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E-Commerce Website Development

Whether you’re selling shoes or HVAC equipment, our team of e-commerce web developers works to leverage your brand and deliver on the objectives of your e-commerce website.

We take great care to assess your business needs and deliver a custom e-commerce development project that performs its most critical function: securing new customers and growing your repeat customer base.

Comrade views each client as a partner. With a long-term view, we work to ensure the success of your business and e-commerce development project. While Chicago-based, Comrade has a truly world class portfolio and has worked with businesses just like yours, all across the globe.

E-Commerce Development Services

Looking to migrate your store to other e-commerce platforms, reshape your company's online brand identity, or develop a complex e-commerce experience? We specialize in delivering optimal e-commerce solutions.

New e-commerce stores (B2B and B2C)

With a new e-commerce website we can help drive conversions, find and engage new buyers and ensure your unique brand leave a lasting impression. Talk to our experts about your goals and to receive a complimentary growth plan.

Legacy system upgrades

For businesses that have been "at it" for a while, legacy systems inevitably fall out of utility and need to be upgraded. Your Comrade e-commerce web developer can re-design or re-platform your e-commerce website to align with your goals and meet the demands of the ever-changing e-marketplace.

E-commerce site upkeep and maintenance

Custom e-commerce development projects require tweaks and maintenance along the way. We will keep your website up to date and ensure it remains optimized to function at the top of its game. This includes upgrades to the core ecommerce platform, functionality adjustments and elements optimization. All of these increase your reach and help you sell more products or services.

Working With Us on Your Ecommerce Project, You Get…

A Secured Store

Your store must be a secure place for your business and your buyers. We take this requirement seriously and your store safety is our #1 priority.

Sales Features

Your sales channels can be strategically connected to track products, orders and customers in one place. No more administrative hassles, just sales.

Robust Reporting

Reports enable you to track your progress and ensure your business remains on an upward trajectory. We set up your ecommerce site with the best reporting tools that empower you with valuable sales, customer behavior and marketing data.

SEO for Ecommerce

If someone is searching online for your products or services, they need to be able to find you. We optimize your ecommerce store for search engines, ensuring the greatest possible reach within your target market.

Not Sure Where to Start?

Our e-commerce development team will provide recommendations on the proper tools, platform and approach to meet your business' KPIs.

The E-Commerce Platforms We Work With

A consultation with us starts by assessing your current (or future) online presence, user-centric solutions and monitoring tools that drive your objectives. Your customer reach can explode and revenue grow markedly with the right omnichannel presence designed for your business, your avatar and your KPIs.

Shopify

Looking for a seamless online shop? Shopify is an ideal platform for this goal.

Shopify is a superb e-commerce platform built for simplicity and streamlined interfaces—both for your customers on the frontend and for you on the backend. Shopify is scalable and reliable, offering you unlimited bandwidth, inventory and customer data. Payments on Shopify are easy with their built-in systems, ensuring easy sales integration with Instagram, Amazon and even Facebook Messenger. Best of all, it’s fully customizable—and that’s where we come in.

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WooCommerce

Extend your WordPress website with sales capabilities by choosing WooCommerce.

Do you currently run or are you planning to build a WordPress website? Are you thinking of selling products on your website? That’s where WooCommerce comes in. It is a powerful 3rd-party plugin that can be configured with your WordPress website. It has many wonderful features to accommodate your needs. From great extensions like PayPal payment processing and integration with systems like MailChimp, to inventory management and various shipping options.

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Magento

You can rely on Magento if your business is looking to incorporate complex integrations and custom work flows.

This e-commerce platform is flexible for custom websites with unique brand objectives. Magento also unlocks an omnichannel experience to support your continued growth and is a great option for ecommerce business management, from product development and deployment to reporting. Whether you’re B2B or B2C, selling software or apparel, Magento can support your business goals.

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Featured Ecommerce Case Studies

Barr & Young Attorneys

Premier California law firm Barr & Young gets full rebranding and dynamic marketing campaigns for lead generation

As a client of CWA for over 4 years, we have not only helped them redesign their site and keep it up to date with best practices, but have gained impressive marketing results.

650%

INCREASE IN MONTHLY LEADS

350%

CONVERSION RATE INCREASE

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Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors

Increasing Local Traffic Over 300%

The number of accounts created and the volume of new orders increased markedly since the engagement began. Comrade Web Agency’s understanding of digital technologies helps them meet all project specifications. Their ability to turn a client's vision into reality makes them a valuable partner.

42%

CONVERSION RATE IMPROVED

60%

INCREASE IN REVENUE

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Understand the goals and functionality requirements of your project
Our ecommerce development process begins with a consultation. We uncover your goals and needs as well as assess your current market and competitive landscape.
Identify your ideal buyers and build their buyer journey
Your ideal buyers have certain expectations when visiting your website. We work with you to identify and understand your target audience so your business can exceed their expectations. The result? A buyer journey that helps your potential customers find and buy what they want on your site.
Competition and industry research
In the next step, our team researches your competition and industry landscape. This includes digital and traditional research to better position your business to stand apart from the rest. This research helps us make additional recommendations for the functionality, content and features of your website.
Website architecture and sitemap for your e-commerce site
Next, we use all the information gathered through discovery to build an optimized website architecture and sitemap for your project.
Create high-fideltiy wireframes with clickable site prototypes
One of the final steps in this phase is to create high-fidelity prototypes that outline the schematic content and function of all major pages of your e-commerce site. You receive a clickable first-look at your site's user experience.
SEO research and architecture for the full site
If any industry benefits most from search engine optimization, it's e-commerce. We ensure that prospects who are online looking for the same products you sell, or at even just information related to them, will find your site first.

