Getting Started

8 Steps to Selling on the Web

1) Domain Name
Registering your domain name is the first step in protecting your Internet identity.

Purchase a www.yourcompany.com, .net, .biz, .org or .info domain name with FWHN and protect it for up to 10 years!

2) Ecommerce Hosting

	Which plan is right for you
	Ecommerce Plans

3) Design Your Web Site

	FrontPage 2002, or another web development program, will be needed to create your home page, contact us page and other pages within your site.
	How to Bring Customers to Your Web Store
	Select a shopping cart program so visitors to your site can browse your product listings and order online.

4) Accepting Credit Cards for Purchases

Merchant Account enables you to accept credit card payments.

5) Securing Your Orders
A secured environment is required to protect the privacy of customers and to prevent the interception of sensitive data, such as credit card information. This is done through the use of a SSL (secured socket layer).

	SSL Certificate - most commonly used and highly recommended form of SSL. In this SSL configuration, each web store's secure directory location is the same as the web site location. This is made possible by applying a SSL certificate to the web store's domain name.
	Shared SSL - a SSL certificate is applied to a single domain name owned by FWHN. When a web store merchant needs shared SSL, a subweb is created for them under the secured domain. Instructions will be provided on where to publish your secure files. Shared SSL is included with the eStore Starter and eStore Basic hosting plans.

 

6) Market Your Web Site
It doesn't matter how nice your Web site is if no one can find it.

Do it well and be successful. Do it badly and lose your time and money.

	Optimize your web site for search engines.
	Weekly search engine submissions
	Traffic Boost services
	Market your Web site on business cards, letterhead stationary, advertising specialties, by word of mouth and any other advertising you might use, such as yellow pages, newspaper, radio and television.
	Pay-Per-Click to drive traffic to your site now.

7) Monitor the Activity on Your Web Site
It is extremely important to review visitor behavior to determine the effectiveness of your Web site and marketing efforts.

	FrontPage 2002 has built-in usage analysis reporting for your Web site.
	WebTrends Traffic Reporting offers more detailed information. It is available for FrontPage and non-FrontPage developers.

8) Sign-Up Today with Savings up to 50%
The sign-up process is easy, the cost is affordable and our services are reliable. If you place your order before noon (CST, M-F) your site will be set up the same day for publishing.

 

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