Shopping carts, Payment Gateways and Invoicing software are just a few examples of the several ecommerce solutions available today. However, there is a new trend in way ecommerce solutions are being accessed by companies. This trend is that of hosted/on-demand ecommerce solutions.

What is it? On demand solutions are simply solutions that a firm pays to use, instead of purchasing and installing the entire software itself. These ecommerce solutions are rented out online by vendors for anyone who wishes to employ their services. So if a firm intends to feature a shopping cart software on its website but does not want to purchase it, it can rent the software online for a particular period(6 months, a year or two etc.). As you might have guessed, it has strong advantages.