osCommerce Hosting & Services
We are the South African osCommerce Experts. Since the release of osCommerce in 2003, we have assisted and supported hundreds of osCommerce store owners, worldwide to drive and convert more business by creating sophisticated, but affordable, ecommerce websites. Our integrated ecommerce solutions help our clients acquire, convert, upsell and retain more customers.
We are capable of handling any osCommerce project of any size or complexity!
osCommerce Open Source Online Shopping Cart
At WebWolf we specialise in providing our customers with all services relating to osCommerce store and trading solutions. If you want to create a new web shop, update an existing osCommerce site, add customer payment processing addons, or optimize your osCommerce site for internet Search Engines – we always have a solution for you.
Our doors are open to any customer, with any need. Even if we don’t have a ready-made solution to address your requirements – we will happily develop one for you. Our skills, expertise and experience in the Ecommerce industry enable us to provide custom solutions for your business right now.
Our osCommerce Service Offering:
Hosting osCommerce stores:
Hosting Plans from R125.00 per month
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256 bit SSL certificate for your osCommerce store:
SSL Certificate provides an easy, cost-effective and secure means to protect customer information and build trust. An SSL Certificate enables Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption of your business’ online transactions, allowing you to build an impenetrable fortress around your customers’ personal and credit card information. SSL certificates bring the highest level of trust to your online business.
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Creating new osCommerce stores
The design and usability of an Ecommerce web site are two of the most important factors affecting your online sales. (Besides the products you sell of course). We understand this and are able to design impressive templates for your osCommerce Store.
Should you decide to order this service from us, we would first discuss the design concepts with you, looking at your product catalog and target audience. We have developed a special Design Check List to facilitate the discussion and information gathering process. We can also review your existing solutions, to better understand your preference of style. After this, we produce up to three mock-ups, from which you can select your favorite. We then integrate your selected design into osCommerce.
As an alternative to the Individual Skin service, we can offer a design integration service – based on a ready-made design template or a web design sample. You might like to look at our collection of Ecommerce design templates. We are constantly adding to our collection. No doubt you will be able to find a template to match your online store. After the template is purchased we will integrate it with the latest osCommerce version 2.3.1.
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Updating and Upgrading existing osCommerce stores
Why must I upgrade my osCommerce Store?
osCommerce store owners are sometimes annoyed when new versions are released because inevitably for most store owners it means that upgrading their osCommmerce software is going to incur additional expenses, it also necessitates additional time and worry as modules installed need to be verified for compatibility.
And while many people do opt to continue using their existing versions — often due to price, time, or fear of the unknown — there are two BIG reasons why an upgrade is important.
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Security
First and foremost, security is the main reason for upgrades. As time passes or languages (such as PHP or ASP) change, software may become vulnerable to malicious attackers.
What’s the worst that can happen?
Many people who run relatively small and obscure online stores doubt that they could be victim of an attack. However, given that many attacks are automated, just being on the web makes you vulnerable. That being said, some potential things that your attacker could do include:
- deleting all content,
- defacing the site by posting questionable and offensive material,
- spamming the site with links or sending spam from your site,
- changing passwords to block you from accessing the admin area,
- get access to your customers sensitive data,
- upload malware to your site
By updating your osCommerce Store, you will have the most secure version of the software, minimizing the possibility of any hacking.
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Features and Efficiency
Another great thing about upgrades is that they often contain more efficient code and features. This may help to save you time as you manage your osCommerce store. But even better, the efficient code may enable your website to run faster while putting less strain on your web server and help you to minimize bandwidth. Perhaps this isn’t an issue now, but as your website grows, you will see why efficiency is extremely important.
Upgrading your osCommerce store may necessitate time and money. However, it will be worth it in terms of security and efficiency. And while you may be perfectly content with the features of your current version, the new versions might have some additional features that you and your visitors will appreciate.
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Addon Installations, Custom Development & Modifications
Add extra functionality to your osCommerce Store by adding our tried and tested addons. We have also applied numerous bug fixes and our own bespoke development and have tweaked the addons for optimal performance. This results in a a better shopping experience for your customers and can assist you in various management features and tasks which is lacking in the default out-the-box installation of osCommerce.
Fair game
WebWolf will only ever recommend you install a addon if you and your osCommerce store will benefit as a result. We want you to be confident in our ability and commitment in providing you with timely, relevant updates as and when they are needed. -
osCommerce Migration to another Server
Trust this highly important task to the experts who deal with osCommerce online stores each month. WebWolf will carefully move the site and / or database to another server, ensure the configuration of your osCommerce online store is properly recreated in the new location. We will minimise the downtime, and ensure the move is done as seamlessly as possible.
Reasons to assign WebWolf to move your osCommerce online store to another location:
- We have done this hundreds of times in the past and deal with this kind of tasks often.
- We have developed the best practices and approaches involved into moving a live Ecommerce web site to another server
- Our approach allows for no or almost no downtime, so no orders are lost during the site move
- We will take care of the site itself, database, will help you with the domain name, and SSL certificate as well.
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Switching to osCommerce
Unable to solve problems with your online shop?
Obviously you shouldn’t switch to an osCommerce store if you are already satisfied with your existing shopping cart;But, if you are finding that managing you web store seems more difficult than you think it really ought to;
if your customers complain that products are difficult to find or that they cannot place an order;
or if you’re simply not happy with order tracking, reporting, statistics, the various marketing features available on your Ecommerce site - switching to osCommerce can be one of the best and most efficient ways for you to have these problems solved at once. Learn more here. -
Search Engine Optimisation for osCommerce
Optimising your osCommerce store for search engines, making it visible and easy to find, making it what is called “Search Engine Friendly”, gets your store listed higher in Google’s search results.
Statistics say that a sale is often made on one of the very first web sites found in any search.
We can guarantee that by having our Search Engine Optimisation Addons installed in your osCommerce online store, and together with using the correct keywords and search terms you will rank high in the search engine results pages. These modules are very popular and is being used by thousands of oscommerce store owners world wide.
If your site has been up for more than 6 months and you are not ranking in the first 10 in Google, you need to review your SEO strategy and have our addons installed. Be sure to read our informative article on the new Google Panda Ranking Algorithm and why it has become all that more important to correctly optimise your store in order for it to appear on the search engine results pages
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osCommerce Security
We have a number of osCommerce addons which can be added to your store to add an additional layer of security. Contact us to perform an FREE evaluation of the security of your store and we will gladly advise you on the route you should take.
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osCommerce Facebook Stores
Want to market your products through Facebook ? We can assist you Contact us for Details.
Whatever your requirement and whatever team structure you currently have, WebWolf will align our solution and services to your specific needs. We will be on hand, as the trusted advisor, expert and partner, to help you achieve your business plan. Contact us today describing your requirements in detail, and we will prepare you a no-obligation professional quotation. Whether your osCommerce project requires a standalone website or a fully integrated solution, WebWolf will have the solution that suits your needs and your budget.
