SSL

September

7

SSL Certificates Protect Your Livelihood, Yourself and Your Clients

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Certificates have become a staple of the e-commerce industry and are required in order to be PCI Compliant.  Whenever you see a closed padlock (or an “s” following the “http” in the web address, ie “https”) in the address bar of your web browser then you know an SSL certificate is protecting [...]

February

3

Top 10 Tactics to E-Commerce Success

1.  Make Your Site User Friendly.

Create a site search function so shoppers can easily find items or services with little effort.
Put this search function on all pages of your site.
Organize your site with easy to navigate categories.
Look at your site from a shopper’s point of view and make sure that shopping from your store is [...]

December

10

SSL Certificates & Your E-Commerce Site

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Certificates are a security protocol used across the Internet to prevent eavesdropping, interference, fraud, theft and forgery.  This security feature is generally used in the world of e-commerce when sites are processing vulnerable and private data such as credit card and billing information.  SSL uses cryptography to hide information by converting [...]

October

26

A Message to Online Storeowners: Upgrade to Miva Merchant 5.5 and Make Sure you are PCI Compliant

If you are a Miva Merchant storeowner, it is imperative that you ensure your site is PCI Compliant.  You do this by following all the guidelines (http://www.pcicomplianceguide.org) and submitting the proper forms to the “Payment Card Industry.”  The PCI was formed by the major credit card companies to ensure the e-commerce world is a safe [...]