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Catalogue websites contain a collection of linked internet addresses which are mostly sorted according to specific criteria e.g. by a specific industry.

we help users search for information in a more targeted way. Before the emergence of search engines, web catalogues were the only way to search for a website on the internet. From a search engine optimization point of view, an entry in a web catalogue can be very useful since it makes it easier to find your website as well as creating an additional backlink.

The e-commerce industry is highly competitive and increasing exponentially in popularity among consumers and businesses alike.  Creating an e-commerce strategy that can give you the advantage and can help you to compete with some of the best online shopping sites in South Africa and the world.

Online shopping in South Africa have grown tremendously since the 1990’s, not only in sales, but also in terms of variety, technology and strategy. Online stores like Takealot and Amazon are referred to as a marketplace and have become popular additional sales channels as part of the overall online shop strategy.

Most people and companies do not know how to set up an online shop because starting an online store is not the easiest thing to do. Akata prides itself to be one of the best online store builder companies in the country with over 7 years’ experience and multiple happy clients that have seen their sales improve since working with us.

Starting an online store with no money is not realistic but have a realistic and scalable approach can help you save a lot of money. That is why we focus on open-source technology that allow our customers to benefit from a vast pool of developers worldwide.  One of the best online store builder tools is WordPress and WooCommerce. Akata specializes in this open source technology and we deploy it to most of the small to medium sized businesses we deal with.

When it comes to enterprise-sized companies, we lean towards Magento as the proposed e-commerce solution. Magento is an open-sourced e-commerce platform that was bought over by the Adobe group. It offers powerful features that cater for the larger customers with vast product portfolios.

We know how to build an e-commerce website step by step, and we take all our customers on the journey. Starting an online store is no longer a nice to have, it has become a necessity as the consumer behaviour has changed so much in the past two decades, driven by convenience, availability, and affordability.

When it comes to e-commerce in South Africa, we are the solution. To chat with us and for advice on how to start an e-commerce store, or even just to get some e-commerce store ideas, please get in touch with us today.

Companies use online learning to encourage self-paced learning and improve important things like critical skills development, ensure compliance, improve productivity, sales and other critical skills among employees.

Online learning platforms for business does not have to break the bank. With the LearnDash LMS (Learning Management System) your company can have a fully functional and integrated solution that can positively impact your employees immediately.

LearnDash is rated as the best WordPress LMS plugin and used by some of the most prominent universities in the world for their online education strategies. The Akata approach to combine open-source technology with premium plugins paves the way for companies to have the benefit of world class solutions at a fraction of the cost of customer developed software.

To onboard your organisation to one of the best learning platforms and learn how to use online learning to improve your business, reach out to use today.

A well-executed sales incentive plan combined with an intuitive sales incentive platform can have a major impact on a company that is reliant on sales revenue. Akata have built and manage various incentive systems that help customers to increase sales. The combination of a well-planned sales incentive strategy, coupled with an interactive platform to facilitate the strategy and keep sales staff engaged, could be the missing link your business have been looking for.

If you are more interested in developing a retail sales incentive or dealer incentive program, the basic principles remain the same and  our scalable solutions can be adjusted to serve the purpose of the business.

To learn more about how a sales incentive platform can work for your business, get in touch with the Akata team today.

We share the expertise of our in-house experts. You can assemble a team of dedicated developers, QA specialists, designers, and marketers to suit your project needs. We help you choose and configure the platform, decide on the environment and hosting conditions, third-party integrations, design, content. We do everything to ensure that you get a fully working website, ready to generate revenue. Normally, you will get a piece of software developed for the specific needs of your Magento or WordPress store. We can not only make customization for our existing extensions but also create a brand new plugin from scratch. But custom module development is only one of the possible Magento or WordPress development services that our team can offer. We take on projects of any complexity and do our best to turn your ideas into reality.

A SharePoint Add-in is a self-contained piece of functionality that extends the capabilities of SharePoint websites to solve a well-defined business problem.

Custom integrations enable a business to integrate their software, systems, platforms or websites with each other according to their business’s unique needs and specifications.

Data integration software lets enterprises combine, manage, and understand all the data from multiple sources in one single platform. Armed with data integration software, enterprises can make sense of the data, through analytics and statistics, and make better business decisions.

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The e-commerce industry is highly competitive and increasing exponentially in popularity among consumers and businesses alike.  Creating an e-commerce strategy that can give you the advantage and can help you to compete with some of the best online shopping sites in South Africa and the world.

Online shopping in South Africa have grown tremendously since the 1990’s, not only in sales, but also in terms of variety, technology and strategy. Online stores like Takealot and Amazon are referred to as a marketplace and have become popular additional sales channels as part of the overall online shop strategy.

Most people and companies do not know how to set up an online shop because starting an online store is not the easiest thing to do. Akata prides itself to be one of the best online store builder companies in the country with over 7 years’ experience and multiple happy clients that have seen their sales improve since working with us.

Starting an online store with no money is not realistic but have a realistic and scalable approach can help you save a lot of money. That is why we focus on open-source technology that allow our customers to benefit from a vast pool of developers worldwide.  One of the best online store builder tools is WordPress and WooCommerce. Akata specialises in this open source technology and we deploy it to most of the small to medium sized businesses we deal with.

When it comes to enterprise-sized companies, we lean towards Magento as the proposed e-commerce solution. Magento is an open-sourced e-commerce platform that was bought over by the Adobe group. It offers powerful features that cater for the larger customers with vast product portfolios.

