Startup Ecommerce website

[woohoo]

If you use discountasp then you can setup the ssl cert. through the control panel, pretty easy.

If your taking payments then you will need a business account and a merchant account. Getting a merchant account can take a bit of time more so if your a startup. Expect to be asked for a business plan and pages of gumpf.

Then you need to select a payment gateway, loads of options for this and if your taking recurring payments then think about recurly or braintree.

You also need to decide if you want to integrate seamlessly with the payment gateway or redirect to their payment page.

If you go down the seamless route the you have a couple of options. Storing credit card details or use a method to host the payment gateways payment form. Storing cc details will mean you have to adhere to pci requirements.

Personally I would avoid PayPal but if you can't get a merchant account then you may have to use them.

Hope this helps.

[Joeman]

Google Checkout, NOCHEX, and Paypal are the ones ive used...
Must say, google checkout is very good. when they first launched, you got free PPC advertising for every few quid that was spent on your site.. not sure if they still do that??

[xoggoth]

Worldpay is ok, used it for a few years. Use it in conjunction with freeware Nopcart, a jscript based cart. See here:

Gatekeeper Guides - Plant And Animal Identification Guides

The worldpay submission is just a simple form in here:

GateKeeper Educational Ltd

[TestMangler]

Yes I did but i worked for a big company and big companies do things in bigger scale and invest heavily on things because they can afford too. Whereas when you start from the bottom you need the minimum to start off. I know theres paypal but not all my customers will have paypal account. So I want other options for my customers like credit card, etc..
I have worked with credit cards and payments etc in my professional career. But its about security more than anything..

If you've worked with credit card payments in your professional career, you will know that the owner of the website will need to have a merchant account and you'll need to integrate the site with whoever their provider is. In the uk, the most common are Protx, Worldpay and Netbanx, so like I said several posts back, get their integration guides.

[VectraMan]

You don't need a PayPal payment to pay someone (obviously they need one to receive the money), but you can pay by card without registering an account with PayPal.

WHS. I managed to get something going with C#/ASP and PayPal, mostly by copying their sample. It gave the user a choice of entering card details on my site (which were invisibly authorised via PayPal), or choosing to log onto PayPal to pay (or visit the PayPal website and enter card details there without having to create an account).

[TheFaQQer]

Yes I did but i worked for a big company and big companies do things in bigger scale and invest heavily on things because they can afford too. Whereas when you start from the bottom you need the minimum to start off. I know theres paypal but not all my customers will have paypal account. So I want other options for my customers like credit card, etc..
I have worked with credit cards and payments etc in my professional career. But its about security more than anything..

You don't need a PayPal payment to pay someone (obviously they need one to receive the money), but you can pay by card without registering an account with PayPal.

[xoggoth]

Don't use it personally but Google checkout looks more flexible than Paypal and integrates with most commercial carts.

[northernladuk]

Cheers NLUK. Maybe I'm not cut out for Forum usage.......

There is a guide on the right hand side for that!!!

[TestMangler]

It wasn't. He has started a new thread in Techinical thinking someone will do all the work for him here instead of the business forum.

Cheers NLUK. Maybe I'm not cut out for Forum usage.......

[New2011]

Maybe a silly question, but how did you used to develop sites if you didnt know how to set them up??
you must have come across the various payment gateways surely???

Yes I did but i worked for a big company and big companies do things in bigger scale and invest heavily on things because they can afford too. Whereas when you start from the bottom you need the minimum to start off. I know theres paypal but not all my customers will have paypal account. So I want other options for my customers like credit card, etc..
I have worked with credit cards and payments etc in my professional career. But its about security more than anything..

[northernladuk]

Don't know why my previous reply was removed, but for payment methods, start with the Paypal API (which is used by every ecommerce package on the market), then look at other common payment gateway processors like Worldpay & Netbanx and obtain their integration guides.

It wasn't. He has started a new thread in Techinical thinking someone will do all the work for him here instead of the business forum.

[TestMangler]

Don't know why my previous reply was removed, but for payment methods, start with the Paypal API (which is used by every ecommerce package on the market), then look at other common payment gateway processors like Worldpay & Netbanx and obtain their integration guides.

[Joeman]

hi all,

I am a web developer. My past experience has been developing Ecommerce websites and other web applications using c#, asp.net.

I know how to develop a Ecommerce website however I wanted to know how to go about creating a startup Ecommerce website.

I need someone to give me a step by step guide on how to setup Ecommerce website. The tricky part is the payment/ssl.. does anyone have any ideas? and other one is Data protection Act.. I know hosting companies offer payment but you have to use they web templates and use they e-shop to create your website. The problem with that is I want more control and to develop my own site than use a standard web template to just to design that template. Any help would be a big help.

Thanks

Maybe a silly question, but how did you used to develop sites if you didnt know how to set them up??
you must have come across the various payment gateways surely???

[New2011]

hi all,

I am a web developer. My past experience has been developing Ecommerce websites and other web applications using c#, asp.net.

I know how to develop a Ecommerce website however I wanted to know how to go about creating a startup Ecommerce website.

I need someone to give me a step by step guide on how to setup Ecommerce website. The tricky part is the payment/ssl.. does anyone have any ideas? and other one is Data protection Act.. I know hosting companies offer payment but you have to use they web templates and use they e-shop to create your website. The problem with that is I want more control and to develop my own site than use a standard web template to just to design that template. Any help would be a big help.

Thanks