There are a number of useful applications that can be bolted together to create a professional selling site.

Content Management Systems

Content Management Systems - CMS - are extremely useful to add/amend your content to a page without using a programmer. This allows you to change content as often as you like. When you have a selling site you want to be able to highlight your special offers.

• Add text and images to all web Pages.
• Add Products, descriptions & prices.
• Allow customers to order & pay.

Payment Sites

Secure payment sites. You can for a small fee use third party sites to create an account and receive payments. Customers like this method as the onus is on the site to verify you are who you say you are and contact details are correct and will more than likely offer money back guarantees.

Of course if you have forked out for your own merchandising accounts with all the major card companies and you want to receive payments yourself this can be written. The customer card details will need to be verified with the relevant bank and authorised, this can take 3 days to get to you’re a/c wheras using a secure payment site the money can be there immediately.