You've decided which of the four eCommerce scenarios you want to use. You've chosen an eCommerce vendor, and picked someone to design your store. So, you're all set, right? Not so fast! Having an online store is only the beginning. You still have a lot of work to do if you want a successful eCommerce business. In this installment of our series, we'll look at some other factors you need to consider. 1. Will they find you? How will potential customers find ... [»]
You've decided that you want an online store, but you'd like someone else to handle all of the details and host that store for you. There are many Hosted Store providers who offer such services. In this part of our series, we'll look at what you can expect. Overview In this installment, we'll cover the Hosted Store scenario (last on the right in our diagram). The distinguishing characteristic of this scenario is that, except for a link to your off-site store, ... [»]
You've decided that you don't really need an online store on your website, but you'd like to have full control over how your products are presented. Then maybe a hosted cart solution is what you need. In this part of our series, we'll look at what that takes. Overview The distinguishing characteristic of the Hosted Cart scenario is that your website is handling only the product catalog portion of the sales process. A Hosted Services Provider provides the shopping cart and ... [»]
You've decided that you want an online store on your own website, but you don't want to deal with a full PCI-DSS validation. Then perhaps an online store plus a hosted payment solution is what you need. In this part of our series, we'll look at what that takes. Overview The distinguishing characteristic of the Hosted Payment scenario is that your website is doing all of the processing except for collecting payment card information. This approach offers feature flexibility similar to the ... [»]
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