Emeriweb

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E-commerce basics With the amazing growth of the Internet, it seems that everyone has a Web site these days. From the smallest Mom-and-Pop businesses to industry giants, the Internet allows everyone to compete. And yet, setting up a professional business Web site is not so easy. How you establish your Internet presence determines if your e-business succeeds or fails. We believe you should treat your e-business like a traditional brick-and-mortar business. Have a solid business plan and budget. Develop a marketing plan to attract and retain customers. Keep track of your orders, ship items and perform customer service. Recognize that setting up and running a business web site costs money. Understand that you will need the services below to succeed. EmeriWeb has all the tools into place and we have taken out the mystery to start your own online business! Below the steps needed. Your Own Domain Name Consider establishing your own domain name now (like www.yourcompany.com) if you are serious about e-commerce and you have not registered a domain. Do a domain name search here. Hosting Once you have your domain name you will need to "put it" somewhere. You will need to "rent computer space" from a host/server. Simply put a server is a computer that enables you to put your website on the internet for your customers to view. A "Host" is responsible for maintaining the server (computer) and its complex connections with the internet. Various "Hosts" also offer hosting packages with many different features that are crucial for you and your customers to do business via the internet like email accounts, auto-responders, form mail, etc. Click here for more info Secure server connection There is a lot of concern about security on the Internet. To make sure your customer's transactions are safe, follow established conventions in Internet security, which means using a secure server for Online Charge and Online Check transactions. A secure server runs software that establishes a secure connection with your customer's Internet browser using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) technology to encrypt transmitted information. You know you are on a secure server when your browser shows https:// on the browser address bar and a lock icon on the status bar. You can get your own secure certificate or use our server wide secure server to host your web site. Web site Before taking Internet orders, you need a Web site. There is no shortage of experts who will help you design and put up a site. Many computer literate individuals choose to do all the work themselves. If you don't possess these skills, find someone who does! If you would like more information about our EmeriWeb designing services simply contact us Selling Online Your webmaster (someone who designs and/or builds your website) , or yourself, will need three important things in place and integrated into your website before taking Internet orders. 1. Shopping cart software 2. A payment gateway 3. A merchant account Each one requires it's own setup fees, monthly fees, tranactions fees etc., etc., etc. which can get very costly. You will also have to wait various times for each application to be approved before you get started selling online. That is why EmeriWeb made it simple by including some of these fees into your low monthly e-commerce hosting price. Everyone is approved and there is no application to fill out. Though we offer these other services (see below), we recommend that you check out our easy e-commerce solutions by clicking here.

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