We know how to build an e-commerce website step by step, and we take all our customers on the journey. Starting an online store is no longer a nice to have, it has become a necessity as the consumer behaviour has changed so much in the past two decades, driven by convenience, availability, and affordability.

When it comes to e-commerce in South Africa, we are the solution. To chat with us and for advice on how to start an e-commerce store, or even just to get some e-commerce store ideas, please get in touch with us today.

Companies use online learning to encourage self-paced learning and improve important things like critical skills development, ensure compliance, improve productivity, sales and other critical skills among employees.

Online learning platforms for business does not have to break the bank. With the LearnDash LMS (Learning Management System) your company can have a fully functional and integrated solution that can positively impact your employees immediately.

LearnDash is rated as the best WordPress LMS plugin and used by some of the most prominent universities in the world for their online education strategies. The Akata approach to combine open-source technology with premium plugins paves the way for companies to have the benefit of world class solutions at a fraction of the cost of customer developed software.

To onboard your organisation to one of the best learning platforms and learn how to use online learning to improve your business, reach out to use today.

A well-executed sales incentive plan combined with an intuitive sales incentive platform can have a major impact on a company that is reliant on sales revenue. Akata have built and manage various incentive systems that help customers to increase sales. The combination of a well-planned sales incentive strategy, coupled with an interactive platform to facilitate the strategy and keep sales staff engaged, could be the missing link your business have been looking for.

If you are more interested in developing a retail sales incentive or dealer incentive program, the basic principles remain the same and  our scalable solutions can be adjusted to serve the purpose of the business.

To learn more about how a sales incentive platform can work for your business, get in touch with the Akata team today.

A well-executed sales incentive plan combined with an intuitive sales incentive platform can have a major impact on a company that is reliant on sales revenue. Akata have built and manage various incentive systems that help customers to increase sales. The combination of a well-planned sales incentive strategy, coupled with an interactive platform to facilitate the strategy and keep sales staff engaged, could be the missing link your business have been looking for.

If you are more interested in developing a retail sales incentive or dealer incentive program, the basic principles remain the same and  our scalable solutions can be adjusted to serve the purpose of the business.

To learn more about how a sales incentive platform can work for your business, get in touch with the Akata team today.

Search engine marketing, or SEM, is one of the most effective ways to grow your business in an increasingly competitive marketplace. With millions of businesses out there all vying for the same eyeballs, it’s never been more important to advertise online, and search engine marketing is the most effective way to promote your products and grow your business.

Social media marketing is a powerful way for businesses of all sizes to reach prospects and customers. People discover, learn about, follow, and shop from brands on social media, so if you’re not on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, you’re missing out! Great marketing on social media can bring remarkable success to your business, creating devoted brand advocates and even driving leads and sales.

Email marketing is a form of marketing that can make the customers on your email list aware of new products, discounts, and other services. It can also be a softer sell to educate your audience on the value of your brand or keep them engaged between purchases. It can also be anything in between.

Secure hosting is an approach to web hosting with the focus on keeping a website and your customers safe from cyber attacks. At the most basic, a secure host will provide security for its physical servers. Beyond that, it will provide security against online attacks.

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The “look and feel” of a website or piece of software describes its appearance and functionality. People may use this term to discuss how a website looks and how it feels to navigate it. The term can be used for any interface, but it is often used in describing websites.

Ecommerce is the buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet. It is conducted over computers, tablets, smartphones, and other smart devices. Almost anything can be purchased through ecommerce today. It can be a substitute for brick-and-mortar stores, though some businesses choose to maintain both. Ecommerce operates in four market segments, including business-to-business, business-to-consumer, consumer-to-consumer, and consumer-to-business.

Site speed refers to how quickly a browser can load webpages from a given site.

Search engine optimization (SEO) is often about making small modifications to parts of your website. When viewed individually, these changes might seem like incremental improvements, but when combined with other optimizations, they could have a noticeable impact on your site’s user experience and performance in organic search results.

Online sales and marketing is the use of the Internet and other electronic media to sell and promote products and services. We use a variety of websites, search engines, social media and e-mails to provide information to potential purchasers. Online sales and marketing is considered an inexpensive format to reach buyers, so many companies are using the medium to broaden the reach of traditional marketing programs.

Digital marketing refers to the creation and dissemination of content through digital media channels—websites, landing pages, social media, email, and mobile applications—and the promotion of that content using a variety of strategies across paid, earned, and owned digital channels, including SEO, SEM, pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, content syndication, social, email, text, and more. Digital marketing strategies help us define goals, target an audience and develop a digital marketing plan that best reaches your audience.

User Experience refers to the feeling users experience when using a product, application, system, or service. It is a broad term that can cover anything from how well the user can navigate the product, how easy it is to use, how relevant the content displayed is etc.

Custom integrations enable a business to integrate their software, systems, platforms or websites with each other according to their business’s unique needs and specifications.

Data integration software lets enterprises combine, manage, and understand all the data from multiple sources in one single platform. Armed with data integration software, enterprises can make sense of the data, through analytics and statistics, and make better business decisions.

Teamwork skills are the qualities and abilities that allow you to work well with others during conversations, projects, meetings or other collaborations. Having teamwork skills is dependent on your ability to communicate well, actively listen and be responsible and honest.