Though ecommerce site development and designing is much similar to developing and designing conventional sites, there are certain aspects which you cannot ignore while designing an ecommerce site. First of all, you must know that many of your users (read customers) may not be savvy to shopping online. It is also possible that there may be many first time shoppers. Hence your site design should be user-friendly as much as possible. This means easy and short site navigation and maximum functionality. You should try to have all the important functionalities on the homepage so that users do not have to go through multiple clicks to get a task done. Talking in regard, having a user-friendly shopping cart can place you at an advantageous position. Again, your site should also support maximum payment options. It should accept and be able to process payments through options such as credit cards, debt cards, and Pay Pal. You also require the right ecommerce software solution to support all these features.
Many website design and development companies offer ecommerce website development. If low budget is a factor, you can outsource the project to an Indian development company for quality and affordable services.