For business there is no more compelling reason than e-commerce to establish a web presence. The Internet has opened the world as a market for even the smallest of "ma and pop" businesses.

And many believe we are still in the infancy of this new channel of commerce. In April of 2006 Internet Retailer Magazine reported

"25% annual growth has been pretty much the story of online retail sales the last few years-and 2005 was no exception. The Census Bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce reported at the end of February that online retail sales in 2005 grew 24.6% over 2004, reaching $86.3 billion from $69.3 billion. The Commerce Department's numbers are the last word-literally and figuratively. While other researchers had reported 2005 numbers weeks earlier, most benchmark their numbers against Commerce."

"By comparison, total retail sales in 2005 were up 7.2% from 2004. Year-over-year Q4 growth in total retail sales was 6%. Q4 total sales were up 0.3% from Q3."

The development technology behind even simple context web sites has changed drastically in just a few years. But the development technology and requirements of full-scale e-commerce sites have reached levels of complexity that almost preclude the "weekend" web developer.

Issues of customer privacy, credit card encryption and secure transactions can make or break a site. The complexity of establishing security and trust on a site has increased.

In addition, the online consumer is becoming much more sophisticated. Shopping cart features such as saved cart options, online gift certificates, online coupon redemption and online order tracking, once the domain of the elite e-merchants, are now expected by online consumers at every site they visit.

Interactive Webs utilizes state-of-the-art technologies for all of our e-commerce development. But we also recognize that not every e-commerce project is the same. We've developed shopping cart systems from the ground up, but frankly we won't charge you to "reinvent the wheel". We have experience with some of the best know names in the business including:

• ShopSite 7 Pro
• Merchandizer Pro
• Monster Commerce Pro
• StoreFront 6 AE
• Mercantec Softcart
• FreeMerchant Gold
• GoEmerchant I-Store
• Miva Merchant 4
• 1ShoppingCart Pro
• X-Cart Pro

The bottom line is we fit the right solution to your needs. And, we have the experience to guide you through the details of establishing merchant accounts, processing orders, supporting and growing your e-commerce business.