Ecommerce Shopping Cart and Hosting Provider Recommendations

There are many, many choices to make when running a business, and referrals can make choices easier. The ecommerce recommendations below are either companies I’ve worked with personally or who come highly recommended.

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Web Hosting and Domains

• For regular web hosting, especially WordPress hosting, I recommend SiteGround. They are very competitive value-wise, with good customer support.
• If you need dedicated servers, I recommend LiquidWeb. They have excellent technical staff.
• For domain name registration, I recommend Dynadot.

E-commerce

• Merchant account that I use and recommend: Stripe
• Integrated payment processing and shopping cart: PayPal
• Hosted shopping cart that I have worked with: Mal’s E-commerce
• For more complex e-commerce needs: Shopify and 3DCart

Search Engine Optimization & Marketing (SEO, SEM, PPC)

• HitTail – great tool to help you find and optimize your long tail traffic.
• A good place to learn is Jill Whalen who has a great site and newsletter.
• If you want to really get into it, the WebmasterWorld forums are frequented by many industry experts. You might have to dig a little, but there is an amazing amount of information there.

Web Design

• Sortfolio is a great tool to find designers, sortable by location and budget.
• Folyo is another good place to look for designers