E-Commerce
What is a merchant account?
A merchant account is the bank account that tracks and transfers all of the monetary transactions that occur through your website. Your first step in building your e-commerce site is setting up a merchant account with a provider.
What is security certificate?
Security certificate is a chunk of information (often stored as a text file) that is used by the SSL protocol to establish a secure connection. Security certificates contain information about which it belongs to, who it was issued by, a unique serial number or other unique identification, valid dates, and an encrypted ‘fingerprint’ that can be used to verify the contents of the certificate. In order for and SSL connection to be created both sides must have a valid Security Certificate.
What consultation and training services do we offer?
We offer general consultation about all of our services provided. We may respond to your questions via phone call, email or traditional mail. We may be able to train you on how to use specified software and hardware, or advance suggestions. These services may necessitate a reasonable price.
What is online payment system?
To conduct eCommerce you need a way to transfer funds from the buyer to you. Depending on volume, you can either manually process the credit card numbers on a daily basis by downloading orders through a secure connection to your CLJ Design virtual server, or have the transfer of funds take place in real-time when the order is placed from your Website. Most traditional credit card merchant accounts do not permit Internet transactions of any kind or charge a very high "discount rate" when used this way. A number of banking organizations have specialized in this area however and have made it relatively easy and affordable for a merchant to transact business on the Internet.
What does E-commerce mean?
Electronic Commerce, or E-commerce, is the conducting of business communication and transactions over networks and through computers. It is the buying and selling of goods and services, and the transfer of funds, through digital communications. It also includes all inter-company and intra-company functions that enable commerce and use email, EDI, file transfer, fax, video conferencing, workflow, or interactive with a remote computer.
Prior to eCommerce, commercial use of the Web was pretty much a marketing and sales tool, a way to provide information. Businesses in particular used the Web mostly as a way to deliver an electronic version of their brochures, specification sheets, product literature and other documents. Many organizations still use the Web primarily for this purpose. The simplest form of eCommerce and one that will apply to many businesses for years to come is the ability to accept orders for goods and services over the net. If you have an order form on your website then you are practicing eCommerce.
More approaches that are sophisticated include the ability to "back-end" into your company's database. For example, a visitor places an order at your website through a system we implemented for you that enable you to check your electronic records immediately and hence to check if the items are in stock. Then, communicates with the visitor's bank for credit card authorisation, transfers the funds, marks the item as sold, generates an invoice, and perhaps creates a pick ticket, computes shipping and tax costs and presents the visitor with an immediate on-screen invoice that's a horse of a different colour.