Today you can set up an
eCommerce system for little or NO money up front.
3rd party Credit Card Collection companies and Authorized
Resellers are jumping on the
bandwagon, offering their services for a percentage of the sale.
Percentages vary with the companies offering the
services but usually run from about 4.9% to 15% per sale.
WARNING: Investigate Carefully.
Some services have monthly fees which can eat into a small site's
profits rather quickly.
I've done business with the following companies
but my latest and favorite has to be 2CheckOut.
(Authorized Reseller)
NOTE: 3 years after seeing up 2Checkout's services I am still
impressed and have set up several new accounts with them for
clients.
Excellent accounting and service - immediate sales
reports, multiple payment methods, can be used for hard goods,
software, and membership, (software supplied).
Includes shopping cart system as well as hard coded purchase
options.
2CheckOut acts as a reseller of your products or services.
WebMasters can also profit form an
associate's agreement with some of the credit card collection
agencies. Click Bank offers an affiliate program as
well as being one of the top rated companies with which to deal. Accept credit cards
today
Click Bank's website states:
- Refer a new affiliate: NEW!!!
- Earn a $0.10 bonus every time they earn a sales
commission.
- Refer a new merchant:
- Earn a $10.00 bonus when they activate their account.
- Earn a $0.10 bonus every time they make a sale.
- Refer a new reseller:
- Earn a $5.00 bonus every time they earn a $10.00
bonus.
- Earn a $0.05 bonus every time they earn a $0.10
(merchant) bonus
- ClickBank has a one-time $49.95 activation
fee, and a $1 + 7.5% fee per sale. They have no monthly fees.
However ClickBank is not the only company
offering this service.
Just to list a few there is iBill,
Verotel
CCnow, RegSoft PayByCheck
If you
sell content: Verotel
Content websites are normally using a 'members' area; a directory
on your website which is protected by usernames and passwords. A
small script which runs on your webserver let Verotel add, modify
and delete usernames and passwords to this members area. That's
why your server needs to have a CGI directory to work with
Verotel. Verotel uses a Perl/ASP script, called Verotel Remote
User Manager. Installation of the script is easy. With the Verotel
Remote User Manager, Verotel will assign your client a usercode
and passcode and add, modify or delete these codes as usernames
and passwords in your local user database. The Verotel Remote User
Manager is part of the Subscription Management tools, which are
included in your Verotel account. The Remote User Manager can be
downloaded as a Perl or ASP (Microsoft Windows NT) script from the
Verotel Control Center.
If you sell products. CCnow
CCNow is the perfect low cost solution to
selling your products online. With CCNow, you’ll avoid the
up-front expenses and time required to set up e-commerce software,
merchant account, customer service, and more. In fact you won’t
find a more cost-effective way to start selling your products to
Internet shoppers today. These benefits are yours for a straight
forward 9% service fee on each sale you make from your Web site.
There are no setup fees or monthly fees with CCNow.
Accept Checks PayByCheck
(ITI services)
List of services offered by ITI
Services, Inc.
PayByCheck allows for the
payment of goods and services by check over the Internet with real
time validation / verification including proprietary address
verification. Settlement is either by paper check or ECP
(electronic check processing) utilizing the ACH network and
meeting all NAHCA 2001 banking regulations. A low cost alternative
to credit cards.
RebateByCheck is a cost
effective out-source solution for your volume check writing. This
service uses a customer submitted file that contains a list of who
to pay and how much. Our system then prints the checks and mails
them to your customers / suppliers. The checks include your custom
logo and your signature. You also have complete use of the check
stub (22 lines of 101 characters) for payment details or sales
message. This service is ideally suited for rebates, refunds,
accounts payable or promotional checks.
RCKLockBox allows any merchant
to electronically resubmit NSF checks. No contracts, no fees just
a clean, fast, universal system. This service contains reports
detailing the progress of each check. All accounting is automatic.
DonateByCheck is an ASP model
for not-for-profits. This tool allows the input of check
information from contributors by either phone operators or a web /
email link. This service also allows you to schedule future
payments.
CollectByCheck is an ASP model
designed for the specific needs of the collections industry.
Collectors can take the debtors bank information while on the
phone and schedule payments.
