eCommerce Solutions and Integration’s

An eCommerce website is basically a standard website that is attached to a completely separate application called a Shopping Cart. Everything is still integrated, so it looks like one thing, but setting up and managing the shopping cart is distinctly different that the “here I am” side of the website itself. Shopping carts have a lot of detail work that has happen to populate the databases, and there are issues like sales tax, shipping, downloads, and product presentation. Then you have to set up payment processing and address the PCI issues. We can help you will all of that!

Hosted eCommerce Solutions

Hosted eCommerce solutions refers to companies that Host your website and attached shopping cart on their own servers. You sign up for their services and pay a monthly fee to maintain you website and shopping cart Hosting. Once you have an account, you have to go into their system and design your website and set up your shopping cart by entering all your product details and uploading images. There are advantages and disadvantages to hosted shopping carts, depending on each individual client's requirements. Talk to us and we can help you decide on the best solution for your particular situation.

Self-Hosted eCommerce Solutions

Self-Hosted eCommerces solutions refers to shopping cart software that you either purchase of get from Open-Source Vendors. You install that shopping cart software on your own web server, and it becomes your eCommerce platform. There are no monthly hosting fees, but there could be additional fees for maintenance updates or added functionality. Once your software is working on your server, you have to go into your YOUR system and design your website and set up your shopping cart by entering all your product details and uploading images. There are advantages and disadvantages to Self-Hosted shopping carts, depending on each individual client's requirements. Talk to us and we can help you decide on the best solution for your particular situation.

Hosted Shopping Communities

Technically, these are Hosted eCommerce Solutions in that your Products and Shopping Cart are on their respective servers, but these platforms are different animals. There is an additional layer of management and costs that must be negoiated, and decisions made to maximize your Sales Channel. Your biggest decision is likely between leveraging these companies well established brands to build your sales or whether to work on building your own Brand, or perhaps some combination of multiple channels working independently.

Payment Processing

We can set up virtually any payment processor accounts in any of the commercially available shopping carts. For customized .Net code we are qualified to integrate these payment provider solutions into your application.

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