E-commerce at its base level is the exchange of goods or services for an online payment. The four parts of e-commerce include the shopping cart, merchant account, payment gateway, and a secure certificate.
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We provide three options for shopping carts: OS Commerce, for the very basics, is provided with our hosting plans; ProductCart for the most advanced storefronts; and Custom Applications for unique e-commerce applications.
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| Merchant Accounts |
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For merchant account solutions we suggest First Data Merchant Services. First Data can help provide credit card solutions for VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, as well as several other cards and processing solutions.
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| Payment Gateways |
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Authorize.net is our payment gateway of choice. The payment gateway takes the credit card information provided by your customers, checks validity of the account information, debits the customers account, and then transfers the money to the merchants' bank accounts.
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| Secure Certificates |
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A Secure Certificate (Secure Socket Layer or SSL) encrypts the data entered by your clients on the web site shopping cart. The data is protected throughout the online shopping process. |
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