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ECOMMERCE WEBHOSTING TEMPLATES
Developing an e –
commerce web site that is professional
and appeals to the customers is very
challenging. Web design for an e –
commerce web site is a very complex task
which will take some time to complete.
It is very important to get the design
right because it is one of the “make or
break” factors of any e – commerce web
site. To reduce the time taken for
development, several web hosting
companies have started offering
templates for web hosting, also called
as “hosting with templates”.
Whether you are planning
to develop a simple website or a fully
functional e – commerce web site, there
is a good chance that you will be able
to get some web templates at some
hosting company, if not at the hosting
company you are currently dealing with.
A web template for a simple web site
will cost around $20, however a
professional and well designed e –
commerce web site will cost you hundreds
of dollars or more, though not in
thousands. The cost of a professional
and well designed template is much
lesser than a custom made e – commerce
web site where the professional web
designers will charge you any where from
twenty dollars to hundred dollars per
hour. These web hosting templates also
requires a shopping cart application
that can support online payment
processing like PayPal and online
catalogue. Web hosting templates for e –
commerce web sites mostly include
navigations and common pages for
shopping online, browsing or searching
products, making payments and also for,
adding products or services to the
shopping carts. The web hosting
templates don’t come with a shopping
cart application or they are not
connected with a shopping cart.
There is an alternative
to e – commerce web hosting templates
which is e – commerce turnkey solution.
GoDaddy.com, Yahoo! And EBay are the
most widely used turn key e – commerce
solutions that are available for small
and medium scale businesses who want to
set up an online store easily. Different
hosting plans will have different fee
structures. The cost of most hosting
plans will mostly vary on the volume of
the transactions.
When you are comparing
the functionality of different hosting
plans there are several questions you
should ask:
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Whether debit card or online check
is accepted by the shopping cart
application
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Whether you can set up only a
limited number of categories and
products
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Whether an automated e – mail
notification system is integrated
with the shopping cart
When you are comparing
the costs of different solutions, you
have to ask the following questions:
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What is the minimum monthly
transaction fee?
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Do you have to pay any set up fee
for a new internet store?
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How are the taxes handled?
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How much will I have to pay on every
transaction?
Before making your final
decision make sure that you talk to a
few experts and resolve all the hosting
issues. Make a good plan and then go
ahead with hosting your site.
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