E-commerce, also known as i-commerce, is business conducted over the internet. E-commerce websites or e-stores are sites where visitors can buy or sell products and services. CPrompt excels at developing e-commerce software and websites. CPrompt is experienced in the deepest intricacies of e-commerce technology and the art of communicating and selling over the internet. See our sites!.

The server computer runs the web and database server software.

The business website is constructed from database driven webpages.

Sendsafe, CPrompt's e-commerce software, is running the e-store on a server. Sendsafe takes the information entered into a webpage and processes it until a completed customer order results. Read the amazing list of Sendsafe's features!

The payment gateway is a middle-man company that aggregates and sends credit card transactions to a credit card "Processor. Your business will need to set up an account with a payment gateway like VeriSign or a direct connection to a Processor for very high volume accounts. CPrompt can assist you in making these decisions and setting up these services."

The (credit card) Processor is a large clearing house for credit card charges that your merchant bank uses.

The Merchant Bank is the bank where your business establishes a merchant credit card account, which enables your e-business to deposit the money from credit card transactions. CPrompt can assist you in setting up this service.

The business back-end programs are your existing accounting, inventory control or shipping programs used to manage the business daily operations. The e-commerce software or the back-end software can be modified to exchange information with each other to allow, for example, an e-commerce order to be automatically entered into your accounting program.