Do you still have your business snail mail coming to your physical mailbox or a MailBoxes Etc?

Do you actually have to take time out of your busy day to check your mailbox, open envelopes, trash the junk mail etc.?

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We've been raving fans of Earth Class Mail for the past two years and integrated them in multiple businesses.

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This is where it gets exciting -

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An SSL certificate contains the following information:

* The domain name for which the certificate was issued.
* The owner of the certificate and the domain name.
* The physical location of the owner.
* The validity dates of the certificate.

When you connect to a secure web server such as https://softwareprojects.com, the server authenticates itself to the web browser by presenting a digital certificate. The certificate is proof that an independent trusted third party has verified that the website belongs to the company it claims to belong to. A valid certificate gives customers confidence that they are sending personal information securely, and to the right place.

When you install the SSL certificate on your website, visitors to your website will see a yellow lock icon, identifying the pages are secure. It's another way to build trust, especially when asking users to input sensitive information such as credit card information, SSN, home address etc.

SSL Certificates are widely used on payment forms. We found they help with basic landing pages as well, significantly increasing conversion rates.

As part of this guide, I will provide you with step-by-step instructions for registering your SSL certificate with VeriSign.

Why VeriSign? Yes - there are cheaper SSL providers out there, but many are not recognized by older browser versions. This means that the $200 you save, will result in a percentage of your users getting welcomed by a scary dialog saying your SSL certificate cannot be verified.

Step 1 - Register a domain

This is a no brainer.

Step 2 - Verify Whois information and make it public

Your domain whois information must match the company name and address you'd like to list on the SSL certificate.

Update your whois information if you need to (login to your SoftwareProjects account and click on the domain, or use your existing registrar interface) and make sure your whois information can be publicly accessed by whois.net

If you have private-registration, you MUST turn it off prior to applying for the SSL certificate. You'll be able to turn private-registration back on once the certificate is approved.

Step 3 - Generate private key

Login to your server via Telnet or SSH and run this command:


Replace mydomain.com with your target domain name.

You'll be asked to choose a password. Pick any password - it is only used throughout the registration process.

Now enter this command:


Again replace mydomain.com with your target domain name.

You'll be asked to provide the country, state, company name and domain name. Make sure you use the EXACT same information as what whois.net shows for your domain. Make sure you include the www.mydomain.com and not just mydomain.com.

Step 4 - Buy Certificate

Visit VeriSign at http://www.verisign.com/ssl/buy-ssl-...tes/index.html and click on the Buy button under Secure Site (bottom right box)




Unless requested otherwise, select 1 year and uncheck "Extended Validation SSL" and "Ensure Strongest Encryption". Cost should be $399/year.

Under Technical details - enter your information - so that you can receive communications regarding this certificate request as it goes through processing.

When asked to choose a server type - select Apache.

VeriSign will ask you to paste the www.mydomain.com.csr file you previously generated.

Step 5 - Update Contacts

I listed this as a separate step because people often mess it up -

Step 4 of buying a certificate on VeriSign is titled "Contacts". As part of this step, make sure the organizational contact, address and details match your whois records.

When we register certificates at SoftwareProjects, we always list our contact information under Technical contact and the client contact information under the organizational contact.

The organizational contact MUST have an email-address under the target domain. So if you are registering mydomain.com, it is vital that you use someemail@mydomain.com as the organizational contact email-address.

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If you've followed all steps, you can now complete the process and submit the SSL certificate request. VeriSign will contact you (technical contact email address) if they need any additional documentation to approve the request.

Once approved, you will be provided with the certificate files which can then be installed into your web server.

Did you know? When you buy ssl certificate with SoftwareProjects, setup, coordinating with VeriSign and installation of the certificate on your server is included.

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This short video outlines the process of placing an order for a Make Money Online Information product.

Features shown:
* Lead Capture + Survey System
* SoftwareProjects shopping cart one-page-checkout
* Prepopulate form with previously entered information
* One time offer
* Multiple payment plans for a single product
* Authorize.net Integration

Which domain registrar do you use for all your domain registrations? eNom or GoDaddy?

We rely on eNom for all domain registrations.

eNom is #2 in market share (http://www.registrarstats.com) but we found them much better suited for high volume high availability sites.

Unlike GoDaddy, eNom offers a 5 second TTL (Time To Live), which means if the need arises we can quickly point the domain to another IP address and the switch takes place within 5 seconds across the entire net, not 24 hours or 4 hours.

If catastrophe hits and the entire East Coast data center gets nuked, it helps to know we can switch everything to the West Coast and have the change propagate within 5 seconds.

Other benefits of eNom are -

(1) Full API support and

(2) With eNom names resolve a little faster (the initial few seconds delay when someone firsts visits the site is going to be something like 1 second instead of 1.5 seconds)

A lot of people wonder what's involved with putting together a professionally-looking, money-making, fully-functional website.

Doesn't matter if it's a website, a web service, a blog or a shopping-cart, the process is always the same.

It starts with a client surfing over to SoftwareProjects.com, clicking on the "Projects" tab and posting a Project.

All projects are broken down to three components:

#1. Graphic Design
#2. Content
#3. Programming

As a matter of policy, we limit every single project to a maximum of 12 hours. If anything is going to take longer than 12 hours, it is broken down to sub projects. This helps keeping everything managable.

All communication, including emails, attachments, drafts and chat messages, is stored in the system as part of the designated project.

Here's the synopsis of how a recent comparison shopping site got done by SPI:

TradeDoubler is the European version of Commission Junction.

It is an affiliate network, serving primarily publishers selling to the European market.

If you have a product that would appeal to the European market, or if you're looking to recruit super affiliates who operate in Europe, TradeDoubler is well worth looking into.

Unlike CJ, TradeDoubler takes a very hands-on approach and works with their (large) merchants, to identify the best suited super affiliates and ideal channels to market in.



TradeDoubler affiliate network operates as five divisions:

TD Pull: Pay per sale or Pay per lead.

TD Talk: Pay per phone call.

TD Push / TD Reach: Banner advertising, Text link ads and newsletter sponsorships.

TD Toolbox: Tracking and Analytics.