E-Commerce Solutions

Ecommerce or electronic commerce is one of the hottest buzzwords on the Internet right now. Ecommerce giants like Dell Computer and Amazon Books have become household names. Ecommerce simply means selling items from your web site instead of, or in addition to, your traditional sales method.

There are basically two different approaches we take to ecommerce which vary in price and complexity.

Simple Order Form - Demo
We create a online order form where users submit their order and credit card information over a secure connection. You receive an email and then charge and verify the card manually or through your virtual terminal and ship the product.

Requirements:

• Hosting: H250E
• SSL Certificate: To encrypt the credit card information as it travels over the internet ($65/year)
• Merchant Account and Gateway Account: To verify and charge the credit card (cost varies)

Costs:
Setup Fee: $40.00 - $105.00
Monthly Fee: $19.95 to $24.95/month (includes hosting)

Shopping Cart and Store
Create a virtual store with inventory tracking, credit card verification and electronic shopping cart. You login and check your orders or receive an email and then ship the product. We offer four different shopping cart solutions.

Customizable Shopping Cart Solutions

ShopSite - Demo and Shop Site Information
Creating and managing a successful online store is easier than ever before, thanks to ShopSite. No other shopping cart software combines ShopSite's unparalleled ease-of-use with such powerful marketing options. That is why more small- to medium-sized businesses rely on ShopSite than any other Internet commerce product.

ShopSite includes a large selection of merchandising tools, from simple sales to offering coupons and gift certificates. Volume pricing, real-time Credit Card Processing, product search, and customer registration are just a few of the many features that make ShopSite the ideal tool for creating and managing an online store.

Requirements:

• Hosting: H250E
• SSL Certificate: To encrypt the credit card information as it travels over the internet ($65/year)
• Merchant Account and Gateway Account: To verify and charge the credit card (cost varies)

Costs:
Setup Fee: Free
Monthly Fee: $44.95 to $94.95/month (includes hosting)

Standardized Shopping Cart Solutions

ZenCart - Demo
Navigating through your merchandise offerings is a breeze with Zen Cart™, the program provides several "Spotlight" lists in addition to the traditional category to product links. Once a product is added to the shopping cart, secure checkout is a simple 3-step process. After providing the billing information, your customer chooses the shipping method. (multiple shipping methods including real-time internet shipping quotes are built-in) Next, a payment type is chosen from one of the popular payment modules. (PayPal™ and AuthorizeNet™ are just 2 of the included modules) Last, the customer reviews the order, shipping and payment choices, and confirms the order. You are immediately notified of the order and your customer automatically receives an e-mail confirmation.

Requirements:

• Hosting: H250E
• Setup Fee: $25.00
• SSL Certificate: To encrypt the credit card information as it travels over the internet ($65/year)
• Merchant Account and Gateway Account: To verify and charge the credit card (cost varies)

Costs:
Setup Fee: $25.00
Monthly Fee: $19.95 to $24.95/month (includes hosting)

OSCommerce - Demo
osCommerce is the leading Open Source online shop e-commerce solution that is available for free under the GNU General Public License. It features a rich set of out-of-the-box online shopping cart functionality that allows store owners to setup, run, and maintain their online stores with minimum effort and with no costs, license fees, or limitations involved.

Requirements:

• Hosting: H250E
• Setup Fee: $25.00
• SSL Certificate: To encrypt the credit card information as it travels over the internet ($65/year)
• Merchant Account and Gateway Account: To verify and charge the credit card (cost varies)

Costs:
Setup Fee: $25.00
Monthly Fee: $19.95 to $24.95/month (includes hosting)

PayPal Shopping Cart - Demo
PayPal offers a simple shopping cart solution with their business accounts. PayPal takes a percentage of the transaction and provides the hosting for the secure checkout process. (Transaction Fees - 1.9% to 2.9% + $0.30 USD)

Customers shop on your website and pay on PayPal.

Complete Explanation from PayPal

Sign up for a PayPal Business Account

Requirements:

• Hosting: Any Trailhead Web Hosting Plan
• PayPal: Business Account (Free)
• SSL Certificate: Recommended but not required ($65/year)
• Merchant Account and Gateway Account: Not required - PayPal provides this service

Costs:
Setup Fee: $25.00
Monthly Fee: $9.95 to $24.95/month (includes hosting)