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Ecommerce: Start Selling Online

Introductory Overview

Generating revenue online is a great way to exand and even to start a business. Following is an overview of what is required to perform online sales and options to investigate to see what will work best for your business.

Ecommerce Shopping Cart Applications

If you have a large inventory of items that require categorizing and updating and many transactions that must be tracked and managed, then, you should choose from one of the many software application designed for ecommerce.

The application you choose should be based on the type of sales and which online sales tools will enhance sales and generate the most revenue. Cost is based on the sophistication of the design, size of inventory, and custom tools and tracking needs for merchants.

The chart below provides starting rates with out-of-the box template designs. If there is a package that you do not see on the list, just let us know and we will review it for you. ICI has over ten years experience developing and working with encrypted ebusiness solutions, the benefit of ICI installation, configuration, and hosting is that ICI ensures optimal speed, realiability, and security for the package you choose.

Developers should contact ICI directly pricing and support options.

Company Sales Tools Scalable Designer Friendly Starting Costs
magento yes basic basic install: $1500 configuration: $5000
Notes:Open Source: Magento is a new professional open-source eCommerce solution offering unprecedented flexibility and control
openx yes n/a n/a Contact is for installation & training
Notes:OpenX is an open-source ad server, with an integrated banner management interface and tracking system for gathering statistics
osCommerce yes basic basic install: $1500 configuration: $5000
Notes: osCommerce is the leading Open Source online shop e-commerce solution
ZenCart yes basic basic install: $1500 configuration: $5000
Notes: Zen Cart is a user-friendly, open source shopping cart system, good SEO integration
paypal no no no See:paypal
Notes: No Merchant account required, FREE set up.
ICI yes yes advanced Contact is for more information
Notes: Designer-friendly software, xml based created to integrate with web 2.0 community and media software packages. PCI compliant with google search integration, this is great for high availability, high security revenue generating websites.

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