Click-Paid-Done is an email
based EBPP model at its simplest form while maintaining security,
validation, and verification. This service is for the biller that
wants to email their customers a brief but customizable statement
of charges and allow the customer to pay by simply clicking one
button. Perfect solution for subscription renewal or recurring
monthly bills like insurance, utilities and garbage.
icasi is a database of Internet
check writer history and account status. This database is designed
to protect consumers and merchants from unauthorized account use,
and to rapidly detect and report Internet check fraud. It will
also reduce the possibility of a check writer from defrauding
multiple Internet merchants.
This service allows Internet ACH processors to meet NACHA 2001
requirements.
PhoneTrace provides the
physical address for a given phone number. This service is
extremely valuable in fraud detection or verifying a physical
location.
CheckTrace provides Internet
access to the SCAN database. SCAN is an acronym for the Shared
Check Authorization Network, which is the most advanced up-to-date
database of bad check writers in the nation. Comprised of data
from the nation's largest retailers.
This service allows Internet ACH processors to meet NACHA 2001
requirements.
BankTrace provides a banks
name, address and phone number from a known ABA / Routing number.
Extremely useful for verifying funds, repairing DDA’s, or
validating an ABA number.
This service allows Internet ACH processors to meet NACHA 2001
requirements.
AddressTrace compares the
address given on your order form with our database of known
addresses. Prevent fraud associated with fictitious addresses and
assure accurate postal delivery.
This service allows Internet ACH processors to meet NACHA 2001
requirements.
ITInternet is our
corporate Internet web services site. We offer web hosting,
design, and e-Commerce solutions.
ITIShop is a
simple to use complete e-Commerce store. Everything is designed
around ease of use for both the merchant and most importantly the
consumer. Payment is fully integrated not an add on. Just 'Stock
your shelves' and open for business.
If you sell
software RegSoft. Their
copy states
Regsoft.com’s #1 priority is to provide the
best customer service on the planet. We have seen explosive growth
in the last few years due only to word-of-mouth. Put simply, our
vendors love us, because we answer emails faster than anyone in
the business, we listen to vendor suggestions, and we provide
quick solutions and innovations to meet their changing needs.
Direct Access to Major Credit Card
Processors
RegSoft.com’s partnerships with major credit card companies
allow vendors to provide their customers with access to purchasing
power through credit cards. Each transaction will receive a true
credit card authorization, with a transfer of funds. Should a
credit card be on hold or not receive validation for another
reason, vendors may customize their responses to customers for
each different situation to best handle difficult situations in a
positive manner.
No Exclusivity Required
No Sign-up Fee,
Registration Service to Vendors on an “As-needed” Basis
Vendors are Not Charged for Chargebacks and Returns
Low Processing Fees
Excellent Fraud Protection Systems
Toll-Free Phone Order Support
Door to Door Delivery of Software Available on CD
Be Listed Among Top Shareware Vendors and Authors
Customers who visit the RegSoft.com directly can choose from over
8,000 software titles available from developers around the world,
all of which are available for immediate download and purchase.
Convenient
Order Payment Options
- Eurocheques
Accepted - RegSoft.com proudly accepts Eurocheques by
mail.
- Toll-Free
Phone Number – Customer may call our toll-free phone
line at 1-877-RegSoft.com to place an order during business
hours.
- Fax
Orders - For customers that are uncomfortable about
using credit cards online, RegSoft.com gladly accepts fax
orders.
- Mail
Orders – RegSoft.com is always pleased to accept mail
orders; however, should the customer pay by check, the
processing time may be delayed until the check clears the
banking process.
- Major
Credit Cards - Major credit cards are the quickest and
most efficient method to buy product over the internet and can
take just a few minutes online. RegSoft.com allows products to
be securely registered or purchased with a credit card over
the Internet. The benefits of accepting credit card purchases
include the ability to sell your software to anyone with a
valid credit card.
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover/ Novus,
Eurocheques, Eurocard
Online,
Real-time Vendor Reports and Statistics
As you can see from the above, there are
numerous choices available for the website that want to set up an
online storefront.
If you have a lot of products, or have your own
merchant account you will need a shopping system or "Shopping
Cart".
Over the course of time I have investigated many
shopping carts.
