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Virtual Vineyards Pioneers Secure Online Wine Sales with CyberCash

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Virtual Vineyards, an Internet retailer, has become the first company to accept encrypted credit card information from users of all World Wide Web browsers, making secure online wine sales possible. As a beta test site for CyberCash's Secure Internet Payment Service since early April, Virtual Vineyards has now fully integrated this technology into its website, allowing customers to safely purchase wines online. This move is crucial for establishing Virtual Vineyards as a reliable and credible Internet business.

Key Takeaways:

  • Virtual Vineyards is the first Internet retailer to accept encrypted credit card information from users of all World Wide Web browsers.
  • The company has fully integrated CyberCash's Secure Internet Payment Service into its website, allowing customers to safely purchase wines online.
  • CyberCash's system uses encryption technology from leading sources of security technology and is committed to employing new security technologies as they emerge.
  • The entire payment process takes only ten to twenty seconds.
  • Virtual Vineyards offers four methods of payment: check, fax, toll-free phone number, or directly over the Internet using CyberCash's Secure Internet Payment Service.
  • Customers can add wines to a customized shopping list and conveniently fill out the online order form indicating the number of bottles desired, shipping and mailing address, and type of delivery.
  • The company was founded in 1994 by Master Sommelier Peter Granoff and Robert Olson.

Statistics:

  • Virtual Vineyards is the first Internet retailer to accept encrypted credit card information from users of all World Wide Web browsers.
  • The company has been a beta test site for CyberCash's Secure Internet Payment Service since early April.
  • The entire payment process takes ten to twenty seconds.
  • Virtual Vineyards offers four methods of payment.

Sources:

  • Virtual Vineyards, http://www.virtualvin.com.
  • CyberCash, Phone: 800/9CYBER1, www.cybercash.com.
  • World Wide Web browser.
  • Encrypted credit card information.
  • CyberCash's Secure Internet Payment Service.
  • Virtual Vineyards and CyberCash press releases.

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