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Included free of charge with all of our Business-oriented Hosting Packages is the versatile, innovative online storefront builder and shopping cart software, Simply E-commerce.
A shopping cart works by allowing your website visitors to travel through your site, adding products to their shopping basket, then "checking out" to complete the order. The shopping cart keeps track of the order and calculates shipping, tax, etc. automatically. It is becoming increasingly important for businesses in any industry to sell their products and services directly over the Internet to compete. With Simply E-commerce, LFC's e-commerce services including Merchant Accounts and Live Credit Card Processing, and the 128-bit SSL security native to all of LFC's hosting plans, it is now easier than ever for businesses of any size to sell over the Internet with little to no knowledge of the web!
The Simply E-commerce Model
Simply E-commerce (SE) was written in-house and is designed to integrate closely with our hosting network to offer the greatest level of security, efficiency, and ease of use, a major advantage in hosting your e-commerce website with LFC Hosting. SE is built off an extremely simple, yet infinitely powerful model which allows you to create a versatile storefront customized to your needs. A thorough understanding of SE opens up a literally infinite number of possibilities, including the ability to interface the software with any payment gateway and have unlimited tax and shipping calculation and product customization options. SE is also made to adapt to the exact look and feel of your already built website.
Simply E-commerce is designed to inherently run with 128-bit SSL encryption, the highest form of widely supported Internet security. Free, unlimited support for SSL encryption, including use of our SSL certificate, is available with all of our Business-oriented Hosting Plans (a minimum $100 USD/year value).
Click here for a simple demo of a Simply E-commerce storefront that could be setup in a matter of minutes, showcasing its basic capabilities.
Our Shopping Cart Design Service
For those who do not wish to devote the time to learning the software, we also provide a very affordable shopping cart design and development service. Our programmers will design and develop a storefront that meets your specific needs and follows the same design scheme as your current site. Your storefront will include the following features along with any other requirements that you may have:
Admin Features
- Categories & Sub-Categories.
- Product Addition/Modification/Deletion.
- Availability of the product for a particular period.
- New Products submission.
- Order Management.
- Season Special products submission.
- Newsletter.
- Product Images (Thumbnail & Larger).
- Add Resources (Links).
Shopper Features
- New products listing.
- Season special products.
- Detailed description of each Product.
- Add items to Shopping Cart and purchase.
- Search Products.
- Shopper Registration.
- Shopper Personalization.
Technical Features
- Operating system: Windows NT/2000/2003/XP
- Web server: IIS 5.0
- Databases supported: MS SQL Server, MS Access
Other Features
* Payment gateway integration is included free-of-charge for payment gateways included with merchant accounts acquired through LFC or for one of LFC's supported payment gateways, including Plug'n Pay. Low rates for other payment gateway integrations are quoted separately.
The standard fee for the development of a complete online storefront to sell your products and services online is only $190 USD (one-time).
Please see our Live Credit Card Processing services for information on interfacing Simply E-commerce with your payment gateway to achieve live, automatic credit card authorization and processing.
If your company is considering selling its products and services online, but does not currently have a website or is looking at redesigning its current site, LFC offers an extremely affordable and professional website design and development service. With our SmartView E-commerce web design package, we can design an effective, appealing website for your business including a complete online storefront, closely integrated with your site for less than the total cost of a basic website with competing services.
Before you can sell your products and services online, you must have the ability to accept credit cards. See our Merchant Account offerings for more information.
Your competition is already selling their products and services over the Internet, opening a whole new market and eliminating overhead. If you are not already selling your products and services over the Internet through an online storefront, now's the time to start! It's easier than you think!
Please contact us with your specific questions about Simply E-commerce or for more information including a custom quote on implementing a secure online storefront with your website!
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