A Fully SSL-Enabled Online Shopping Cart, Minus The Grief
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a necessary part of almost any online shopping cart, since it protects the user's sensitive financial information. You do want SSL since it is used by millions of consumers who are trained to look for that secure (https) part of the online shopping cart's URL and the familiar "padlock" on their browser. But creating a secure link between the user's browser and the online shopping cart through encryption can be a bit tricky to setup and support, plus a bit pricey. Ultracart's online shopping cart option allows you to forgoe the problems with setting up SSL on your own webserver and get back to selling your products and services.
Installing SSL On Your Online Shopping Cart Server (Don't Try This At Home!)
Configuring an SSL encryption stream on your own online shopping cart server can be daunting including such steps as:
1. Installation and validation of encryption software on the server
2. SSL Certificate generation (must be signed by trusted certificate provider or will generate warnings)
3. SSL Certificate import
4. Enabling SSL support on the server
5. Change ports to monitor SSL connection
6. Configure SSL host(s)
In addition to setup and monitoring, the yearly cost of an SSL can run up to nearly a thousand dollars, depending on such factors as the number of licenses, level of assurance provided, display and type of trust symbols (or seals), validation level and other options.
In the end, using Ultracart's online shopping server instead of your own can be a real time and money saver, plus increase dependability for the most critical function an online store can have, it's shopping cart!
