An e-commerce site is a site that sells either products or services over the internet. This definition is broad, and could mean that ALL sites are e-commerce sites. We feel that an e-commerce site is not necessarily a site in which there are isles and thousands of products and services. An e-commerce site could be as simple as a showcase site that displays your products and or services and gives a phone number to call. As long as you are conducting business on the web, you qualify as an e-commerce site. There are many different ways to show or sell your products and or services, not all of them have to include a budget that will surely bankrupt you.
 

A shopping cart site is a more complex type of site. It utilizes a database to operate, and can be very intimidating and challenging to design. Long Island Websites designers are database experts and can maximize all the features that database interactivity can offer. Whether it's a simple e-mail list or a full service retail operation with thousands of products, Long Island Websites can help. Since many shopping cart-database sites require extensive coding which can take several weeks to months before a final product is produced, a consultation with a Long Island Websites representative should be your first step. Not all shopping cart sites are the same and the cost varies depending on features.
 

There is no limit to the amount of products you can list. Every shopping cart site that Long Island Websites builds can accept an unlimited amount of products.
 

Yes. Long Island Websites designs our shopping carts with you in mind. We make it easy to update pricing, add products, delete products, edit products, upload pictures and even view all your orders in a searchable format from your own computer. Not only does this make all your storefront editing easy, it also enables you to keep design and input costs down by allowing you to do some of the work.
 

A gateway is a service that a shopping cart can send customer information to for processing of credit card and payment. Long Island Websites has already designed shopping cart sites that integrate with major gateways such as Authorize.Net, Cybercash and more.
 

You can process your credit card orders in house with your present form of transaction service or you can access a gateway and they will do it for you. Details of each service vary and will be discussed by a Long Island Websites representative during a consultation.
 

A database will allow your site to access information from a remote location and display the results onto a web page when asked by the viewer. In simpler words, it means that a user of your site can ask for information and get it customized to what they want to see. Database sites are usually easy to navigate through and makes the time spent on your site more productive for the end user.
 

You can either take pictures of your products, scan in the products or have Long Island Websites take the pictures. We can do it all for you, effortlessly and affordably. You tell us what services you need and let Long Island Websites do the rest.
 

Yes. All shopping cart sites are designed for you. What this means, is that, we try to automate everything in the sales or purchases of your products. We understand that your time is better spent running your business, rather than answering countless e-mails with the same questions over and over. There is no substitute for a well designed site that does almost everything for you. Just ask our customers that are selling more products than ever before without all the headaches.
 

Yes. If you ask Long Island Websites to integrate a e-mail database. It's simple, one click and thousands of e-mails go to there respected recipients.