1.I wish to put up a web site that would allow online transaction of goods and services my company offers. How do I go from here?

The most important point when starting such a venture is the business idea. You need to determine what you want to do, who would be your customers, why would they buy from you and not from a physical store or from a competitor and how you can bind those customers to your site. Determine the probable size of the market, how you plan to deliver the goods or the services and how best to collect the payments.
The easiest and cheapest way to do online sales is to join one of the shopping malls that are already operational. Different malls offer different services. But in general, you can enter your products into a database, you can enter your prices and you can collect money through a online payment system that uses a common merchant account that is already set up. The money that is due to you will be paid to you from the operator of the mall. In this case you do not need to worry about buying hardware, getting it connected to the Internet. All this are done for you.

2. How do I create an Internet WebSite for my business?

Frankly speaking, you can create a Web Site for yourself. Today, many ISP's and Web Presence Providers provide FREE or cheap internet hosting for web site storage for either a single web-page or a small personal web-site. These web-pages and personal web-sites are easily constructed and not time consuming to complete.
However, if you are considering a business site, you will need the proper hardware, software, process knowledge and TIME to bring the Web Site to fruition, but this can be done. At Ascent Computer Technology, we take care of all the technical details, process controls and time issues while the businessperson takes care of the objectives to be satisfied. This TEAM approach will be applied to our "Quickstep" implementations, up through and including, the most full-bodied Web Site design , development, implementation, internet hosting and maintenance effort

3. What options do I have for payment services? There are several options that include:

• Credit card payment. Credit cards are the obvious choice in many cases, though they may not be the only and best option.
• Cash-on-delivery. This is the PizzaHut method. The person who delivers the goods also collects the money. Very safe option - goods delivered, money collected.
• Conventional invoice-based billing scheme. This is feasible in all cases where you already have a business relationship with the buyers. You send out the goods and you send out invoices separately. In this case, the web is just a different way of receiving orders which otherwise would have been accepted via fax.
• Inclusion of amount in other bills that you send out. This is for companies that already have an ongoing regular billing implemented, e.g. utilities, phone companies, other regular services.
• Subscription schemes with up-front payments. This is a very good method. You collect money up front and then you supply goods as you go along. Very suitable for regular services. This can also be implemented using Giro deductions.

4 Who is qualified to help me create my Web Site?

Choose your web development partner carefully. There are many firms today who offer to create and hang web pages for a nominal fee. But eventually you'll want to revise, expand or otherwise enhance you web site. When you're ready to go to the next level, are these firm equipped to take you there? Putting up your web site requires a certain set of skills, while developing rich content for your site involves a different type of expertise altogether. Promoting your web site demands yet another distinct skill set. We provide the framework, as well as the content and ongoing support required to assist you along the way.

5. How many visitors can visit my site?

Your web site will be completely built and published by a team of Web-design Experts A nominal one-time WE-Build fee will be applicable in addition to the Pack charge There is no restriction on the number of pages that we design for you except as applicable for your Pack Your site will ideally be up within 3 days of providing us all the required inputs Includes Free updates for up to 30 days from the date of hand-over of web site For more information, please visit the Site Building Tool WE-Build page.

6. Where can I find my competitors Web-Sites?

If your competitors have a Web Site you must first find out how it is identified (it's URL). Use your ISP connection and browser to link to the site you want to know more about. Once at the Web Site, you will be able to see what your competition is doing and how the business is positioned to take advantage of the Internet.
This is also a great way to see all the various approaches each business has taken to project itself "on the net". Use what you see for ideas. Believe me, some are great and some not so great.

7. What are the main advantages of Site Building Tool?

The following are some of the unmatched advantages of our site building software: A professional quality web site, up and running in minutes User friendly and easily customizable interfaces A complete web site with all its frills and features Sleek and attractive professional designs Customizable easy-to-use Flash Animation creator A Homepage creator for that completely unique and personalized homepage Shopping Page creator for that e-commerce touch to your web site A robust, online, full-functional, Image Editing module Online Forms creator enables users to create forms online with absolutely no programming knowledge

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