What is e-commerce hosting?
How do I know if I need an Ecommerce Host?
What is shopping cart software and do I need it?
What is SSL(Secure Socket Layer) and do I need it?
What is Miva Merchant?
What is e-commerce hosting?
E-Commerce Hosting provides you with the tools you need
to handle online sales. These tools include, but not limited to, shopping
carts, Merchant Account services, SSL(Secure Socket Layer) and advertising
packages.
How do I know if I need an Ecommerce Host?
E-commerce host is for individual or company who want to sell products
or services online. However, it's not necessary that all product-selling
websites need to be e-commerce hosted. Even if your host does not equip
with e-commerce tools, you can still accept credit card payment by registering
in a third party merchant account services such as PayPal
and Paysytems.
What is shopping cart software and do I need it?
Shopping cart software is software that keeps track of the products the
customer wants to buy. Once the customer has selected all the items they
want to purchase, they go to the check-out area. This is where the customer
will key in all their personal information and their payment form.
You can get away without using shopping cart software if you only have
1 or 2 items and/or services to sell. However, if you have more than that,
then you should seriously consider using shopping cart software.
Do I need SSL(Secure Socket Layer)?
SSL(Secured Sockets Layer) is a security protocol that provides communications
privacy over the Internet in an encrypted form. SSL ensures that the information
is sent, unchanged, only to the server you intended to send it to. Online
shopping sites frequently use SSL technology to prevent eavesdropping,
tampering, or message forgery.
Yes. You need SSL to safeguard your visitors' credit card
information. If this transaction is not secured, personal information
along with credit card information could fall into the wrong hands.
What is Miva Merchant?
Miva Merchant is a browser-based Storefront and Catalog
development tool that integrates cataloging, product maintenance, category
management, shopping cart and credit card processing. Except for Globat.com,
the rest of the e-commerce hosting listed on this site has Miva Merchant
integrated in their package.
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