Ecommerce Essentials
There are many different componets required to run a successful ecommerce site. Alspa Consulting can help provide all these services to you as your build your online store.
Some of the Key Ecommerce Componets are listed below:
- Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate.
- Internet Credit Card Gateway.
- Merchant Account for Credit Card Transactions.
- Web Hosting Account.
- Shopping Cart Engine.
- Shipping API Gateway Account with UPS, FEDEX, DHL, or USPS.
- Google Adwords Account.
- Google Webmaster Tools Account.
A Secure Socket Layer Certificate is used encypt data between your cleints and your websites. This is needed so that you can collecting your clients credit card information securly.
A Internet Credit Card Gateway is used to send credit card numbers to your merchnat account via the internet.
Merchant Account for Credit Card Transactions is used to process electronic payments with VISA, Amex, Mastercard and other electonic payment means. This is the medium between the credit card and your bank account.
A Web Hosting Account is the online server space where your website will reside. Think of this as the physical location online where your customer will visit your store.
Shopping Cart Engine is the actual online store that you will use to sell your products. You can either get a ready made product or build something custom based on your stores requirements.
A Shiping API Gateway is your online account with a shipping carrier used to calculate shipping pricing on the fly via weight, distance, and shipping method used.
A Google Adwords Account is used to do pay per click advertiment of your website on Google. this is one of the most efficient online marketing tools available today.
A Google Webmaster Tools Account is used to manage search engine placemnt on Google, and provided analytical information about your sites vistiors and keyworkds used to get to your site. A very helpful tool when it comes to marketing your site.
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