• No programming required
• Web-based installation wizard
• Complete store-builder package
• Easy-to-use web interface
• Bulk uploading of products and pictures
• Out-of-the-box storefront system
• Free customer support
• Free access to all future releases
• Built-in self-upgrade engine

Ecommerce has thoroughly revolutionized the way commerce is conducted. The expansion of Ecommerce that coincided with the growth of the internet has made Ecommerce industries into multi-million dollar economic powerhouses. Part of the reason for this is that Ecommerce allows even the smallest, local company the ability to conduct business on a global scale. It is humorous, to a certain degree, when one realizes that Ecommerce is merely an updated version of the weird world of mail order purchasing that was en vogue in previous generations.

Remembering Old School Mail Order Purchases

Allow six to eight weeks for delivery. That is a lengthy amount of time to wait for a package. Then again, it is being shipped all the way from Battle Creek, MI. In fact, there will a million mail order products that were delivered from the mysterious, far off land known as Battle Creek, MI.

Comedian George Carlin once opined that there were no human beings living in Battle Creek, MI and that the area consisted of little more than a humungous amount of post office boxes that magically delivered products to all those strange people who enjoyed purchasing things through the mail. Yes, at one time in popular culture, it was considered “odd” to purchase things through the mail.

Conventional wisdom at the time seemingly wondered why people would send away for items in the mail that could be purchased in a store. Because of this, some of the most successful mail order items were also among the most bizarre items one could imagine (sea monkeys, anyone?) possible.

The Growth of Ecommerce

In time, the lifestyles of people changed as the work week requirements of the average person increased. The 40 hour work week was greatly expanding upwards of 60 hours and this coincided with more and more two income homes as opposed to one. This, of course, does not leave much time for much else and people had limited time to spend shopping. (This was a major, motivating factor behind the emergence of home shopping networks and programming in the 1980’s)

In time, the internet grew and grew and eventually people began to see the tremendous potential for a revamped version of the old mail order model of generations past. In a short period of time, Ecommerce grew dramatically into a multi-billion dollar business.

Get Involved!

If you currently have a small business and feel there is great potential for this business to succeed in an online environment, then it is highly advisable to have a website designed that promotes your product and sets up an online mail order system to sell said product. This is not a difficult venture to set up so there is no reason to delay.

A Shopping Cart is the Epicenter of Ecommerce

If you are operating a commercial website in order to take advantage of the grand benefits of the world of Ecommerce, you are going to need a reliable “shopping cart” (also known as a checkout cart) program installed on your website. What the purpose of the checkout/shopping cart is, is that it “collects” the items that the person making the purchase is selecting and then tallies up all associated costs such as item cost, tax, shipping and handling, insurance, etc.

It may also make subtractions for discounts or special deals. This is incredibly important to have installed on a commercial website because it eliminates a great deal of paperwork or tallying involved with orders that have to be placed through the mail or through email.

As previously stated, there is no reason to delay involvement in an Ecommerce venture. It is an expansive environment and filled with limitless potential.