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The UK is leading the way in online spending and with the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) predicting that UK online sales will hit £42 billion by the end of 2007, it is now essential, if not critical for your business to remain competitive and have the ability to sell your products online. Most mail order businesses will already have a website presence of some kind, but many are still not taking full advantage of selling their products online via a fully functional ecommerce store. Opening an online store is a natural extension to your existing business and a direct way to increase your sales and revenue. There are numerous important decisions you will need to make when you first set out to launch your online store, like what will the website look like, how will it integrate into your existing systems, what kind of shopping cart will you use, and more importantly, how you will take online payments from your customers. In this article, I hope to give you an overview to the different online payment options available to both existing and prospective online merchants and explain .. more >>

It is really hard to imagine today, but there was time when nobody would willingly shop online as they considered it to be unsafe in terms of using their credit card and divulging their private information. Today, shopping online is almost second nature to most people with an internet connection, but it still pays to be prudent when it comes to online safety.Unfortunately there are many sites and many unscrupulous people that will stoop to anything to steal your valuable information by using a variety of tricks and methods. There are some tricks and tips that a consumer can use though to make sure their online payments go through safely and securely.When people visit a site and see a padlock in the browser window or address bar, they automatically assume the site is safe to continue with their transaction or sending of details. This is actually a misconception because all the padlock sign means is that you have connected to the site in a secure manner via a secure connection; it doesn’t actually mean the site is safe or doesn’t have any dark, ulterior motives.Nevertheless, if .. more >>