How to Choose the Right Hosting Package for E-Commerce

Electronic commerce, refers to the buying and selling of goods and services, transferring of funds or data over an electronic network. These transactions can either be Business-to-Business, Consumer-to-consumer or Consumer-to-Business. How to choose the right hosting package can be based on what type of e-commerce you are carrying out.

E-commerce and e-business are used to say the same thing, as well as e-tail which refers to transactional processes that makes up online retail shopping. In the last 20 years, the growth of platforms such as Amazon and eBay have contributed to the substantial growth of online retail. E-commerce is powered by the internet, and people browse and place orders through their own devices, meaning that there needs to servers to support this websites functions and traffic.

As the order is being placed, the individual’s browser will communicate to and fro with the server that is hosting the e-commerce website. The data concerning the order will be then sent to a central computer known as the order manager. After the order is confirmed, the order manager notifies the store’s web server. The order manager will then send order data to the warehouse or other necessary departments so that the item (physical or not) can be dispatched to the customer.

There are many types of E-commerce. B2B, B2C, C2C, C2B, B2A and many others. At Hostingb2b, we provide tailor made hosting solutions for application and SAAS (Software as a service) in the forms of Private, Hybrid and Public Hosting.

At Hostingb2b, we provide Shared Hosting which comes with a wide array of tools which will aid you into getting your business up and running online. There are many benefits to our shared hosting options, such as; choosing between Plesk and cPanel as your hosting platform, choosing the location of your shared hosting server (We have availability in Cyprus, Malta, The United Kingdom and The United Arab Emirates). If you are just starting up your e-commerce store, a shared hosting plan may work better for your budget and comes with Free SSL, Free Domain Registration, and a 1 click installation of WordPress.

For more information about our Shared Hosting packages and specifics
(Bandwidth, Storage, etc), please visit our Website.

Cloud Web Hosting’s main benefit is that it allows expansion and is a necessity for heavy-traffic e-commerce sites. We provide you with Cloud Hosting available in Cyprus, with Instant Activation, Scalable Resource Management and Daily Backups.

For specifics on what our starting point Cloud Hosting offer is, please visit our website.

If you are looking at the scalability of resources and ability to install custom applications/configurations in comparison to your e-commerce business’ needs, then VPS Web Hosting is the solution for you! We have various options available for you atHostingb2b, and on all our packages in Cyprus, Malta, Amsterdam, The United Kingdom and The UAE there is a 5% for semi-annual purchases and a 10% for annual purchases.

To have a look at our VPS Hosting Packages, please look at our webpage.

If you are looking for the ultimate control, security and flexibility for your e-commerce store, a dedicated server will provide you and your customers with exactly that. With dedicated hosting, you will not experience bandwidth issues, configuration limits or share IP addresses because you will have the whole server just for you. Our Dedicated servers are based in Cyprus, Malta, Amsterdam, The United Kingdom and the UAE.

For more specific information on our packages and what they include, please visit our webpage on Dedicated Servers.

E-commerce sites are available 24/7 (apart from outages and maintenance), enabling customers to browse the shop at any time they like.

E-commerce stores allow you to avoid the cost of running physical stores (rent, inventory, cashiers). However, they may incur other costs like shipping and warehouse costs.

E-commerce sites make it possible for brands to make a wide variety of products/services available, that are then shipped out from warehouses, which contributes to customers having higher possibilities of finding what they want, rather than in a regular store.

Physical stores sell to people who visit them; however, e-commerce businesses can sell to anyone across the globe who has access to the web. E-commerce increases the opportunity of expanding your customer base.

Shoppers in a regular store can be slowed down by crowds, however in e-commerce this does not exist. The sites run depending on the bandwidth of the consumer device and the e-commerce site. In regular stores, a customer may have difficulty locating a specific product, however in e-commerce stores the search feature can help locate exactly what a customer wants with ease.

E-commerce sites can track browse, search and purchase history which they then use to present personalized product suggestions. Also, like Amazon, E-commerce sites may present a “frequently bought together” option.

As a customer, when you go into a physical shop there is always someone to help you, however with e-commerce the support may be provided only between certain hours and the online customer service options may be difficult to navigate and may not provide accurate answers.

Even though with e-commerce you view images of the product, its very different to experiencing the product in real life. E-commerce customers end up buying a lot of items that may end up not meeting their expectations. In these cases there may be a shipping charge to return the product.

In a physical store, customers pay for a product and then go home with it. With e-commerce, customers order their products but have to wait a certain time period to receive their order. Even though there are a lot of e-commerce stores that offer next-day delivery, waiting periods still can be unstable.

Skilled hackers can create a look-alike website to a well known one and sell fake or imitated versions of the products. However, legitimate e-commerce stores carry risk from a customers point-of-view, especially when dealing with sensitive information such as credit card information, addresses, etc.

The above options are only a few among our variety of products. For more information and what type of hosting we can provide you with, please Contact Us, but we also invite you to take a look at our website.