Starting Selling Online

You’re ready to sell online? We are happy to offer shopping cart services to our clients. The one-time cost to set it up is $239 and the additional monthly charge is $39/month is for the service of actually handling the transactions. It keeps us all safer than traditional purchasing methods. 

We will help you set all this up and train you to administer the tool. Simply contact support@lightsamerica.com to begin.

Here is the to do list for the shopping cart:

• Formal policies. Most payment processors will require warranty, return and privacy policies. Perhaps you have store policies you can adjust for online sales or seek out ideas from shopping sites you use and trust.

• Shipping Charges. You can charge as much or as little as you like for shipping. You can charge more for small orders than large ones and have a free shipping option. You can even charge extra for faster delivery. Most stores will charge something like this example:
  Orders under $100 = $25 shipping (this will help cover drop ship or minimum charges)
  Orders from $101 to $249 = $15
  Orders over $250 ship free

• Tax. You will need to know how your area expects you to charge sales tax. The cart controls have tools for other areas, but you will need to know what your local laws require.

• Payment Gateway and Processor accounts. You will need account info for both. The Gateway is usually something like Authorize.net but there are several providers. The Processor is typically the same as your merchant services used to process transactions in the store. Be careful to check rates. You don't want to have to pay a higher rate for your in store purchases because you are now selling online.