marketing agency, providing our clients a unique offer that ensures small Australian businesses and brands have the best advice, knowledge and support that increases their rates of survival, growth and performance.
By combining the strength of emotion in branding and the power of technology in software, sees COG Digital’s products and services purposefully designed to create a sustainable go forward point for the brands and businesses that we are entrusted with.
What is eCommerce?
Let’s begin with a general definition of ecommerce.
Ecommerce is short for “electronic commerce,” and is any business or commercial transaction conducted electronically.
Ecommerce is most well-known as the process of buying and selling physical or electronic items online. Some day-to-day examples of ecommerce include online retail shopping, auction sites like eBay, trading goods and services between corporations, and online banking.
Ecommerce can be broken into three subcategories:
Stores that sell physical products
These are your standard online retailers. These physical product stores include apparel stores, homeware businesses, and gift shops, just to give a few examples. Stores that sell physical goods showcase the items online and enable shoppers to add the things they like in their virtual shopping carts. When the payment is processed and the transaction marked complete, the store typically ships the orders to the shopper, though a growing number of retailers are implementing initiatives such as in-store pickup.
Service-based ecommerce
Services can also be bought and sold online. While there is a wide range of services offered online some examples are online consultants, educators, and freelancers. The buying process of services differs depending on the merchant. Some may allow you to purchase their services straightaway from their website or platform.
Digital products
Ecommerce is, by nature, highly digital, so it’s no surprise that many merchants sell “e-goods” online. Common types of digital products include ebooks, online courses, software, graphics, and virtual goods.
How Does eCommerce Work?
Ecommerce works with the use of payment gateways to secure the transfer of funds between buyers and sellers. Examples of payment gateways include Paypal, Paymate, eWAY, Stripe and more. With a COG Digital eCommerce Payment Transaction solution you’ll be able to supply your customers a secure and reliable shopping opportunity and be able to keep track of your business with real-time transaction reporting.
We know that credit cards are one of the most popular online payment methods because of the ease and convenience, and we’re stringent in our processes to protect the credit card details of our clients, customers and donors. We implement the services of MasterCard SecureCode and Verified by Visa, and install security certificates with every eCommerce project.
When developing payment solutions for our clients we also consider that different credit card brands have varied transaction costs. We choose the most appropriate solution based on the business position, strategy and reality of the customers purchase amounts and volume of expected sales.
Why Choose eCommerce?
E-commerce empowers small businesses by dismantling traditional barriers to entry. It provides a global storefront, allowing companies to reach a vast audience without the overhead costs of physical stores.
With 24/7 accessibility, it caters to diverse consumer schedules, enhancing convenience. The ability to showcase products or services online fosters brand visibility and credibility. E-commerce platforms often offer user-friendly tools, enabling even those with limited resources to manage transactions efficiently.
Additionally, data analytics afford valuable insights for targeted marketing. Overall, e-commerce democratically levels the playing field, enabling small businesses to thrive in a digital marketplace and compete on a global scale.
COG Digital believes that Ecommerce is beneficial for businesses in a few major ways:
Investing in ecommerce can also increase revenue: it allows businesses to reach more customers than physical locations alone, and also has big potential to influence more in-store purchases.
As ecommerce evolves, it’s important to keep an eye on ecommerce trends. Even if you’re a brick-and-mortar shop, you can still benefit from learning about ecommerce, since ecommerce is a good indicator of what consumers expect and want from their shopping experience.
Leadership and experience is everything when seeking a trusted partner for your project and business support.
COG Digital is led by Luke Sullivan. A dynamic Sydney-born professional with a diverse design and marketing career. Luke leads the marketing agency as a knowledgeable and dynamic captain at the helm. With professional experience across numerous industries, Lukes’ leadership at COG Digital is brand aware and business considerate, which ensures that all brand and marketing briefs big and small, are driven through to commercial success.
The benefit of having a Managing Director with professional hands-on-the-tools experience ensures the transfer of real working knowledge throughout the agency. It also offers the COG Digital service offering great depth and an honest transparent value.
Small businesses can unlock great value from a Sydney branding agency by asking the right questions, fostering a positive working relationship, and seeking a partner who envisions their success. Together, we’ll create a powerful brand that paves the way for a prosperous future. Let’s embark on this exciting journey, hand in hand!
Choosing The Right eCommerce Platform
COG Digital initially consult with our clients to make informed choices regarding the best eCommerce technology fit for your business, strategy and tactics, logistics, promotion and merchandising, inventory right through to tax and accounting management.
Our website developers and project managers understand each of our clients have unique eCommerce requirements – which is why we approach each and every website individually. Selling products, services, memberships and even taking commissions online are services that COG Digital know how to do.
Our eCommerce website developers are experienced in providing solutions such as Magento websites, Shopify websites and BigCommerce websites. Our eCommerce development team also provide eCommerce solutions for CMS platforms such as WordPress WooCommerce websites and Drupal websites.
