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 E-Commerce FAQ In This Section:  » What are the 5 Steps to E-Commerce? » Why does LA InterWeb offer two shopping cart solutions? » Is osCommerce or AlaCart sophisticated enough to handle my complex ecommerce store? » Can I easily integrate a shopping cart store into my existing web pages? » How will I manage my ecommerce store? Will this be easy? » Can I customize osCommerce and AlaCart to fit my specific needs? » Can I securely accept credit card information through my web site? » Is it possible to accept credit card transactions in real time?  What are the 5 Steps to E-Commerce? Top A shopping cart is a program that allows for a merchant to easily add their products/services for purchase on the Web. A shopping cart will total the order, add tax and shipping, and email the customer and a merchant when the order is complete. Many shopping carts work with 'real-time' credit card processing which means the merchants gateway verifies the credit card, and deposits the money in the merchants' merchant account within seconds. For more information about e-commerce, click here. Why does LA InterWeb offer two shopping cart solutions? Top One word: Flexibility! We allow our customers to have the choice between two shopping cart solutions, without restricting them to one choice. We provide our clients with osCommerce and AlaCart. Each shopping cart solution provides their own broad range of features. Is osCommerce or AlaCart sophisticated enough to handle my complex ecommerce store? Top Yes! osCommerce's browser based administration interface provides access to an array of more sophisticated tools to maintain your catalog and inventory, manage customer accounts, and more. For more advanced shopping stores, we recommend using osCommerce. Can I easily integrate a shopping cart store into my existing web pages? Top Yes. E-merchants who have sites in HTML can hyperlink directly into a shopping cart catalog. Can I customize osCommerce or AlaCart to fit my specific needs? Top You can do some extensive customizing in the look and feel of your osCommerce stores including: header/footers for each page, images for buttons, colors etc. The customization of AlaCart shopping stores are more limited, so for advanced stores we recommend the use of osCommerce. Can I securely accept credit card information through my web site? Top Yes. If you order any of our plans, you have free access to our secure server running SSL (secure socket layer). This allows users of your site to submit credit card information with confidence, knowing that it is being transmitted safely and securely through the Internet. Is it possible to accept credit card transactions in real time? Top You need three things to process the credit card payments in real time: (1) A merchant account. (2) A real-time credit card processing account or "gateway". (3) A shopping cart that supports your choice of a real-time credit card processing solution. For more information on credit card processing, click here. |
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