One of the most important part in e-commerce / web store planning is to choose right purchasing method.

It could be "mail order" method ( together with toll - free number: very effective for online services and good alternative for other purchasing methods), "buy it" button method for online transactions usually connected for one product type of sale, donation method etc. However the most common purchasing methods for online stores and e-commerce is "shopping carts" method.

Choosing the right purchasing method usually is the most important decision in meeting your project's scope, timeline and budget. The purchasing method, e.g. not only if you are going to need shopping cart but also which shopping cart solution will the best suit your needs and goals, will determine most of design and development process. It will define complete look of your site , define other programming needs, complex databases, search capabilities and other tools. This is not simple process and PrivilegeTech advises you to ask us for our suggestion.

Which purchasing method will be used on your web site or which shopping cart will be used, (there are a hundreds of possibilities) are the important decisions because the method or type of the shopping cart software also define future hosting (web site server) expenses, merchant account expenses, security and gateway - processing transaction expenses. Above all, different shopping carts have different prices for licence needed to be paid prior for use of that software on your web site.

If web store and shopping cart solutions is needed, generally we offer our customers to choose not between thousands possibilities, but between only two possibilities - the most effective law price ( or almost free shopping cart ) solution available on market and the most effective sophisticated - or simply the best overall - solution available on market.

The very effective and free (paying only low percentage of transaction) is PayPal's secure shopping cart. It is an extremely popular method of making purchases over the Internet via credit cards or your bank account. Now owned by eBay, PayPal® has been used by millions of people and employs the highest level of encryption available to protect online funds transfers.

The best and the most advanced shopping cart solution that ask for one time licence payment is the web store solution powered by Miva® Merchant software . There are many reasons for this shopping cart to be called cost-effective. One of them is the comfort that the software provide to users (you and your customers), as well as design and database integration capabilities of the program. This type of shopping cart solution usually go with the hosting program completely based on advanced new technologies, and the best merchant accounts, security and getaways solutions.

Our advice is to choose the free or to choose the best ( and, it doesn't mean the most expensive!) solution. If you ask for something between we will soon help you on this site, by ranking the shopping cart leaders at the market. Whatever shopping cart you choose ( with or without our help) we will design and develop effective and attractive web site for you.