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Host U Online provides Austin Ecommerce solutions for your company or your website. Have you been looking to put an online store on your current site? With a hosted E-Commerce site you can have customers buying products off your site in no time. E-commerce is the process of selling products online through full credit card processing. An online shopping cart is used as software to store product information and ties together the credit card processor and gateway.

If you already have a website online but you want to add an E-Commerce store, this is definitely possible and Host U Online can integrate your current website into a fully functional E-Commerce website. Online shopping carts can be added to your current design so that your site appearance is not affected by the E-Commerce shopping cart solution. Visit our contact page to find out how Host U Online can help you with Austin Ecommerce.

1. Use a standard merchant account. A merchant account processes credit cards on behalf of your company. Not only is this a small investment, but it proves you are a legitimate business, giving your buyer confidence in completing their purchase.
   
   
2. Don’t use Pay Pal. Pay Pal shows a lack of professionalism and most customers will shy away from purchasing any of your products from a third party software.
   
   
3. Invest in your website design. Everyone knows that first impressions are the most important. Spend time looking for a capable web designer that can really make your site shine.
   
   
4. Buyers want to be able to see large, clear images of the products they are purchasing from an E-Commerce shopping cart. Make sure the representation of your products on your E-Commerce site are a direct reflection of your actual products.
   
   
5. Make sure you get a secure gateway that your purchases will be transferred through. A secure gateway collects credit cards and prevents online hackers/thieves from stealing any credit card information. A secure gateway is confirmed by a small lock icon at the bottom of your website. This is an essential part of the process when dealing with an ecommerce website and if you’re in the central Texas area contact Host U Online and get the best in Austin Ecommerce.
   
   
6. Use static pages to display products for increased search engine performance within your website. When selecting a host or Austin host make sure they understand that you’d like to use static pages outside of your actual E-Commerce shopping cart. Doing this will help to drive traffic to your website.
   
   
7. Provide an online form or ‘call to action’ on your website to allow customers to fill in vital information that can be used by you to better assist potential customers. It’s even a good idea to have a ‘call to action’ on every page because sometimes customers enter your website through another page other than your home page and may not see the 'call to action' on your home page. This one action can greatly improve the traffic to your E-Commerce store.
   
   
8. Invest in Search Engine Optimization. A lot of people believe that once they get a website online that the customers will come flooding in. This is not the way it works unless you’re completely relying on ‘word of mouth’ sales.  SEO or Search Engine Optimization is a technique of reaching the top of search listings for customers buying your products. Contact Host U Online and learn what we can do for you as far as SEO on your Austin E-Commerce site.
   
   
9. If you receive a response from your contact form, respond quickly. This seems to be an obvious point but is quite critical. Statistics show that a response within thirty minutes has the highest chance of success. By then most potential customers have already gone to other E-Commerce websites to find the products they were looking for.
   
   
10. Call Host U Online! Not only do we specialize in Austin Ecommerce and E-commerce in general but we are leaders in Search Engine Optimization. Get your hosted E-Commerce store online today!