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Understand the Technology Behind Ecommerce

Best practices for designing an ecommerce storefront, plus an overview of backend development considerations.

Ecommerce Technology

The humble shopping cart, the ubiquitous payment gateway, and the back office software. Are you surprised that these commonplace pieces of code can cause your ecommerce business to succeed, or fail?

SSL

Secured Socket Layer (SSL) technology is one of the most common ecommerce security measures. Though not foolproof, its use is widespread owing to its rather effective security.

Ecommerce Security

If physical retail was all about "location location location," I think that ecommerce is all about "security security security." Get your basics of ecommerce security right.

Ecommerce Business Plan

Should you make a one-size-fits all ecommerce website? Or is the specialist ecommerce boutique approach better?

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