eCommerce Web Hosting

What is eCommerce Web Hosting?
An eCommerce site is any site that involves the buying and selling of goods and services. Typically requires a shopping cart system and a payment processing system. eCommerce is also known as Electronic Commerce. All of the providers below can offer eCommerce for your websites.

Rank	Web Hosting Provider	Price (From)	Transfer	Storage	Features	Review
	Visit WebHostingPad	$3.96	Unlimited	Unlimited	Host Unlimited Domains Free Domain Name Google / Yahoo! Ad Credits	Review
2	Visit Globat	$4.44	Unlimited	Unlimited	24/7 Customer Support Free Domain Name Money Back Guarantee	Review
3	Visit Host Excellence	$5.95	Unlimited	Unlimited	5 Dedicated IP Addresses 24/7 Monitoring 30 Days Risk Free!	Review
4	Visit SpeedFox	$4.95	2500GB	250GB	500 Email Accounts eCommerce Software No Setup Fees	Review
5	Visit Websitesource	$6.97	50GB	25GB	Google Ad Credits Free Domain Name 500 Email Accounts	Review

eCommerce Web Hosting - Article

E-commerce, or EC in industry slang, is the modern day trend in entrepreneurship. You may be thinking about starting an EC site yourself, and there are several ways to get started into this modern trend. One way is an e-commerce start-up that is a brand new online business that exists only online. An online only business is also called a 'pure play' company. Some brick-and-mortar business may be looking to venture into offering goods and services online. Such a business is called a 'click-and-mortar' company. No matter what your goals are, you will need to offer support activities and services, make plans that will drive customers to your site, find Web hosting, and register a domain name. The next step will be to develop content and keep it updated, and of-course, design your site for easy usability and offer support services.

When you are setting up an online business, it is important that you choose a reliable web hosting provider, who can provide a secure website and a reliable shopping cart, which are both very important factors. Also equally important is excellent customer service and technical support. If you are a start-up, and a brand new business, it is a good idea to read up on matters facing a new start-up. A source for info is magazines such as Entrepreneur and Business. Be sure to check out the article by Michael V. Copeland and Om Malik, in Business 2.0, the June 2006 issue, a classic. The article title is, How to Build a Bulletproof Startup. The article goes into a timeless list of things to do, things needed, and how-to-do lists. For an E-commerce site, you most certainly will need to build or acquire a Web site.

The classifications of Web sites are, informational, interactive, attractors, transactional, and collaborative. An informational Web site is just that, and provides information and gives a business a presence on the Web. An interactive Web site allows users to communicate and interact with one another and encourage feedback. Some value added tools would be things like a currency converter, calendar, or a mortgage calculator for example. The transactional Web site will be selling goods and services and offer a shopping cart, information, and interactivity. The collaborative Web site is just that, giving a portal for business and vendors to collaborate.