- Registered domain name. Domain names can be registered with Cyberhost. Go to our domain registration section.
- Web hosting package.
- Website with an electronic shopping cart so you can display and sell your products or services online.
- SSL certificate for secure online credit card transactions.
- Mechant account with your bank and a payment gateway.
- OR a 3rd party payment transaction facility like Worldpay.
- It is usually a good idea to give customers several payment options to choose from. Consider adding PayPal, Direct Deposit or C.O.D. to the payment options you offer.
Shopping Carts
Shopping Cart is a term that is associated with ecommerce. It is actually an online store that is intergrated into your website, it gives you the ability to display your products and sell them online. There are many different shopping cart solutions available, both opensource (free software) as well as commercial applications. All Cyberhost Linux hosting packages come with Fantastico which allows you to easilly install many opensource applications, including three shopping carts - osCommerce, Zen Cart and Cube Cart.
The shopping carts come with an administration section, where you can
- add or update products
- have sale items
- manage stock levels and pricing
- process your sales
- create invoices
- view sales and stock reports, plus many other features, depending on the particular shopping cart application.
