20.2. A general login page for e-commerce

20.2.1. Designing the customer profile with credit card information

All businesses need good customers. Building mutual trust between you as a merchant and the customers is the number one priority for your business. This is particularly true when you want to trade online since you cannot see your customer face to face. There are no closed circuit TVs or security personnel to help you. In fact, we have reached an age where even thieves engage in online business!

More online security and secured sites with SSL will be discussed later in this chapter. At a minimum level, any e-commerce site should implement a good database system to handle information and records of customers. Records should be protected ...

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