(As featured in Start Your Business Magazine, 'Ask the experts' May Edition) Security is a hot topic in the online world at the moment – as shopping online continues to boom, credit card fraud also becomes a more prominent issue. Of course any business operating in the retail sector should be selling online with their own ecommerce website. A system like ekmPowershop.com allows you to set up your own online shop for a small monthly outlay, and is used by the likes of Lotus Cars, PGA Golf and O2. One challenge you face as a fledgling online shop owner is gaining the trust of a potential customer. After all, you are asking for their credit or ...
Updated 07-07-2010 at 02:48 PM by StevenHickey
As a preferred PayPal partner, we are pleased to be the first shopping cart provider in the UK to offer PayPal's new 3-D Secure integration for PayPal Website Payments Pro merchants. *What is 3-D Secure? 3-D Secure is the technology behind Verified by Visa and MasterCard Secure Code. It basically adds an extra layer of security on credit card transactions over the internet - by asking the customer for a password (authentication) at the point of purchase. If you have a Visa or MasterCard yourself, you will possibly have gone through 3-D Secure to make a purchase over the internet. Clearly this reduces the chances of fraud massively; as the password is unique, and specified ...
Updated 05-07-2010 at 05:58 PM by NickStansfield
ekmPowershop has partnered with PayPal to bring you online payments the easy way, allowing you to accept debit and credit cards, bank transfers and PayPal balance through a single provider. PayPal offers you a range of payment solutions to suit the needs of your business, each allowing you to accept payments safely and securely in the way that suits you. PayPal is a global leader in online payments and is the preferred online payment brand in the UK*. PayPal supports payments from 190 markets and in 17 global currencies. In 2006 PayPal processed the equivalent of £18 billion in online volume. With PayPal merchants can quickly, simply, and securely receive payments through a wide range of payment methods ...
Updated 05-07-2010 at 06:09 PM by NickStansfield