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E-Shop Plan 1:
economy shop
- Most economical option to create an e-commerce web site selling
25-50 products
- FREE Miva
Order - order form and backend order processing system
- 150 MB disk space (up to 7,500 files/pages)
- 2 GB Transfer/Month (approx. 175,000 hits of traffic)
- 5 POP Email Accounts
- Real-time credit card transaction
- Unlimited Email Redirection, Aliases and Autoresponders
- Discounted domain name registration
- Features
- ORDER
NOW, ONLY $29.95 /month
E-Shop
Plan 2: multi-product shop
- Multi-product, multi-user capabilities
- FREE Miva
Merchant - storefront & catalogue development system
- 300 MB disk space (up to 12,500 files/pages)
- 5 GB Transfer/Month (approx. 475,000 hits of traffic)
- 15 POP Email Accounts
- Real-time credit card transaction
- Unlimited Email Redirection, Aliases and Autoresponders
- Discounted domain name registration
- Features
- ORDER
NOW, ONLY $39.95 /month
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1. What should I look for in an E-Commerce Plan?
2. What E-Commerce Plan is right for me?
3. How do I get started?
4. What do I need for E-Commerce?
5. What is E-Commerce?
6. Can I get a Merchant Account with you if I reside in another country?
7. Can I take orders with Miva Merchant and not use credit cards?
8. Do I still need a Merchant Account with Miva Merchant?
9. What security options do you offer?
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1. What should I look for in an E-Commerce Plan?
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Examine the following key parameters before deciding on any e-commerce plan:
- Functionality
- Scalability
- Reliability
- Customization
- Cost of implementation (monthly fees plus additional costs for Merchant Accounts etc.)
- Cost and ease of maintenance
- Security Options
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It depends on numerous factors like:
- Are you a beginner? Or do you have a certain amount of experience with e-commerce?
- What are your requirements? - Single category with limited products to sell or multiple product categories with multi-user and multi-store capabilities?
Once you have decided what your marketing strategy is, go ahead and chose any plan from our wide array of options.
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- Everyone is talking about the great potential of doing business over the Internet, but the biggest question for numerous individuals/businesses is "how to get started?" The best suggestion is start with one of our simple entry-level plans and then grow exponentially. The advantage here is that you have time to get comfortable with this new selling channel and also test drive the chosen application model for your business. We offer highly scalable integrated solutions for starters as well as small to medium size businesses.
To help you get your business off the ground we provide you complete solutions: from domain name registration, web hosting, e-commerce capabilities, web site development tools, Merchant Accounts and lots more.
First things first, you will need to register your domain name, for that we offer discounted domain registration services. Once you have submitted your application, we will provide you with an IP# so you can to start uploading your files to our servers. Uploading files…..what files? Well first you need a web site developer, for example
SiteBuilder, to help you create and design your web site. Then you need to upload the individual web pages (product profiles etc) to our servers using FTP so that prospective customers can view your products/services when they access your web site. Then you need to decide how you want to accept payment for your products. Depending on your decision; for real time credit card processing you will need to sign-up for a Merchant Account. Now that you have successfully completed all the steps you are ready to start selling.
We also offer additional tools to help you succeed like the GIF reducer (so your customers can access the graphics on your site faster), Promotion tools like the search engine submissions, training and development tools and many others.
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4. What do I need for E-Commerce?
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1. Chose Payment Options:
- Off-line Credit Card Processing
This is a good option if you currently have a Merchant Account with a local bank. Your customers' credit card information is captured and stored on our server for later authorization and transaction processing through a traditional card swipe terminal or through a computer. If you are clearing more than 100 transactions a month, you may want to consider the real-time payment processing option.
- Real-Time Payment Processing enabled by Merchant Accounts
To process credit cards transactions in real time through your web site you need to:
- Open a merchant account with a financial institution
- Sign up with a payment gateway, for example Card Services or CyberCash
Merchant Accounts give you the ability to take Credit Card information from your prospective customers over the Internet. All the Miva products (E-Commerce Software) offer seamless integration with our online payment gateways providing you with a completely integrated E-Commerce Solution.
Merchant Accounts are issued through an Authorizing Bank. A Merchant Account is like a Drivers License. Though you have a driver's license you can't move around without a vehicle. Similarly for you to use your Merchant Account you need a vehicle to move the information around. For example you could ask your web site prospects to call you on the phone to place their orders. Now the phone is your vehicle to move their Credit Card information.
2. Online Shopping Cart
Online Shopping Cart software is another example of a vehicle to move Credit Card and ordering information. Your customers can efficiently order 24 hours a day. Also a Shopping Cart eliminates some potential for error as there is only one human involved in the process rather than two.
The Shopping Cart is a vehicle that enables you to:- Get the ordering information from the customer
- Verify via email to the customer that his order has been placed
- Deliver the notification and ordering information to the seller
The more information the shopping cart can collect, the wider its application can be
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Simply put Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce) is any business transacted electronically. Electronic commerce is the buying/selling of product and/or services over the Internet.
To conduct business on the Internet you need an e-commerce web site. An e-commerce web site can be as simple as a catalog with an order form, or it can be a complex multi-media enabled web site with real-time credit card processing capabilities. The Internet has enabled merchants to offer their goods and services to potential customers around the world 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year. E-Commerce offers customers the opportunity to browse, select and pay for goods in real time from the comfort of their own home or office.
E-Commerce supplements the traditional selling channels and attracts customers that you never knew existed. The Internet revolution is affecting every company, no matter its size. Business of all sizes can equally share in the benefits of e-commerce, but they are all equally vulnerable to being left behind if they do not adopt the new business models.
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6. Can I get a Merchant Account with you if I reside in another country?
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All U.S. based Merchant Accounts require a U.S. based bank account, Federal Tax ID and postal address to process all transactions. If you can provide these, then you don't actually need to reside in the U.S.
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- 7. Can I take orders with Miva Merchant and not use credit cards?
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Yes. You can have customers place orders through your web site and process them only after receiving payment by any means you desire, either by check or by wire transfer.
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8. Do I still need a Merchant Account with Miva Merchant?
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Don't confuse the two, they are totally different. Miva Merchant gives you all the tools to easily process online orders through a number of third party vendors. If you plan on being able to accept MasterCard and Visa you will still need to establish a Merchant Account. We offer our own online gateways that can be easily integrated into your account, visit Merchant Accounts for further information.
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9. What security options do you offer?
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One of the biggest concerns today's consumers have is " how safe is it to shop online?" It is our goal to ensure that as a business owner we provide you with security options to make your customers feel comfortable about shopping online at your web site. SSL (secure socket layer) is the standard encryption used on the web today. Users can see if a page is secure by looking at the bottom left side of their browser. If there is a closed lock or a solid key then the page is secure.
All our customers have FREE access to our shared Secure Server Solution allowing them to run their web pages through a shared SSL connection. This helps them save money as well as offer customers a secure web site. The down side of using a shared SSL connection is that if the end-user views the SSL certificate, the name displayed will be ours and not yours.
To give your web store a more professional appearance, you can obtain your own Personal SSL Certificate. Now if end-users view the certificate information, your company name will be displayed and not ours. To obtain a personal SSL certificate, you will need to sign up with an authorized certification company, such as Verisign or Thawte.
For a one-time $50 fee we will create the key which you will submit to the certification agency and then complete the installation for you. Once you receive the key from us, you need to submit a request to the authorized Certification Company. The domain name owner must be the one who is submitting the request. The application process may also require legal documentation regarding your business. Once your application has been processed you will receive another encrypted key from the Certification Company, we will use this key to complete the installation process.
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