Ecommerce Web Hosting
E-commerce on the internet is one of the most popular and
common reasons for establishing a web presence. The web is an excellent
medium which will allow your potential customers to purchase from your
company regardless of whether your company is open or closed, whether
it is a holiday or a weekend. According to the US Census Bureaus 3rd
Quarter 2010 report, ecommerce accounted for $41.5 billion dollars of
sales. According to a research study by the Organization of Economic
Co-operation and Development, online sales in the US alone will
continue to grow over the next 10 years. With such a promising future
of online sales, more individuals are taking their businesses
online.
There are many concerns when running an online store including
whether a host can support the shopping cart, the software that
facilitates the online transaction, whether their configuration allows
the most common payment gateways, their uptime and whether their
servers are secure. Most merchant providers also require that merchants
host their sites on servers which comply with PCI
standards. In addition to this you want a host who can
support advanced configurations, provide timely support resolutions and
are willing to install additional configurations which can augment your
online store.
CWI has been hosting ecommerce websites for over 10 years and have the
experience and understanding needed to support ecommerce businesses.
All of CWI's servers meet the strict PCI
Compliancy Standards which ensures that our servers meet or
exceed security recommendations and server configurations. We regularly
update our server software to ensure that our servers are protected
from online vulnerabilities that could impact ecommerce websites. In
addition we have extensive knowledge when it comes to shopping cart
software. Just of the few of the most popular shopping carts we support
include:
- OSCommerce
- Magento
- Virtuemart (With Joomla)
- XCart
- CS Cart
If you are just looking to start your online ecommerce efforts, CWI's
advanced development division, Creative
Web Ideas, can design and implement a new online ecommerce
presence for your business. Creative Web Ideas offers ecommerce
packages to make establishing an ecommerce website affordable for your
companies budget.
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