The one I keep coming back to is "The
Dansie Cart".
Craig Dansie has designed a superior product which is highly
configurable.
- A Dansie Shopping Cart will keep track of
which items your web store shoppers are interested in,
automatically calculate sales tax, shipping/handling and the
grand total.
- It has several payment options you can
activate including seamless connection with over a dozen
popular online real-time credit and debit card processors.
- The cart can email out itemized receipts to
you (the merchant) and to your customers.
- Easing the navigation and shopping experience
through your web store and reducing confusion will help you increase
your web sales!
- Unlike some shopping cart software programs,
the Dansie Shopping Cart has no limit to the number of
items you want to sell with it from your web site.
- It keeps track of the products and prices and
automatically calculates shipping, tax and the total for your
customer's convenience.
- It allows multiple payment options in
order to be flexible for both your customer and you the
merchant.
- It allows thumb-nail images of your
products in the shopping cart. And your thumbnails can be
easily linked to larger images too.
- Can easily be configured to work with your
current flat-file database. The use of flat-file databases
with the cart is optional.
- Comes with a built-in search engine
for your flat-file databases. Allows your customers to find
what they want quickly.
- Standard HTML forms can also be used to send
product information and prices to the cart. Just by adding
some submit buttons to your existing web pages.
- It's capable of making custom calculations at
the last second. For example, if a price is determined by the
length of a certain item, it can calculate prices according to
how many inches your customer chooses.
- It handles Volume Discount Pricing.
The prices of your items can get cheaper as your customer
orders more quantities.
- Multiple Web store Discounts based
upon either the subtotal or the total number of items the
customer orders. Put enough demo items into the demo cart to
total over $500 and you will see a 10% discount. At $600 you
will see 15% and at $1000 you will see a 20% discount.
- Coupon/Gift Certificate Discount feature.
Place an item in the demo cart, then enter "abc" as
the "coupon or gift certificate number".
- Has an "Add and Redirect"
feature that allows your customers to add items to their cart
without viewing the contents of their cart every time.
- Printable customer receipts and
receipts by email too.
- Calculates sales tax for one or more
states.
- The cart won't charge sales tax on items that
you tag as "nontaxable".
- Customize with your font size, face, color,
wallpaper, company logo and much more.
- Choose one of six different methods to
calculate shipping charges. And you can have the cart
calculate shipping rates to as many countries, locations or
speeds of service as you wish.
- The cart is available in any language.
All words and phrases in the cart are easily customizable by
adjusting your plain text "lang.dat" file.
- The cart will use the currency symbol you
define, and the number of decimals in your currency. Examples:
- $ 9,999.99
- £ 9,999.99
- L 9.000
- The cart uses either IP addresses or
cookies to identify your customers. You choose which one.
This demo is currently set to use cookies. In some cases the
cart can switch to use your customers IP address if they have
their cookies disabled.
- Online technical support is available
with all shopping cart purchases.
- Dansie Shopping Cart Mall Version will
support an unlimited number of merchants using the same cart
script.
- Remote shopping cart hosting services
are available if your host wont allow you to run CGI Perl
scripts on your website.
- Free product upgrades with
new customer referrals. Keep up with all the latest features
of the Dansie Shopping Cart.
I could go on and on describing the various
ecommerce options, but enough is enough. If the above services are
not to your liking there are lots of other options and a search on
one of the major search engines will bring them up..
If you have a small business, cash flow is
always a priority. Monthly charges, up front registration
fees all take their toll. There are excellent services that do not
require you to spend before you earn.
One facet of a successful eCommerce plan is
allowing others to sell your products. A few services are
available that will set this up for you. RegSoft's associate service SellShareware.com
Think of hundreds, or
thousands of websites selling your products. No matter the size of
the business, you will have a personal "Global Sales
Force".
Here is a working example for the AiS Watermark
Pictures Protector
AiS Watermark Pictures Protector will help you
to make a demo images from your original images. It reads your
image from file (BMP, GIF, Animated GIF, JPEG, PNG and more), adds
to the image some transparent or color text and saves resulting
image in a new file with the same format. The program is useful
for a computer painters, designers and bannermakers, which send
their works to a customer through the Internet to estimate your
picture quality. You can protect a number of pictures
simultaneously.
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