First, of course, you’ll need a site design and the usual functional elements of a website, such as a contact form. For standard eCommerce functionality, you will need several additional components: an SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificate, a merchant account, a payment gateway, a back-end database for processing orders and storing customer information, and a shopping cart solution.

Yes. If you only have a handful of products, you can use PayPal for payment processing. However, you should understand that your customers will be directed to PayPal’s site while placing their order. Also, as your sales grow, it will become more economical to switch to a standard merchant plan.

Everyday millions of people are searching on the Internet for the things you are selling. We can help get your product listings into the top results of search engines like Google® and Yahoo®. Using Search Engine Optimization, our experts will make changes to your website and create links from other quality websites to make it more attractive to search engines.

A merchant account is a special agreement with a bank that allows you to accept credit card payments. If you want to sell online, you will need to provide your shoppers with payment options that will make them feel comfortable about their transactions. Credit card transactions are the most popular method of online payment and the best way to process.

You can include as many products as necessary. There is no physical limit to your catalog. Some of our sites contain more than ten thousand products. Blimx plans charge dependent on how many products you include in your catalog.
To offer you the fairest price, it’s normal that very large sites pay a little more than smaller sites.

Yes, you can use any valid domain name for your store. You can point an existing registered domain name at your store or register a new domain name.

The Blimx system includes a completely configurable order management and tracking module. The order confirmation email can contain a link to a restricted page of your site where each customer can track their orders.

Yes. The back-end tools include an email/newsletter module, so you can keep in touch with your customers and reach out to new ones.

Order placed, order shipped.

For discussing the details of your project, email — or a collaborative project management tool— is much better, for many reasons:
• The information is saved online and serves as a valuable record of our discussion.
• Email messages can be searched and referenced at any time in the future, so we do not have to rely upon our memories of phone conversations.
• Any messages can be resent if necessary.
• Both parties can take all the time and space they want, to be exact in describing questions and answers. When you express what you want in your own words in an email message, it reduces the potential for misunderstandings.
• Project requests conveyed in a phone conversation can be (unintentionally) vague, which causes frustration and wastes valuable time. In contrast, email messages encourage us to be more specific.
• Everyone has the information they need to do their tasks, which saves time and reduces the chances of miscommunication. • Files and website addresses can be easily sent via email.
• Email allows us to send and receive messages whenever we want, day or night. It is not intrusive, nor does it interrupt what we are doing, as does a phone call. We can receive and send information at our convenience, not dictated by a ringing telephone.
• Because I spend my productive time at my computer, it is easier to read and respond to an email as soon as it is received.
• I’m more productive with no phone, as it allows me to concentrate on work, since writing code requires uninterrupted focusing.
• Contacting me via email is just as fast and reliable as would use a phone, because I’m at my computer for most of the day.
• Any project instructions will need to be provided in writing anyway — either as a project specifications document or in an email message.