E-Commerce Resources

The following list of sites can help you to set-up your online store, or show you how to start accepting credit card payments online.

eBoz! 

eBoz!, "Your Guide To Creating Successful Websites," contains a wide variety of material that you will find useful for creating your online business, including a series of articles on e-commerce like "Take Credit Card Orders On The Cheap," "The Deadly Sins Of E-Commerce Web Merchants," and "How To Use Email & Autoresponders To Communicate With Your Visitors."

The E-Commerce Guide 

The E-Commerce Guide, published by Internet.com, provides a wide variety of articles and information on e-commerce. Additionally, you can participate in their discussion forums or subscribe to their e-newsletter to get answers about specific questions on e-commerce.

E-Commerce Times 

As you would expect, the E-Commerce Times is a large content site that covers a wide variety of subjects on e-commerce. It contains current articles about e-commerce companies, trends, and legislation. For example, a recent article was titled "What does it take for an offline company to successfully launch an e-commerce site?"

MerchantWorkz 

According to their home page, "MerchantWorkz is the most extensive Web site dedicated to helping small businesses attain a credit card merchant account." On their site you will find a wide variety of information about merchant accounts, including a "Listing of credit card merchant account providers that accept businesses accepting payment online."

useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's Website 

As stated in his biography, "Jakob Nielsen, Ph.D., is a User Advocate and principal of the Nielsen Norman Group which he co-founded with Donald A. Norman (former VP of research at Apple Computer)." On his Web site, you will find many useful articles concerning Web site design and e-commerce, including "Good Web Site Design Can Lead to Healthy Sales" and "WebWord: Web Usability: Past, Present, and Future."

Workz.com 

A described on their site, Workz.com "provides small business with a one-stop resource for marketing and managing a Web site, maximizing online e-commerce opportunities. Our network of sites provides the how-to checklists, utilities, resources, references, and tools needed to build, manage, promote, and maintain a profitable online business."