1. Shopping Cart: to enable customers/visitors to select items for purchase to the cart for checkout.

2. Secured Socket Layer (SSL): to enable secured transaction to protect confidential information such as credit card information from being stolen.

3. Payment Processing Gateway: this is only required if your site intent to receive credit card payments (Please note that some hosting plans may already have Paypal Cart which by itself will enable you to receive payment through Paypal without additional Payment Processing Gateway feature installed).

Listed below are providers with E-Commerce or 'E-Commerce Ready' Hosting. In some cheaper plans, you may need to purchase additional Shopping Cart or SSL features to be added to your plan. And in almost all cases (unless you have a Business/Merchant Solution Hosting Plan), a Payment Processing Gateway account needs to be purchased separately (can be from a different provider) and added to your hosting plan.

Setting up E-Commerce sites is more complicated, so choosing a host with great support is recommended. Among those offering E-Commerce or 'E-Commerce Ready' hosting with superb technical support, here are our recommendations and ranking: