Selling your products or services online require three main components are required to accept payments

• A merchant account
• A shopping cart solution
• A secure payment gateway

These components are implemented separately or in combination by web developers, hosting companies, merchant account providers, Internet service providers or E-Commerce companies.

A turnkey solutions provider can supply all service needs from

• Hosting a website
• Providing storefront and catalog system
• Providing a merchant account
• Building a payment gateway
• Executing payment processing

Benefits

• Businesses and industry can have a single point of contact when working instead of working with multiple vendors
• Affordable and competitive and pre-negotiated pricing
• Easy access to site content and scope for timely modifications

Limitations

• Page templates are fixed and offer no flexibility
• Development of own script and use of own software that curbs portability when the website owner wishes to avail the services of other turnkey solution provider