All About Ecommerce Shopping Carts, Merchant Credit Card Accounts, Sales Tax Collection

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Here are some helpful articles that have been posted on Web Marketing Today over the past month or so about ecommerce sites – Shopping carts, merchant credit card accounts and sales tax collection in the US.

All About Shopping Carts, Part 1. Introduction. Including:

Types of Shopping Carts with example of some leaders in each category

Hosted or Licenses Cart Software

All About Shopping Carts, Part 2. Basic Functions. Including:

Product and Option Selection Function

Shipping calculations

Tax calculations

How to Shop for a Merchant Credit Card Account –  Which allows you to accept credit cards online or accept orders through alternate payment systems like PayPal.

Sales Tax Collection Directions in the United States – Discuses the Streamlined Sales Tax Project being championed by most states to require larger retailers to collect sales tax regardless of where the customer is located.

All about shopping carts – Payment Gateways.  Web Marketing Today added a Part 3 in their ecommerce series about payment gateways including –

What Is a Payment Gateway?

What Does a Payment Processor Do?

Popular Payment Gateways