About Merchant Venture

The primary focus of our company is to provide businesses with the most effective eCommerce solutions to drive online sales. Our executives and managers have decades of experience in both offline and online retail. In addition our team includes experienced Application Programmers, Database Architects, Graphic Designers, Marketers, Copywriters, Photographers & Hosting Specialist.

The founding management team behind Merchant Venture has launched, bought, managed, sold and currently runs successful e-commerce businesses in the jewellery and giftware markets. Combining our understanding of retail, latest technology and importance of customer service, we know what it takes to launch and grow a successful online store!

As with many business concepts and ideas, the unique concept of our service started on a paper napkin in a restaurant. From the basic concept on a napkin the business is now responsible for millions of pounds worth on online sales for a number of online retailers around the globe.

Our teams work closely together; sharing knowledge, experience and skills which gives everyone an opportunity to truly understand and appreciate all the ingredients required for a successful online retail business.

The Management Team

Our management team combines retail experience and IT expertise. The combination of decades of high street retail experience and understanding of the latest IT technologies, combined with active involvement in managing ecommerce businesses gives our management team the unique opportunity to understand the online retail market and keep up with the fast changing world of eCommerce.

The management team works closely with merchants in developing the online stores. We actively seek to improve your return on investment, improve conversion rates and increase profit margins. We work on analysing your market, products, competition, suppliers and advising you along the way to give you more time to focus on developing your core business.

The IT Development Team

Our IT development team has millions of lines of code behind them having managed and coded small and large scale projects in the banking, government, legal, ecommerce, insurance and recruitment sectors for leading agencies in the UK.

By focusing the attention on just one core application the team's research and development strategy is aimed at maximising the potential of online commerce and ensuring security for customers and the merchant.

The Marketing Team

The marketing team is responsible for driving customers to your website in the most time and cost effective way.

Taking advantage of our platforms search engine friendly architecture and extensive search engine optimisation features the team's primary focus is to develop an organic search engine strategy. This allows your business to market its products to a worldwide audience with no ongoing costs.

The team is also responsible for setting up and managing affiliate programmes, pay per click campaigns and other forms of online advertising.

The Support Team

The support team is responsible for the continual management of your store. The team takes care of all the IT infrastructure and content management of your website.

The support team works closely with the development team and have full exposure to our businesses which gives them an excellent understanding of the ingredients required for a successful online business.

We organise floor days where members from all teams spend a day processing orders, managing stock, dealing with customers and suppliers to give them a real insight into the day to day operational requirements of the ecommerce application. This is also a good change to receive feedback and gather suggestions from staff members that use the systems on a daily basis.

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Client Testimonials

"Merchant Venture has proven to be an invaluable partner in our online business! The speed and the quality of work are exceptional; our requirements have been exceeded by the eCommerce platform and the ongoing support offered by the team is second to none."
Managing Director, SativaBags.com

Want to Know More?

Speak to our eCommerce advisors to see how Merchant Venture can help your business.

Call 0845 4 300 317 or email
enquiries@merchantventure.com