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Convince visitors transactions are safe
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Once upon a time, customers needed convincing that the internet
was a safe place to shop. Internet novices still need that reassurance.
But most people nowadays have shopped online at least once. They take
it for granted that buying online is safe - but they still need to be
persuaded that it’s safe to buy from you. Here are some tips for
convincing both groups.
Whether you deliver electronically or by carrier snail mail you
face the same initial challenge. You need to establish trust. Customers
cannot look around your premises to see how you store goods, how much
dust is on them or whether your staff play frisbee with CDs. In a physical
store, they can chat to the owner and look around. If they can see what they
want on a shelf then they know it’s in stock and in reasonable condition.
You have to try to achieve the same confidence from your buyers.



Put some pictures of staff and your premises if you can
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It helps to establish how real you are, and is much more
appealing than a faceless organisation
 
Present customer endorsements
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Whenever customers make positive comments about your
company, try to get their permission to quote them on your e-commerce web site.
Scatter a few such endorsements around the site, and change
them regularly.

 
Use your existing credentials
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If you are a member of a professional body, display their logo
prominently on your home page - provided this is permitted under your
terms of membership.

 
Offer alternative ordering and payment methods
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As a vendor, even if you are pushing web sales hard you should
give alternative ways of ordering such as by fax. A few people will take
advantage of the facility, but for the rest it shows that you are fully
confident. And offer additional methods of payment such as cheque
or PayPal.

 
All of the big boys do it
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Billions of pounds of transactions are now being
conducted across the internet every month. This is despite viruses and
all of the other problems. Thousands and thousands of purchases are
taking place, and many huge companies such as Dell are making the
web their main ordering mechanism. Would they do this if it was
fundamentally insecure?

 
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