The best way to do this is with a third party secure site provider.  This is
cost effective and secure.  Several webpage editors such as Microsoft
FrontPage 2000 and Netfusion 5.0 have built in components for this sort of
thing.

Trent Litchfield, President
OneSource Computing, Inc.
Murray, KY  42071

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----- Original Message -----
From: Lake Superior Railroad Museum <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 11:55 AM


> Hello! I have a question about secure shopping. If your museum has secure
> online shopping, do you have a secure server through your ISP or through a
> site like www.safeshopper.com? Do you think a server site is appropriate
for
> a museum to use? We currently have a few items for sale on our website,
and
> would like to make things like memberships available online. The only way
> people can currently use their credit card to make purchases from our site
> is to call us with their number or email it in multiple messages. This
seems
> sort of Mickey Mouse to me, and I would like to prove that our online
sales
> would be worthwhile, but a secure server through our ISP is rather spendy.
> What do other museums use? And has your method worked?
>
> Thank you for any input!
>
> Alissa Acker
> Curator of Education
> Lake Superior Railroad Museum
>
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