ecommerce website solutions

Create your own online store with help from the Little Black Duck. Here's what you need to get started:

Sign up for the LBDD Standard or Commerce Plan to host your Web site. This plan includes access to our SSL secure server so your customers can enter their credit card or other payment information online in confidence knowing that their information will be sent securely in an encrypted format which prevents others from seeing their information. This plan also provides additional LBDD E-Commerce support.

If you're going to have more than just a single page of products,
you will need a Shopping Cart program, such as

What is CubeCart? What is CubeCart? CubeCart is an eCommerce script written with PHP & MySQL. With CubeCart you can setup a powerful online store as long as you have hosting supporting PHP and one MySQL database. How much does it cost? To edit or remove our copyright we charge $89.95 $69.95 per domain* and you will be issued with a License Key. More Information CubeCart can be used at no cost if this information is NOT modified or removed. Please read our License Agreement which applies to both version 2 and 3 for futher information. CubeCart is not open source software and may not be redistributed.

Features of CubeCart 3.0.x CubeCart 3 supports 99% of the features available in version 2 with the following additions. * Powerful Template System (100% separate PHP from HTML) * Plug & Play (Modular) Payment Gateways * Plug & Play (Modular) Shipping Methods * Plug & Play (Modular) 3rd Party Affiliate Systems * Valid XHTML & CSS Code * Tax by State/Zone or Country * Unlimited Currencies (Completely Customisable) * Inventory Stock Control * Sell Digital & Tangible Products * Unlimited Images/Photos per Product * Product can be placed in unlimited categories * Improved Customer Email Marketing System * Unlimited Store Administrators (with configurable permissions) * Improved Language Support * Automated Copyright Removal * Powerful Rich Text Editor (Cross Browser) * Improved SSL support * Improved Server Compatibility/Security/Efficiency Requirements: PHP 4.1.1 + (Scripting Language) - PHP 5 supported. MySQL 3.23 + (Database Server) - MySQL 5 supported. GD 1.6 + (Image Library) recommended. Linux / Unix hosting account recommended. Curl with SSL support required for some shipping/payment modules. Case Study #3: cleanyourcar.co.uk “What is even more amazing about Cube Cart is the price; I don't believe you would be able to find such a well rounded product for so little anywhere else. We wouldn't hesitate in recommending Cube Cart shopping Cart software for anyone looking to set up a store online.”

or other advanced e-commerce software. These software programs keep track of your products and prices, implement a "virtual shopping cart", calculate order totals and shipping costs, and integrate with online payment processing services.

If you want to accept credit card payments, you will need to have your own merchant account or use PayPal. A merchant account is a specialised business bank account which allows you to accept credit card payments. Contact your local bank about the steps needed to set up a merchant account. As you won't have 'the plastic' on hand you will need a Mail Order Telephone Order (MOTO) account. Be sure to ask for this from the bank.

In order to process a credit card to transfer payment from your customer's bank account to your account, you need an Internet Merchant Account and a Payment Gateway such as Eway (www.eway.com.au) or PayPal (www.paypal.com). This will allow you to accept (or deny) credit card payments in real time. Alternatively, you can accept orders via a secure page on your own web site and process the orders manually.

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