E-Business In a Box-3 Month Subscription

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006FMPS
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 17, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #33,702 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
E-Business in a Box offers a custom-designed Web site built by C I Host, complete with an online shopping system designed to accommodate your products and business. Included with this development solution is an interactive session with a C I Host Web site designer, Web hosting for the length of your subscription, and an auto update for only $29.95 per month at the end of the initial subscription period. After three months, you can continue to host your Web site with C I Host or transfer your site to another hosting company.

Your package includes a shopping cart system to make your products available to your customers, and a merchant account for credit card transactions, including processing and authorizing. Conducted in C I Host's secured environment, this enables you to accept Visa, MasterCard, and American Express cards. The custom-designed administration area for your shopping system allows you to quickly and easily add, modify, and delete products from your catalog. You can add marketing promotions and featured products to your storefront within minutes, and a customized information request form allows for user inquiries such as order status.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars CI Host did not fulfill their contract with our Company, November 18, 2003

By	"my2002feathers" (Athens, Texas) - See all my reviews

Our saga is long and drawn out. We purchased "E-Business in a Box" on 4-19-02 and were supposed to be up and running in 7 to 10 days. Our store finally became functional on 9-12-02 although there had not been any customization of the store as their sales information stated was to be provided. The entire store was an out-of-the-box, here-ya-go, you-figure-it-out setup.

Our main problem, we later found out, is the turnover rate of the employees at CI Host. Our original web designer that we met left CI Host and for some reason our account was put in the "done" pile. Nearly everyone we talked to would be gone within the month so our complaints never got addressed properly. Once we finally got someone to listen to us and try to address our problems, our lawyer sent them a letter at our request to cover our butts to indicate that they were not fulfilling their contract. At that point, all work stopped dead in it's tracks and our web site sat there for the last 5 months of our original 12 month hosting contract.

To top it off, when the year contract was up, they sent us a renewal e-mail which I replied to stating that we were not renewing with them. They took $300 out of our checking account anyway and we are currently trying to get that money back.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars you get what you pay for, September 17, 2004

By	L. Seligman "beany" (texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

have you ever heard the saying " You get what you pay for"? Well with E business in a box, this statement is true. Lousy customer service, lousy designers and lousy website. I got a generic website design and when I complained they told me that THEY PUT THE NEW DESIGNERS ON THE E-BUSINESS ACCOUNTS AS THESE ARE THE LOWEST LEVEL. Yes, they told me that. They agreed to give me a new more qualified designer. I still ended up with a generic site. When I complained again they told me if I upgraded (payed more money) I could get a better site. If you want a professinal site DO NOT use E-business in a box. If you are a grandmother who is selling your knitting in your spare time and what a site so your family can see it then this might be for you. but... still I doubt it

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awsome e-business tool, November 25, 2002

By	Lisa Sample (Fort Worth, TX, USA) - See all my reviews

I recently got CI Hosts' new E-business in a box so i can start a website. I know next to nothing about computers and absolutly nothing about designing a website! I am thrilled at how EASY this product is to use!! I was able to to get a website and register my domain name all at once at one price. The CI Host design team is wonderful and very very helpful. I would recommend this for anyone!! - Lisa