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Secure E-commerce Packages Using CMS

We researched the top secure e-commerce Shopping Cart solutions to ensure that the e-commerce CMS design system we were developing would exceed our competition.

Secure E-commerce and hosting that is unparalleled in the industry :

We have determined that a proper designed secure e-commerce shopping cart solution should:

We couldn't find a vendor that satisfies all those requirements so we decided to put together our own solution. In doing so, we found that there were 6 specific criteria that should be used to evaluate ecommerce shopping cart solutions. You should compare any solution you are considering against these criteria to determine whether it is the right solution for you. Here are the criteria:

Our ecommerce design solution provides outstanding value in all 6 areas - and it costs nothing for basic setup. As long as you are hosting with us, your development for a professional and secure ecommerce package is FREE.

Read on to learn more about these 6 criteria and how our solution meets them all.

1. Affordable, Fair Pricing

We don't actually consider this the most important thing to evaluate about an ecommerce shopping cart solution. Any business owner will tell you that they want the best value for their money, not necessarily the cheapest solution. But we continue to be surprised by some of the unfair pricing practices of ecommerce shopping cart vendors so we had to mention this one first.

Most ecommerce shopping carts available require you to pay large development fees. Why should you have to pay a company expesive development fees to sell products over the Internet? We charge you for hosting your website with us an that is it. CMS advantages mean for any website which hosts with PageTrends, Ecommerce is simply another module in your account to choose when you want it.

2. No Hidden Costs

In addition to a setup fee, some ecommerce shopping cart solutions actually charge you monthly based on the number of products you offer. We even found one solution that charges based on your sales each month. This is just plain silly. You should not be penalized for having an extensive product line or for being very good at selling those products. With our solution, you can list as many products as you want in as many categories as you want and sell as many units as you can, without worrying about incurring any further fees with us.

3. Satisfaction Guaranteed - or You Don't Pay

Most ecommerce shopping cart solutions will provide you with a free demo of their product so that you can try it out and decide whether it is a good fit for your needs. We are no different. We have a demo version of our solution available for anyone to try out. You can try out the customer side where your customer would shop and you can try out the administrator side where you as the business owner would maintain your product list.

Better yet, you can ask us to setup a complete demo that is just for you to use and is not available for anyone else to tinker with. There is no charge for this service and it will give you a chance to setup your own product categories, add products, purchase products, look at orders, etc. You can try out your demo site for 30 days and get a complete feel for what a shopping experience will be like for your customers. If you decide that you like the solution, we can either setup a fresh copy for you on your web site or copy over the demo you've been working with so that you don't need to re-enter all the products and categories again.

PageTrends goes one step further than anyone else. After you purchase your hosting and we set it up for you, you have two weeks to decide whether you want to keep it. For two weeks you can use the solution to actually transact real business. If during that time you change your mind and decide that you don't like the solution after all, we'll remove it from your site and refund your money — all of your money. It's that simple.

4. Turn-Key Solution

No Technical Knowledge Required

"Turn-Key" is simply an industry buzzword meaning that the solution we deliver to you is ready for use and there is nothing more you need to do to get it to work. By the time we hand over the solution to you, it has been integrated into your web site and it has been connected to a payment service (like a credit card processing company). All you need to do is enter your product information and start selling.

If you don't already have a web site in place, we'll take care of that too. We'll create some graphics to provide you with a unique look and feel and we'll setup an "About Us" page and a "Contact Us" form so that instead of just a shopping cart, you will have a complete web site. This is all included in the $499 price tag. Some vendors charge you from $350 to $1500 solely to create the additional graphics and web pages that make your site complete.

With our solution, there's nothing technical that you need to do or that you need to know. You don't even need to already have a web site. We'll do it all for you - And as long as you are hosting with us, our basic set up, enough to easily get you going, is absolutely Free.

5. Flexible and Adaptable

When you purchase a copy of MS Office, you can't call up Microsoft and ask them to add a new feature to Microsoft Word just because it is something your business could really use. They won't do it for you. Likewise, shopping cart vendors won't add customizations to their product that are just for you. Many of them can't. They use the same software for all of their customers. If they make a change for you, they make it for everyone and not everyone will want the change you need.

Any good shopping cart solution will allow you to customize it in obvious ways, such as colors, fonts and even layout. But what if there is a particular feature you need to have that is critical for your business? Maybe there's a particular way you calculate shipping costs or perhaps you want to categorize your customers in various ways and offer different pricing based on the customer type. Most shopping carts will not give you this level of customization.

Because we use an open source solution, it is relatively easy for us to make the changes you require. There is a large community of developers that create new optional features for the package we use and make those additions freely available. For instance, the following additions are currently available and can be integrated into your web site, some at no additional cost:

The list goes on. There are currently over hundreds of contributed additions and features available for making the PageTrends shopping cart solution exactly what you need it to be. And if the right combination isn't already available for your specific needs, it can always be written for you at a very reasonable cost.

6. Full Featured

You certainly want an ecommerce shopping cart to have enough features that you can conduct effective business over the web. We haven't put this criterion last because it is least important. Instead, it is last because most shopping carts you can purchase do provide quite a number of useful features. Checking the feature list of a shopping cart is really just a sanity test to make sure the shopping cart isn't missing some obvious, important feature.

The shopping cart that we use includes the following features:

Shopping Features:

Administrative Features:

The ecommerce shopping cart solution that we are offering is simply the best value available today. It provides the most flexibility for you as your business grows and gives you all the control you need to decide how to conduct business on the web. So where do you go from here? There are three different ways you may want to proceed:

Try our free public demo.

There is a link below that will take you to our free demo but we honestly think the best way to experience the demo is with a guided tour. Fill out the form below and we will contact you and walk you through a guided tour over the phone. This is not our attempt to get you on the phone so that we can make a sales pitch to you. Rather, the software is very feature rich and all of its benefits may not be immediately obvious to you. Our preference is to walk you through a 10-minute demo and highlight all the features that we know are important to you. After the guided tour, you are free to wander on your own, as much as you would like, until you are convinced that this is the right solution for you.

Request a private demo at no cost.

As we mentioned above, the demo version is available to anyone who inquires and wants to see the software in action. If you would prefer to have a private demo version setup, we will do that for you free of charge. This will be a demo that only you can get to so that you can setup your products without worrying about someone else changing what you've done. You can then use the system as if you are one of your own customers ordering your products. If you decide to purchase the ecommerce shopping solution that we offer, we will copy into your new shopping cart all the product information that you entered into your private demo so that you don't have to again. Just fill out the form below and we'll setup a private demo and show you how to access it.

Request a competitive comparison.

If you think that you've found an ecommerce shopping cart solution that is better than ours, then we have failed to communicate to you the exceptional value that we provide. We honestly don't think there is a better value out there. But if you think you have found a better value, then all we ask is the chance to show you otherwise. Fill out the form below and include the web address of the shopping cart solution that you found that appears to provide a better value. We will prepare a careful, side-by-side analysis between what we offer and what they offer so that you can decide for yourself which is the better choice. If the other option is genuinely a better option for your particular needs, we'll tell you — honestly.

If you want to explore the public demo on your own, click here to see the customer side where your customers would shop. The administrative side that allows you to manage customers, products, product categories, orders, etc. can be seen by clicking here.

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