Moving from a Facebook Page to Your Own Online Store

F-commerce works. Plenty of businesses in Bangladesh run comfortably on a page and an inbox, and pushing them onto a website too early just adds cost. The question is when the page stops being enough.

Signs it's time

• Orders are getting lost in the inbox during busy days
• You can't tell what's in stock without asking someone
• Repeat customers keep asking the same price questions
• You want people to find you on Google, not just Facebook
• Ad costs are rising and you own none of the audience

Run both, don't switch

The site handles catalogue, stock, payment and order status. Facebook stays for reach and conversation. Most of our e-commerce clients get the majority of their traffic from Facebook and the majority of their sanity from the website.

What to build first

Product catalogue with real stock counts, a checkout that accepts bKash and cash on delivery, and an order status page customers can check themselves. Wishlists, loyalty points and reviews can wait until you have steady order volume.

Bring your content with you

The product photos and descriptions you already wrote on Facebook are your biggest head start. Export them, clean them up, and you've done most of the work that usually delays an e-commerce launch by weeks.