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E-Commerce Website Hosting Solutions

You've worked hard to build your business, now turn on the "Open" sign to the world and start making money in a fast, easy and secure way. WestHost is a complete ecommerce Web hosting provider, so we've got everything you need to setup your online storefront, accept secure payments and process them seamlessly. The best ecommerce hosting plans are found right here!

Check out our ecommerce hosting solutions below.

Ecommerce Shopping Cart

The first component for e-commerce Web hosting is a shopping cart. This is essentially what allows you to have "Buy", "Order Now", or "Add to Cart" buttons instead of requiring your visitors to contact by phone or e-mail to purchase.

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A more sophisticated e-commerce Web hosting solution like Magento, ZenCart, or osCommerce incorporates the entire product or service catalog and ordering process. All shopping cart solutions have powerful administrative interfaces for managing every aspect of your online storefront.
Depending on your ecommerce hosting plan, there may be many other e-commerce Web hosting applications that can be installed besides those listed below:

osCommerce is a powerful and popular Open Source online shop e-commerce solution which allows store owners to set up, run, and maintain their online stores with minimum effort.

Magento is a state of the art open source e-commerce platform that allows running multiple stores on the same back end, and has full theme capabilities.

Zen Cart is an open source shopping cart solution developed by shop owners, programmers, and designers that think e-commerce should be done differently.

Each shopping cart includes: free open source, one-click install on our Business Web hosting plan, out-of-the-box ready, single administrative option, manual entry/exit of data, manual updates, free modules, PHP/MySQL, feature rich, supports most merchant accounts.

Merchant Account

Once the shopping cart has captured payment information for an order, a merchant account is required for you to process the information. The shopping cart sends the credit card and order information to your merchant account for automatic and real-time verification. The funds are then held and ultimately transferred from your customers' bank accounts to yours.

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We have partnered with two different payment processing services that we have found to be most affordable, reliable, and completely compatible with many popular shopping carts, including ZenCart and osCommerce (which we include with our Business Web hosting plans).

These two payment processing services are payQuake and e-onlinedata. PayQuake is recommended for startups and small businesses while e-onlinedata is recommended for established businesses.


High approval Rate	Yes	Yes
Fast Setup	Yes	Yes
No Setup Fee	Yes	Yes
No Cancellation Fee	Yes	Yes
No Monthly Service Fee	Yes	Yes
Low Monthly Minimum	Yes	Yes
No Annual Membership Fee	Yes	Yes
Transaction Fee	$0.25	$0.30
Discount Rate	2.29%	2.29%
Free Authorize.Net Gateway	Yes	Yes
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SSL Security

SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is a protocol that enables a Web browser and a Web server to communicate securely. Web pages that have SSL security display a padlock at the bottom of the browser. The Web address will also change from "http" to "https". SSL Security ensures that your customers' ordering process is completely secure and their sensitive information protected. WestHost includes FREE installation on all SSL certificate orders for ecommerce hosting.

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Get it For Free
WestHost offers at least one FREE Comodo SSL certificate with our business Web hosting, reseller hosting, cloud hosting, managed dedicated servers, and unmanaged dedicated server hosting plans. This means our clients and their customers are given encryption protection for highly sensitive information at no additional cost with these services.

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Pay for Your Own Private Certificate

If you prefer to have your own private SSL certificate, we'll help you purchase and install the certificate you choose.
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Comodo Positive SSL - $33/yr.

Comodo Positive SSL certificates allow you to obtain a fully functional and trusted SSL certificate. They are ideal for securing internal websites or websites that conduct low volume and/or low value transactions on ecommerce hosting plans.

Comodo Positive SSL is a 128 / 256 bit single domain SSL certificate that ensures about 99.3 percent browser recognition rates. If your website transaction volume or value warrants an SSL certificate from a known brand, or you require advanced site seal technology, please consider our QuickSSL Premium SSL certificate
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- - Domain Validated Certificate
  - 2048 bit Industry Standard SSL Certificate
  - Trusted by all popular Browsers
  - 99.3% Browser Compatibility
  - Strong 128/256 bit encryption
  - Fully supported -24/7/365
  - FREE WestHost Installation
  - Supported by IE, Firefox, Safari, Mozilla, Opera, AOL, Netscape, and more.
  - If your website transaction volume or value warrants an SSL certificate from a known brand, or you require advanced site seal technology, please consider our QuickSSL Premium SSL certificate.
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Essential SSL - $110/yr.

The Essential SSL package includes a highly trusted single root install SSL certificate, as well as a Smart Seal for posting on your ecommerce Web hosting website.

With Essential SSL Web server certificates, you and your customers can conduct secure Internet transactions with confidence backed by genuine 256-bit SSL encryption. Essential SSL ensures that credit card account numbers and other sensitive information cannot be viewed, intercepted or altered. These certificates are compatible with 99% of all browsers and most popular mobile devices.
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- - Enables up to 256-bit SSL encryption
  - Includes a dynamic site seal that automatically identifies your site as authentic and validated by a trusts third-party.
  - $10,000 warranty
  - Compatible with 99%+ of all browsers and most popular mobile devices.
  - Fully supported -24/7/365
  - FREE WestHost Installation
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Essential SSL Wildcard - $160/yr.

Essential SSL Wildcard is a 256 bit single root SSL certificate. These certificates allow you the ability to secure multiple sub domains on a single domain name.

Like the regular Essential SSL certificate, they are ideal for sites conducting low volume / low value levels of ecommerce. Essential Wildcard certificates provide around 99% browser recognition.

With a Wildcard SSL certificate issued to *.yourdomain.com you could secure multiple subdomains:

- www.yourdomain.com
- cart.yourdomain.com
- secure.yourdomain.com
- etc.yourdomain.com
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- - Single root certificate
  - Install across multiple subdomains
  - The lowest cost single root install SSL certificate available
  - Multi-year savings available - 1 to 3 year certs available
  - $10,000 warranty
  - 99% browser recognition rate, no chained installation
  - Fully supported -24/7/365
  - 256 bit encryption, industry standard SSL
  - FREE site seal
  - FREE WestHost Installation