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Overview

1.
Hosting Account - This
is where your website and storefront is stored. You
may choose any Media3 hosting account for your e-commerce
website. Depending upon your platform choice our e-commerce
packages come with NT or Unix Business accounts. They
also include Miva Merchant. More
info...
2.
Storefront - This is where you build the interactive
elements of your site, where your visitors can choose
an item and put it in a virtual shopping carriage. Your
not just limited to Miva Merchant either. If you prefer
you can use your own storefront software instead of
Miva Merchant. More info...
3.
SSL Certificate - An SSL certificate protects the
your customers credit card numbers from hackers as they
transfer over the web to your payment gateway and merchant
bank account. Many people will not buy from a site unless
their order is SSL Secured. We support Geotrust
(formally Equifax) , Thawte and Verisign certificates
on NT accounts. We support only Verisign certificates
on Unix accounts. More info...
4.
Payment Gateway - This part verifies credit cards
by communicating with your storefront and your merchant
bank account. Among the gateways we support are Linkpoint,
Cybercash and more info...
5.
Merchant Bank Account - This is the credit card
bank company that processes the credit card orders and
communicates with the gateway. Many of the providers
we are compatible with include the gateway and merchant
bank account together as one package. Some of the providers
are Total Merchant Services, Anacom, and Linkpoint.
More info...
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