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[2001-04-18] The Perils of FREE Websites
I bet you think building a business on the Internet using free web hosting is smart? I mean, after all, you save yourself $500-$1,000. You probably don't understand why someone in their right mind would spend money for something they can easily get free. What I'm about to tell you isn't actively publicized. So listen very closely. Very often there is a hugh price to pay when you totally rely on free stuff you find on the web. "FREE", really isn't so free. Especially when you use free web hosting to run your Internet business. There are several problems with free and budget website hosting that you probably aren't aware of.
[2001-04-17] What is .Net
Dot Net is Microsoft's plan for the next-generation Internet and Web strategy. It is not a new operating system like Windows2000, but rather a new infrastructure in which web and other database servers communicate with each other using various software to fulfill Web-based services. What is .Net Mr. Robert Hess, Group Manager for Microsoft's Platform Strategy Group, said during an interview exploring how Web services can be used in a company's strategy:
[2001-04-17] Online Store Checklist
Run a search these days on one of the popular search engines for storefront software and you'll get back hundreds of offerings. Sorting through the possibilities is mind boggling. How can you possibly decide what software or service to use? Start by answering five questions: 1) Selling binaryware or hardgoods? 2) Selling a few or hundreds of items? 3) Need shipping and/or tax calculators? 4) Need to take credit cards for payment? 5) Need back-end order processing?
[2001-04-15] Credit Card Processing Vendors
Gain Understanding To gain an understanding of how different vendors make payment transactions, we must first figure out how credit cards were originally designed to work. Before anyone even thought of ecommerce, or even EDI became widespread in commercial uses, credit cards were created. However, they did not have a magnetic strip to store information, so all credit card purchases were called in, and a carbon copy of the card was made. With advances in technology, the magnetic strip was added, so merchants could submit customer card information electronically, and quickly get back approval numbers, which were then sent to the bank on carbon copies of the cards. The introduction of the internet and standard EDI for merchant to bank credit card authorizations cut out this step, so now your purchase goes to your creditor, and money is transferred to the merchant's bank, in only a few seconds.
[2001-04-11] Let's Do the Math
It's funny how sometimes several things seem to happen at once which will call our attention to a place where it's needed. I've received correspondence - and read comments - recently that turned my attention to some of the online payment processing companies. I decided to take a look at what's going on here and couldn't help but be appalled. I'm always appalled when I find unfair advantage being taken of those who are trying their darndest just to run their businesses in a professional manner.
I bet you think building a business on the Internet using free web hosting is smart? I mean, after all, you save yourself $500-$1,000. You probably don't understand why someone in their right mind would spend money for something they can easily get free. What I'm about to tell you isn't actively publicized. So listen very closely. Very often there is a hugh price to pay when you totally rely on free stuff you find on the web. "FREE", really isn't so free. Especially when you use free web hosting to run your Internet business. There are several problems with free and budget website hosting that you probably aren't aware of.
[2001-04-17] What is .Net
Dot Net is Microsoft's plan for the next-generation Internet and Web strategy. It is not a new operating system like Windows2000, but rather a new infrastructure in which web and other database servers communicate with each other using various software to fulfill Web-based services. What is .Net Mr. Robert Hess, Group Manager for Microsoft's Platform Strategy Group, said during an interview exploring how Web services can be used in a company's strategy:
[2001-04-17] Online Store Checklist
Run a search these days on one of the popular search engines for storefront software and you'll get back hundreds of offerings. Sorting through the possibilities is mind boggling. How can you possibly decide what software or service to use? Start by answering five questions: 1) Selling binaryware or hardgoods? 2) Selling a few or hundreds of items? 3) Need shipping and/or tax calculators? 4) Need to take credit cards for payment? 5) Need back-end order processing?
[2001-04-15] Credit Card Processing Vendors
Gain Understanding To gain an understanding of how different vendors make payment transactions, we must first figure out how credit cards were originally designed to work. Before anyone even thought of ecommerce, or even EDI became widespread in commercial uses, credit cards were created. However, they did not have a magnetic strip to store information, so all credit card purchases were called in, and a carbon copy of the card was made. With advances in technology, the magnetic strip was added, so merchants could submit customer card information electronically, and quickly get back approval numbers, which were then sent to the bank on carbon copies of the cards. The introduction of the internet and standard EDI for merchant to bank credit card authorizations cut out this step, so now your purchase goes to your creditor, and money is transferred to the merchant's bank, in only a few seconds.
[2001-04-11] Let's Do the Math
It's funny how sometimes several things seem to happen at once which will call our attention to a place where it's needed. I've received correspondence - and read comments - recently that turned my attention to some of the online payment processing companies. I decided to take a look at what's going on here and couldn't help but be appalled. I'm always appalled when I find unfair advantage being taken of those who are trying their darndest just to run their businesses in a professional manner.