eCommerce Solutions

eCommerce applications are a part of everyday shopping. Two approaches can be taken for a site to implement an eCommerce Solution:

• Custom designed from scratch shopping cart.

• Custom designed pre-designed "out of the box" shopping cart.

Setting up a shopping cart for your site is easier then ever. For small to medium sized businesses, the out of the box carts are easy to manage and can be edited to integrate seamlessly into an existing web site. There are many out of the box carts available, most with very affordable use licenses.

In addition to the shopping cart itself, there are two other pieces of the puzzle. First is the purchase (actually the licensing) of a SSL, secure socket layer certificate. This is a certificate that allows for encrypted transfer of data. The second is a credit card processing gateway application. This is a third party application that approves and transfer funds to a designated bank. There are a number gateway payment gateways including Authorize.net and PayPal.

Most out of the box shopping carts offer a wide range of features such as:

• Powerful System (100% separate PHP from HTML)

• Plug & Play (Modular) Payment Gateways

• Plug & Play (Modular) Shipping Methods

• Tax by State/Zone or Country

• Unlimited Currencies (Completely Customizable)

• Inventory Stock Control

• Sell Digital & Tangible Products

• Unlimited Images/Photos per Product

• Product can be placed in unlimited categories

• Improved Customer Email Marketing System

• Unlimited Store Administrators (with configurable permissions)

• Language Support

• Powerful Rich Text Editor (Cross Browser) for adding item text. SSL support