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- Top 10 E-commerce Hosting Companies -
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Web Host |
Description / Features
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Price |
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Yahoo Hosting
- Shared/E-commerce Hosting
- Starts with 5 GB Diskspace / 200 GB Transfer
- PHP, Perl, E-commerce, Site-design tools
- 24 hr. toll-free support |
Starts at $7.77
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2 |
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iPower
- Unix, Windows, E-commerce, and Dedicated Plans
- Starts with 3 GB Diskspace / 50 GB Transfer
- PHP, Perl, ASP, E-commerce
- Money Back Guarantee, 24 hr. phone support
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Starts at $3.95
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3 |
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Host Gator
- Shared, E-commerce, and Dedicated Plans
- Starts with 3.5 GB Diskspace / 50 GB Transfer
- PHP, Perl, ASP, E-commerce Shopping Carts
- Money Back Guarantee, 24 hr. phone support
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Starts at $6.95
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| 4 |
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Host
Excellence
- Shared Linux, WIndows, E-commerce Plans
- Free domains with most accounts
- PHP, Perl, ASP, E-commerce
- Money Back Guarantee, 24 hr. support
- Price Freeze Guarantee
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Starts at $2.95
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5 |
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iPowerWeb
- Shared, E-commerce, and Dedicated Plans
- Starts with 10 GB Diskspace / 250 GB Transfer
- PHP, Perl, ASP, E-commerce
- Money Back Guarantee, 24 hr. support |
Starts at $7.95
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6 |
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Website Source
- Shared, E-commerce, and Dedicated Plans
- Starts with 1.6 GB Diskspace / 40 GB Transfer
- PHP, Perl, ASP, E-commerce
- Money Back Guarantee, 24 hr. support |
Starts at $6.85
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7 |
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Vendio
- Shared Business Linux Plan
- 6 GB Diskspace / 150 GB Transfer
- PHP, Perl, ASP, E-commerce Shopping Cart
- Money Back Guarantee
- Free Domain |
$17.95
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8 |
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StartLogic
- Shared Linux and Windows
- Dedicated server plans
- Starts with 5 GB Diskspace / 100 GB Transfer
- PHP, Perl, ASP, E-commerce
- Money Back Guarantee, 24 hr. support
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Starts at $6.50
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9 |
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Aplus.net
- Shared Linux and WIndows Hosting
- Starts with 20 GB Diskspace / 600 GB Transfer
- PHP, Perl, ASP, E-commerce
- Money Back Guarantee, 24 hr. support |
Starts at $5.95
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10 |
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IX Webhosting
- Shared Linux and WIndows Hosting
- Starts with 2.5 GB Diskspace / 100 GB Transfer
- PHP, Perl, ASP, E-commerce
- Money Back Guarantee, 24 hr. support |
Starts at $4.95
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| Simplified
E-commerce Solutions |
1 |
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iPage
- Browser based management tool
- Ecommerce shopping cart
- 150 Free Web templates
- Build your own logo |
$6
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2 |
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Bizhosting
- Shared E-commerce Hosting
- Up to 1000 products
- Free Merchant Account |
$21.95 -
$39.95
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About E-commerce Hosting
The term E-commerce Hosting is used to refer to any plan
that offers the tools necessary to host an E-commerce site. The
typical components needed to run an online store / E-commerce site
are:
- A shopping cart system: Most hosts offer either
the OS Commerce (open source) PHP-based shopping cart system,
or the Miva Merchant system. Both plans are robust and highly
recommended. You may also buy more sophisticated shopping systems
and install them on your host's server, but it's best to check
with your host first to make sure the software you are buying
is compatible with their hosting service.
- A method of payment: This can be anything from
your own merchant account, to services such as Paypal. Typically,
the shopping cart system you use will have a way to support merchant
account transactions from most merchant account providers. When
obtaining your merchant account, you should make sure the provider
supports your chosen shopping cart system.
- Secure Socket Layers (SSL): SSL is the standard
technology used to create secure transactions. Any transaction
occuring over SSL cannot be viewed by third parties. SSL is not
required to run an E-commerce site, but all legitimate businesses
employ SSL in order to protect the information a client provides.
A "shared SSL," if provided by your host, will allow
you to use an SSL certificate owned by your host, at no cost.
Most online stores prefer to get their own SSL, which requires
you to pay an annual fee to a certificate authority (a company
that issues SSLs). Having your own SSL makes the site appear more
professional, since SSL transactions are conducted over the same
domain as your Web site.
When selecting E-commerce hosting, make sure they have a way to
support all three of these components. Try to select a host that
already hosts many E-commerce sites, and offers support for E-commerce
related issues, such as shopping cart and SSL installation. Setting
up an E-commerce site is complicated, and you are bound to run into
some issues. You want a host that will work with you in resolving
these issues, so good customer support is a must for E-commerce
hosting.
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