1. If I want to sell products on-line, what do I need?

Actually, you don't need anything to advertise your products for sale. For example, you could simply include a telephone order number, such as an 800 number, or include an order form that users could fax to your place of business. This is a good way to get started without adding much to the cost of your site. 

Alternatively, if you currently can accept credit cards, we can create a shopping cart for you that will securely record the the sale and include the credit card number for you to process at your location. This method is also less expensive to setup up and activate than attempting to process the sale and authorize the card purchase "live" on the net. 

2. What do I need in order to do electronic sales directly over the Internet?

There are several ways to accept payment online. The simpliest and easiest way to get started is using a shopping cart and PayPal. There is also a PayPal cart, and Dreamweaver extension to create a cart in Dreamweaver 4.x or later.

Then, there are traditional payment gateways, like Authorize.NET that can take both cards and electronic checks. Authorize.NET is good gateway, and they've been around the longest. They seem very honest and friendly, and it's been our experience that they really try to help you make it work. They offer support through toll free phone lines. Signing up is easy, and fast. Contact us is you are interested in Authorize.NET and we can help sign you up.

You can also install a shopping cart like Miva or Shopsite that come with plug-in modules with payment gateways and merchant banks. If you want to see what they offer, just go their web sites, and check out their payment services offerings.

You can also use SSL and Digital ID and CyberCash, First Virtual, or Checkfree. In which case, the e-commerce transaction would take place between your web-site and the credit card or check verification service of your choice but be deposited directly into your Internet Merchant Account.

Selecting a shopping cart and settling system you will use depends on a number of factors, including the number of transactions you estimate each month, and the average dollar amount of the average transaction. We can help you find the plan that is right for you, and help you know when it might be time for you upgrade your system when the time arrives.

3. How much does it cost to add SSL?

SSL Encryption can be added for a $50 setup fee. There is no monthly charge for SSL. It can be added at any time. 

4. How do I upgrade to the encrypted server?

Simply contact the sales department by clicking on the "Contact us!" section of the navigation bar.

5. How much does it cost to get a unique Digital ID Certificate?

Thawte offers 40-bit encryption at $125 the first year, and $100 to renew.. Verisign offers 128-bit, beginning at $349 per year.  There is no one right choice.  We try to find the one that fits your needs. 

6. Do you sell a shopping cart system?

We can offer you several different types at different price points. We can even rent you a shopping cart. If you can already accept credit cards, we add a shopping cart that simply sends you the sale information.

7. Can I use PayPal as a way of selling on line?

Of course, and this may be the least expensive way to get started selling on-line.

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8. Do you have any other products like PayPal?

Yes, we do have a few products that provice Gateway payment, where the credit cards are authorized for you in exchange for monthly fee and small transactioni fee. Some of the services even allow to you to accept electronic checks.

9. Is there anywhere on your site I can go to learn more?

The best place to start is the e-commerce page.