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Retail Hosting Solutions
Hosting Solutions for eCommerce and e-Tailing/Retailing
Online window shopping, you could argue, is the entire point of the Internet. Online buying is a close second. And when it comes to buying, ecommerce sites face demanding and experienced users who expect a quick, secure and easy checkout experience. At the first hint of delay or confusion, they will hop on over to the next e-tailer to complete their shopping, leaving you to collect abandoned shopping carts in your virtual parking lot. What's under the hood, driving quick, secure, compliant transactions, is where Hosting.com shines.
Challenges and Trends in eCommerce/Retail Hosting
- Increasing online opportunities - Retailers needing to expand sales and enhance the customer experience with online presence
- Business analytics - Automation and analytics are driving real-time decision making
- Scalable infrastructure - Flexibility is necessary to scale up and down during peak times and seasons
- Compliance - PCI regulations require retailers to implement more robust security measures
- Decreased income - Discounters and global retailers are driving down profit margins
Hosting.com's hybrid, multiple-site solutions meet the unique requirements of ecommerce and e-tailing/retailing businesses who need to get online fast with a secure, PCI compliant hosting solution.
- Hybrid architecture leverages existing technology investments
- Robust and flexible security architecture meets internal, regulatory, and end-user/customer security requirements
- Cost effective, multiple site Disaster Recovery solution, which is a regulatory requirement - 1/5th the cost to implement in-house
- Secure and scalable enterprise-class cloud solution
- Technical IT support staff that truly handles our problems -- your Entourage
| Industry | Infrastructure Needs | Sample Solution |
|---|---|---|
| Online Photo Services/Store | Platforms to grow and leverage existing infrastructure | Colocation hosting and Web/SaaS applications |
| Website platform and Ecommerce engine | Need to manage peak-season scale-up and limit off-season costs | Hybrid hosting and Web/SaaS applications |
| Retailer Pricing Application | Scalable platform to grow with each client with affordable Disaster Recovery & Security for PCI Compliance | Dedicated hosting and Web/SaaS applications |
| Gift Cards/Rebate Programs | Need to outsource IT and Datacenter operations to focus on core business | Hybrid hosting and Web/SaaS applications |
| Ecommerce Audio Books | Need a high availability, multi-site, scalable solution and hosting that accommodates start-up company expansion | Hybrid hosting and Web/SaaS applications |