Welcome back to my ongoing series on e-commerce. So far we’ve covered the online sales process and how it works behind the scenes. Next we’re going to address some common e-commerce concerns, starting with security.
Since it’s so important, I’ve written about security before, including how to keep your website safe from hackers. Below we’ll review some of the most important website security points, as well as some e-commerce specifics.
This is the second article in my series on selling online. Last time we reviewed the online sales process and now we’ll go over how it all works behind the scenes.
I wanted to get into some specifics on how to sell online. This is the first in a series of helpful articles.
Every website requires 3 basic components; HTML (and probably other) files, hosting, and a domain name. Since we’ve gone over the other topics already, today I wanted to talk about domain names.
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Most website hacks are automated. Hackers use bots to constantly search the web looking for targets. They don’t care who you are, or what your website is meant for. What matters is if it’s vulnerable.
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As I discussed in my last post, I’d go with someone other than WordPress.COM. Either of these are good options.
I do NOT recommend GoDaddy, HostGator or BlueHost.
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WordPress is the platform used to build and run over 40% of all websites. So what is the difference between WordPress.com & WordPress.org? It really comes down to who’s hosting your website.
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YouTube has devoted massive resources to make sharing videos online as easy as possible. In most cases if you want to share video on your website it makes sense to use a free service, like YouTube, built exactly for that purpose.
If it’s a very short, looping clip without sound then maybe you do want to host it. Think about if it’s worth the SEO hit you’ll take for a slower load time, and viewers not necessarily being able to play video on mobile devices. Is that video element really worth it?
If you are going to add video to your website here are some things to keep in mind.
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Thanks to everyone who responded to last month’s survey! Below is my lowdown on the most requested topic. I tried to keep it short, but please let me know if you’d like me to further explain any of this. Each of these points could be a whole article :)
Recently some people have asked me about using OpenCart for ecommerce. I’ve looked into it and OpenCart could be a good option for some sellers. However, I’d still recommend WooCommerce in most cases. Continue Reading
