Setting Up an e-commerce Website
- Register a Domain Name. Your Domain Name is your Internet address.
- Choose a Hosting Service. Now that you have a Domain Name it needs to be hosted somewhere.
- Setup an Internet Merchant Account. A Merchant Account gives you the ability to accept credit cards online for your products or services.
- Setup a Payment Gateway. The “Gateway” takes the credit card information from your shopping cart, checks to see if it is valid and has sufficient funds, and transfers the money to your bank account via your merchant account.
- Obtain a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate. When someone is going to be giving their personal information over the web, they want to know no one is going to steal their information. Making sure your website is secure will make your site credible and keep shoppers happy.
- Choose Shopping Cart Software. Do you want a basic shopping cart or a full-featured shopping cart? Do you want a hosted shopping cart or a licensed shopping cart?
- Adding Product Images and Descriptions. You will need to decide how many products you want in your shopping cart and start collecting images, content and attributes for each product.
- Setup a Shipping Account. How much will you charge for shipping? How will you ship your products?
Our e-commerce website provides all the basic features you will need to get your online store up and running. We can customize your store to look the way you want, or help you find a template for a more affordable solution. Contact us today to learn more!