uplinkearth (www.uplinkearth.com), a provider of web hosting services, announced on September 29, 2004 that it has started two new initiatives aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses generate revenue on the Internet - uplinkearth merchant accounts powered by Card Services International and ulexpress shopping cart services powered by CartManager. According to the company its merchant accounts enable clients to accept credit cards as payment through their online stores. The system manages Internet transactions in real time without human intervention. The system allows payments with all major credit cards like American Express, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, Visa, MasterCard and ATM/debit cards. uplinkearth said that ulexpress was a secure online shopping cart solution powered by CartManager. ulexpress requires no programming and is easy to integrate into an uplinkearth merchant account, making it an efficient e-commerce tool for small and medium-sized businesses.
Michael Yablonowitz, founder and CEO of uplinkearth, said that these two initiatives were the cornerstone of the company’s expanded offerings to the business community. He noted that when you added this to all uplinkearth’s other business services, the company’s customers would find uplinkearth was a valuable ‘one-stop’ partner to help them sell product and services on the Internet.