I want to build an online store.
What shopping cart i can use to have a secure site.Where i can get SSL
(socket security layer).

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Request for Question Clarification by joseleon-ga on 10 Sep 2002 12:34 PDT

Hello, camalia002:
  What kind of online store? For a serious business or for a personal
one?, if it's serious I could target my research to dedicated servers,
merchant accounts an so on. If it's a personal one, there are several
websites where you can setup your store for free.

Regards.

Hello Nathanysmith,

To set up an online store, there are a number of ways you can go. The
following references are organized in a few major categories.

As part of a more comprehensive system...

Everest Enterprise business software
  http://www.icode.com/products/everest/detailed_features.asp

As part of a hosting service or service set up...

Value Web Merchant web hosting
  http://www.valueweb.net/promos/online-commerce.htm

Waverider Systems (services and small business hosting)
  http://www.waveridersystems.com/

Just the "shopping cart"

ShopFactory Shopping Cart software
  http://www.shopfactory.com/

WebGenie Shopping Cart Professional (also custom services to help
integrate the software with your site)
  http://www.webgenie.com/Software/Shopcart/

PerlShop (was free, now a product by WaveRiderSystems)
  http://www.perlshop.org/

#1 Shopping Cart Software
  http://www.1-shoppingcartsoftware.com/

Monster Commerce
  http://www.monstercommerce.com/

If you are interested in more suppliers, a search using a phrase such
as...
  "shopping cart software"
provided a surprisingly large number of hits.

The more integrated solutions will cost more than just the shopping
cart software. All will address the SSL features you are looking for
as well. I would also expect each of these companies to get the
certificates for you (or at a minimum instructions how to get the
certificates you need). I would also suggest a good review of the
product (or service) capabilities as well as checking the references.

Good luck with your store.

  --Maniac

the shopping cart you're using doesn't make a difference if all you
want to do is make sure the traffic is encrypted; SSL does that for
you. the common webservers (e.g. apache, iis) have SSL capability in
them, but you need to acquire a certificate for them in order to
encrypt the data. this can be done with a company such as verisign:
www.verisign.com , which you'll install into your webserver. if you're
hosting the application , the hosting service will do this for you,
but will probably charge a fee

www.verisign.com is best site for your requirement, it also provides a
"demo", through this you can really link and test with your site, with
out paying a single penny.
once if you feel ok, then you can become actual member of verisign.com

All the best

A few people are recommending Verisign - our experiences with the
Verisign group of companies leads to caution against doing business
with them without first making sure you aren't able to find a better
deal for similar, or less money.

For instance - SSL - Both Thawte.com and Verisign are providers of SSL
certificates - both are Verisign companies.

We use and recommend InstantSSL.com now - there are Denver based
(close to us in geography, not that it matters much), and their SSL
certificates are only $49 per year - a considerable saving.

As for a shopping cart, this comes down to what you are selling - I
strongly recommend Actinic Catalog or Actinic Business
(http://www.actinic.com and from our site
http://www.webyourbusiness.com/), but we are rapidly growing a great
deal of respect for OSCommerce (http://www.oscommerce.com) - it is
open source, and FREE - the later versions customize well, and there
are plenty of plugins to work with all kinds of payment providers etc.

For processing cards - until you get to a level where online is
necessary, you might be best to consider a swipe or other terminal,
then key manually - if you are never going to see a swiped card, go
internet, or even online - the setup fees for offline processing can
often be VERY much less if you approach you existing bank.  Check out
your bank, ask about merchant accounts, and mention you might need to
grow to online processing in realtime at a later date.

Hope this all helps

regards

Greg Hewitt-Long - http://www.webyourbusiness.com/