| What you need to know when creating a web site  Who is my target audience? What type of web sites work well and why? What is the purpose of my web site? Figure out what the purpose of your web site is going to be. Do you need real time credit card processing system & transaction OR can you process credit card offline?
Not all sites are commerce sites.
How many products do you have and how do you categorize them? When designing your site be user-centric. Keep in mind the goals of the visitor.
There are a lot of decisions to make and an overload of companies and information to consider. The process of setting up an e-business website can be overwhelming and expensive. To get started you will need all of the following services:
- Domain Name: Your own domain name (www.yourcompany.com)
- Register your name with Internic
- Find a reliable secure host for your site
- Set up your own email account at [email protected]
- Accepting credit cards securely
- Get a merchant account
- Set up an ordering system on your site
- Program your site to work with your merchant account
- Shopping cart system to tally orders and manage product
- Online verification of credit card funds
- Direct deposit of funds into your banking account
- Tax and shipping management
- Arm Your Web Site: write, design, and take orders effectively
- Submission to Search Engine Positioning
- Quality Internet Marketing Information
- Tapping into the Power of E-mail
- Turn visitors into buyers
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