There are four essential elements to setting up a website for ecommerce: a hosting account with an SSL certificate, a shopping cart system, a merchant account and a payment processor. Some web hosting providers have pre-assembled ecommerce packages that you can choose from, while others leave it entirely up to you to choose the individual components you want. This portion of our web hosting FAQ deals with ecommerce issues and some of the more popular shopping carts, merchant accounts and SSL certificates.
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