SSL Secure Server Technology & Shopping Carts
One issue that distinguishes aHostMonster E-commerce account from similar hosting packages is the inclusion of a SSL Secure Server with every account. This allows you to set up secure page authorization through digital hand shakes that are necessary for processing credit card payments online.
HostMonster E-commerce also includes a certificate generation option for SSL servers. With these public key certificates, you can encrypt data that is sent over the internet to make sure your customer’s financial information is kept safely.
HostMonster E-commerce offers password protected directories for online transactions, as well as PGP encryption for data transfer. The combination of these will allow you to set up an integrated shopping cart and payment system for your web site.
HostMonster E-commerce includes several shopping cart services for online businesses:
- Agora Shopping Cart: This open source shopping cart software is based on its own code, similar to JavaScript, known as Agora code and CSS. The Agora shopping cart is easy to customize, and can calculate inventory, shipping costs, and taxes. This cart also includes customizable lists and blocks to add to your content management system.
- OS Commerce: This open source software is PHP based and is a complete, stand alone web site solution for ecommerce. You can install OS Commerce in the control panel through Fantastico, and create a web site or store online. OS Commerce allows users to set prices for products with payment through many popular gateways as well as PayPal.
- Zen Cart: Another excellent shopping cart that is a complete ecommerce solution is the PHP based Zen Cart. This software also has pricing, inventory control, sales, custom display through templates, and payment through credit card processing gateways. Zen Cart also uses a mySQL database and can be installed through the Control Panel at HostMonster.
In summary, HostMonster E-commerce offers a variety of SSL Secure Server, encryption, and open source shopping cart services for online businesses to use with a web hosting account. Web Developers can also used the integrated shopping cart, ecommerce modules, and third party software developed for popular content management systems like Drupal, Joomla, Mambo, or TYPO3. If you are looking for an integrated ecommerce solution, HostMonster E-commerce has many choices that are available free with every account. The inclusion of free SSL certificates, valued at $20 on other web hosts, gives an advantage to HostMonster E-commerce in comparison to similarly priced web hosting plans.
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