We cordially invite you to visit the new office of the Hispanic Chamber of E-Commerce. Please visit us at:

8340 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. Ste. 205
San Diego, CA 92111

Office hours: Monday - Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The Hispanic Chamber of E-Commerce has created a YouTube channel to showcase the products and services offered by the Members of the Chamber. If your business is based in San Diego, California, please contact us! We can go to your business to shoot a promotional video for you.

One of the first steps in taking your business to the Internet is to have a Web Site and in order to do so, you need a domain name. Once you select the perfect domain name for your site, you need to get it registered.Once you have created a list of potential domain names for your web site, you need to check its availability. You can do that directly at one of the domain name registrars' web site. There are numerous domain name registrars:

1. GoDaddy
2. NetworkSolutions
3. Dotster
4. Register
5. Moniker
6. 1&1

A web host is a company that has many computers connected to the Internet. You need to register your domain name with a web host in order to get a home for your web site online.There are several companies to choose from. If you want to make a good decision, we recommend you to visit the following sites:

1. FREE-WebHosts
2. Web Hosting Geeks

Let the PROS help you with your decision, read webmaster reviews.

Are you looking for sites with free templates and user friendly applications that can help you to create your Web Site?If you are interested in having a website, but you don't have enough resources to get the job done by a professional web designer, we have sites that may help you solve your problem. The sites that we recommend are:

1. Weebly
2. Site2You
3. Webs

For Blogs, we recommend:

1. WordPress
2. Blogger

If you are considering to sell your products / services on your web site, you are going to need to add an e-commerce software to your web site. Once you do that, you should consider to accept credit card payments. Here is a list of third party merchants that you may want to review.There are tons of e-commerce software available online. We will add our own software soon to HISCEC's web site to limit the hassle of choosing one. In the meantime, here are some options to choose from:

1. Networksolutions
2. Plimus
3. Yahoo E-Commerce
4. ShopStoreNow
5. 1FreeCart
6. AgoraCart
7. Magento Commerce
8. BaazarBuilder

Analyze carefully the services that they provide, their commissions, etc. Use them at your own risk. We use PayPal, which fits out needs. We recommend you to research and select the one that best fits your needs.

1. PayPal
2. ClickBank
3. PayPoint
4. ProPay
5. RegNow
6. Kagi
7. CCBill
8. CCNow

Visit your local Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to learn about the programs and services that they have available.

1. United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

There are over 180 Hispanic Chambers registered at the USHCC (including U.S. Hispanic Chambers of Commerce and Chambers of Commerce from Latin America), visit its Chamber directory:

2. Directory of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce