Ecommerce Questions

There are many open source shopping carts that don't have any PCI compliance certification. Is it legal to sell/distribute ecommerce related software that isn't compliant? It makes no sense,...

Software Ecommerce

asked Oct 14 '10 at 23:43

Un Startup
162 points

This is a hypothetical question, but say I run an email hosting service and I want to charge my customer a fee per month for each email account that he has set up. Let's say that the email accounts...

Ecommerce

asked Oct 22 '10 at 09:27

Jack
24 points

Reading posts on this site I came accross the strong advice for any serious business to stay away from Paypal as an instrument for accepting online payments. On the other hand lots and lots of...

Ecommerce Payments

asked Sep 24 '10 at 22:47

Rem
352 points

Currently, with all the power the Internet provides, it's relatively easy to start online business. There are no obvious restrictions on the process. A business from almost any location can sell...

Ecommerce Legal Tax

asked Sep 25 '10 at 18:32

Rem
352 points

My startup idea involves a web application that has the following requirements: will need to charge my customers securely using someone else's service must scale easily must be cheap to...

Ecommerce Web Dev Web App

asked Sep 27 '10 at 05:43

Jeff
103 points

Part of my startup is client work, and one client suggested using FreshBooks to handle the billing. Any opinions on this service? Is it worth it for the premium app?

Ecommerce

asked Oct 4 '10 at 13:13

Nowarninglabel
125 points

Do you guys think a ecommerce Saas product would "fly" if the service didn't actually process the credit cards itself? Rather it redirects to services like paypal, google checkout etc?

Ecommerce

asked Jul 20 '10 at 05:06

Un Startup
162 points

If one sells ecommerce software, do you HAVE to be PCI compliant at this point? I read it costs upwards of 40K to get your ecomm software PCI compliant. And some of the requirements have things...

Software Ecommerce

asked Jul 22 '10 at 03:40

Un Startup
162 points

I'm currently deciding if I should get a domain name of my 1st choice but with a .co (instead of a .com) or if I should get a less preferred domain name with a .com (because my 1st choice of .com...

Ecommerce Website Business Plan Domain

asked Jul 29 '10 at 19:36

Elisha
64 points

I'm looking for a 3rd party payment handling site to sell my software. Currently I have shortlisted Avangate (www.avangate.com) and Fastspring (www.fastspring.com). Fastspring seems to have the...

Software Ecommerce Affiliate

asked Jul 31 '10 at 00:26

Tanvir Chowdhury
165 points

I'm about to start up an eCommerce site for health products. However, I'm unsure of how to structure the company, in particular reference to shipping of product. Should I buy my own product, stock...

Ecommerce Corporate Structure Selling Business

asked Aug 4 '10 at 01:46

Dr. Khan
27 points

PA-DSS certification costs over 40K to get. Any ecommerce application that is distrubuted that handles CC transactions has to get this certification. Some of the rules are 'code reviews', which...

Software Ecommerce

asked Aug 13 '10 at 23:19

Un Startup
162 points

I'm planning to have a develop build a CMS (in Ruby on Rails) with blogging, advertising and ecommerce integration. Many types of reports/charts would seem necessary in such a system: Unique...

Ecommerce Recommendations Advertising Reports

asked Jul 4 '10 at 02:36

User3741
6 points

I'm a resident of California and will be starting a company this year but will not be living in California as I'm teaching English in China. So that means I don't have a address in the USA to...

Ecommerce

asked Apr 10 '10 at 02:32

Sam
106 points

We are a gift baskets company and part of our business is through our web catalog, which is custom-built in WordPress. I've heard some people saying WordPress is not secure and we should not keep...

Ecommerce Customer Support Website Shopping

asked Jan 13 '10 at 17:33

Kulpreet Singh
56 points

inspired by hubspot, we're dedicated to creating more remarkable content. we think it can be engaging and relevant for our customers. we feel mass-customized apparel is an area that doesn't have...

Ecommerce SEO

asked Jan 17 '10 at 18:11

User2275
11 points

I've recently launched an ecommerce startup which I've been working on in my spare time for the last 2 years. Now that I'm finally ready to market I'm not sure exactly how to proceed. I think it's...

Marketing Ecommerce

asked Jan 19 '10 at 09:01

Eli
6 points

I am starting a software company located in the European Union. I wrote a B2B product that is in beta test at the moment. Based on my market research and analysis I expect to make 50% of sales in...

Ecommerce

asked Dec 31 '09 at 23:06

Branko
106 points

I would like to know how many users shop online in USA, UK, Australia etc and the rate of growth each year (%). How and where can I find this data?

Ecommerce Market Analysis Shopping

asked Nov 28 '09 at 17:28

001
167 points

My father left his job one and a half months ago after deciding that he was sick of having a boss and a day-job :-) I have a background in Entrepreneurship having started a small business before...

Ecommerce Business Plan

asked Nov 7 '09 at 19:50

James Spittal
79 points