A website that is fully eCommerce enabled would be a website that shows a customer your products and services, and then provides easy access to ordering the products or services either via telephone, email, or a shopping cart.

Using an online shopping cart allows the customer to select the product or service and to order it by entering the following information - contact information, shipping information, and payment information such as credit card information.

The minimum technologies you will need for a fully eCommerce enabled website are:

• Website
• Website hosting
• Secure shopping cart
• Internet access
• email
• Web browser

The minimum technologies your customer will need are:

• Internet access
• Website browser

If you want to maintain your own site you may need:

• HTML editor
• FTP program
• Internet access
• Graphics editor
• Internet marketing software

Things to consider when designing your site:

• Simple format
• Easy navigation
• Secure shopping cart

Independent Commerce can assist you with any of the above. We can give you the tools you need to do it all yourself, or we can do it all for you. For more information please check out our Complete Services.

eCommerce Definitions