Create your project style guide
We create a project style guide for your e-commerce website to serve as the "rule book" for its look and feel. This guide is built around the design elements unique to your brand so that your site will be unmistakably "yours."
Design your online store
Once the style guide is set, we work to design the major pages of your store. This starts with the most essential pages like your homepage and shopping cart, followed by product pages. These designs ensure that your site is optimally usable with a crisp, minimalist design that makes your calls to action clear.
Design your mobile-friendly site
As we work through the step above, your project will also be fully scaled for desktop, tablet and mobile devices.

E-commerce platform implementation
We launch the web development phase of your project in parallel with the web design phase, above. The first step in development is to set up the chosen platform for your project.
Design implementation
The next step in web development is where we take all the approved page designs and elements to slice and code them into your website. This code will be connected with your e-commerce platform once this is done. The result? Your website elements will all be easy to update via the user-friendly admin panel of your e-commerce platform.
Website integrations are fully set up
Once all of those attractive, front-facing design elements are built on the frontend, we work on the functionality of the site on the backend. This includes setting up your e-commerce inventory, connecting shippping and payment methods and developing all the necessary logic for transactions.
Add content and products to your website
In the final stage of web development, we fill the e-commerce site with your product inventory and website copy.

Pinpoint and set up proper SEO priorities
Our team works with yours to identify SEO priorities and tools that provide long-term insight into your progress.
Onsite SEO performed
Our SEO team then prepares your website for a successful SEO launch. This involves many technical aspects and functionality to determine whether your website will show up on Google. As a Google-certified agency, we know what works and apply our high SEO standards to every project.
Review your website for embedded SEO keywords
In order to reap the full benefits, all SEO keywords on your e-commerce site have to be "readable" by Google. At this stage we run a full sweep of your website to check for embedded SEO keywords, ensuring Google can understand every optimization we've built in.
Set up your site for Google Analytics, Google Webmaster and other monitoring solutions
At this point, we set up your website monitoring tools, which track the site's performance over time. We even build in all the event triggers and explain the entire system to you and your team. This valuable data can be leveraged to ensure your business remains on an upward trajectory.

Testing for website functionality and performance
At this stage, everything has been built and optimized in your e-commerce project and will run through a final test for functionality. We test all the essential components including payment processing, shipping and order tracking.
Website project approval
After all testing is complete, the website is shared with you for review and approval. Once approved, we launch your new e-commerce site live.
Initial tracking of performance
Once your e-commerce site is live, Google finds and indexes it. We watch this process unfold and immediately monitor initial site performance to ensure it is truly optimized—both for findability and function. We then review share the initial performance review with you.
Comrade trains you and your team
We train the people on your team who will be in charge of the website. We walk them through website monitoring, managing, and updating the e-commerce platform.
Technical support (as needed)
Even after we've finished a project, Comrade doesn't disappear. Our e-commerce website development comes with a set warranty period. During this time, we monitor your online store and make any necessary adjustments. Further to this, we offer stellar maintenance packages that allow members of our team to continue making updates and optimizations over time.

Why Comrade?

Comrade takes pride in its long-lasting relationships with clients. We are more than an e-commerce company in Chicago, we are a full service solutions provider with clients around the globe in 47 industries.

Proven processes

Comrade implements a proven process to help our e-commerce clients reach more buyers, earn higher profits and enjoy accelerated growth.

More than a decade helping e-commerce stores

Chicago-based and in business since 2008, our team of e-commerce web development experts have the portfolio to demonstrate years of success.

Superior customer service

We believe in delivering results and in partnering with our clients to provide them with the ongoing support they need. Your success is our success and it's our agency's guiding light.

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Frequently Asked Questions About E-Commerce Web Development

How much does e-commerce development cost?

The cost for e-commerce website development will depend on multiple factors including the site's objectives and complexity, the technical aspects of its performance, its functionality and the timeline for development. The average cost for high-performance e-commerce web development usually ranges from $15,000 to $30,000+.

How long does it take to develop an e-commerce project?

Most high-performance e-commerce website development projects take between two and four months. And just like the cost for e-commerce sites, the timeline for development varies based on functionality, the project's structure and complexity and the number of products sold. The client's availability to approve key elements of the site or provide information or feedback when needed, is also key in the ultimate turnaround time. If your assets are ready and you have the time needed to devote to the project, your project can be finished sooner.

Can an existing e-commerce website be enhanced or supported by Comrade?

If you already have an operating e-commerce site, it can sometimes be updated to meet your needs. This option comes down to your specific business objectives. Was your existing online store designed with those objectives in mind? Has it lived up to those objectives? Was it properly set up and optimized? What sort of technological platform was it built on? To explore whether your e-commerce website can be updated and supported, our team starts with an assessment to review the site's strategy and technology used. We then present you with our recommendation.

How do I choose an e-commerce web developer?

The most important consideration to weigh is whether the agency you choose has experience. Has the company you're considering worked on e-commerce solutions like yours? If they have, can they prove positive results with their portfolio and case studies? If you see similar e-commerce sites in their portfolio, how successful are those clients now? Don't be shy. Ask these questions when you speak to any e-commerce web development company, including ours!

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