Why Ecommerce?
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The term electronic commerce or ecommerce is used to describe doing business over the Internet. Ecommerce has been described as the new economic paradigm. By 2002, total ecommerce transactions are projected to exceed $200 billion dollars annually. A direct, real-time, producer to consumer virtual marketplace will dominate the national and global economies. Hundreds of thousands of new and agile companies will emerge from around the globe. Opportunity for prosperity will abound for those prepared to take advantage of it. 

The implications for businesses, both large and small, are clear. Ecommerce means advertising, selling and supporting products and services using a Web Store around the clock for customers worldwide. The Web Store, or store that works while you sleep, is not geographically or politically restricted. It has global reach. Get your UST Web Store working for you today in 3 easy steps.

There are a number of ways with varying levels of sophistication to conduct ecommerce. Your UST virtual server can take advantage of any combination of features to include third party solutions that you select to conduct ecommerce. As a minimum your web hosting solution should include SSL or PGP(server-side) encryption for secure transactions.  UST offers both types of encryption free with all accounts. 

UST also offers a comprehensive suite of electronic commerce products and services which cover all the facets of building and maintaining a Web Store.  The UST solution is robust and low cost because at UST, we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to participate in the "global marketplace." There are three basic products/services required to conduct "real-time" ecommerce 24 hours a day, seven days a week: 
 

    Ushop Web Store (FREE to UST Customers). Builds the shopping cart using point & click technology from your UST control panel, creates product catalogs, organizes the layout of the site, tracks inventory, calculates transactions, creates invoices, generates sales statistics, and much more. Comparable packages cost $100s or even $1000s of dollars for a single store license. Automates your store management so you can manage your business. You can use Ultrashop as a standalone application with your virtual server, FREE SSL and PGP access included, or as part of UST's turnkey ecommerce solution.

    1stCommerce (Low Cost Solution for UST Customers). Provides payment processing services using secure, encrypted  real-time credit card transactions over the Internet. Fraud protection is built-in. Provides a merchant account and coordinates the transfer of funds between your bank, a payment processing service, and a customer's bank. Frees up your time spent on manually reconciling accounts, confirming authorizations, transferring funds etc. 

* Even if you have a standard merchant account, you need to obtain an Internet compliant merchant account and 1st Commerce is one of the best solutions in the industry. However, you can use your Internet compliant merchant account to process standard merchant account transactions via your Web Store and on-line order forms.
 

Internet Merchant Accounts
1st Commerce offers competitive rates for Internet compliant merchant accounts. There is a 98% approval rate on final applications submitted.  Take advantage of this offer today!  Application processing will normally occur within 2 weeks. Upon receipt of a complete and accurate application, you will gain access to a user-friendly, on-line interface which provides detailed up-to-date reports and will allow you to track, administer, void, and reconcile transactions anytime and from anywhere.

 
Through our exclusive arrangement with 1st Commerce,  UST  customers receive a $25.00 discount on the application fee! Your Merchant application fee is ONLY $125.00 if you are an UST customer.   Move your domains to UST now and save!

Better yet, members of UST's Partnership Advantage League (PAL), receive a $50.00 discount on the application fee!  Your application fee is ONLY $100.00 if you are a PAL member.  Join PAL; now and save. Its FREE!
 

    PAL Program (Promote your business). PAL or Partnership Advantage League is a virtual warehouse of vendors and  buyers exchanging and reselling each other's products and services at a premium discount. Imagine gaining instant access to thousands of  channel resellers for your products and services. If you sell something, give other PAL members a discount and let them resell your product or service for you.
 

Ecommerce Comparison

  *Suggested Retail Price

Bottomline: UST offers a real-time, turnkey ecommerce solution with everything you need for as little as $70 a month. How much does, or would it cost you to manage a store, hire the people, and advertise your business world-wide using a traditional storefront 24 hours a day, seven days a week?  What would your start-up costs be? Consider using your Web Store to augment your current business model. 

There is NO other provider in the industry who can match UST's ecommerce solution at this cost. Merchant Account discount fees and transaction fees depend upon the volume of business that you generate. Start your Web Store today and seize the opportunity to capitalize on the ecommerce revolution. Become a leader in your industry by grasping the implications of the new network economy. You are only limited by your imagination.

The UST Ecommerce Solution coordinates the transfer of funds between a customer's bank, a payment processing service, and  your bank. If the transaction is approved, funds are usually transferred to your (merchant) bank account within 36 to 72 hours. 
 

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