Blog Entries tagged 'SSL'

Does your shopping cart provider have a secure checkout?

sales@oscworks.com.au — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

If your business is going to be running an online shop, then you'll want to be absolutely assured that the technology powering your business is secure, powerful and easy for your customers.

One indicator of how easy and safe your shopping cart website will be is to look at the secure ordering system of the shopping cart provider you will be buying from. Do they have their own secure ordering system? How easy is it to use?

You would expect that a business who is selling [...]

Reducing your customer's concerns about credit card fraud

sales@oscworks.com.au — Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

With so many stories about online fraud, it is easy for those setting up new online shops to shy away from accepting credit cards, opting for bank transfers, money orders or a third party service like Paypal. These are all valid options, but the downside of these options are that you are either making customers wait to get their products while they set up a bank transfer and wait for you to acknowledge receipt of it, or redirecting customers to a third party site - that your customers may ne [...]

What makes customers nervous about online shopping?

sales@oscworks.com.au — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

When asked the question about what makes customers nervous about online shopping, most people would answer credit card fraud. That's true, fears about credit card fraud are a major barrier to people buying online. But there is something else that is a huge concern for online shoppers and often overlooked by sellers: the fear of what happens when something goes wrong.

If you buy a product in a shopping mall and it doesn't work, you can get back in to your car, drive to thei [...]

What is SSL? Do I need SSL?

sales@oscworks.com.au — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100

SSL is an encryption technology to protect the privacy of personal information as it travels across the Internet. Does your web store need it?

If you are accepting credit card information through the Internet, in many cases you'll need to use a technology called SSL to protect the privacy of that information as it travels over the web. SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. It is an industry-standard encryption technology that creates a secure link between a website and a web browse [...]

Paypal or Payment Gateway?

sales@oscworks.com.au — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100

If you are opening an online store, one of the big questions you will need to answer is how are you going to get paid. Should you use a third party payment provider like Paymate, Paypal or Paymex, or instead should you use a payment gateway like eWay?

What's the difference between them and what are the benefits? Here's how they work.

Third party payment providers like Paypal, Paymate etc

When customers go to make a payment they are redirected from your store to [...]