Is there anything special about eCommerce hosting?

eCommerce Web hosting explained

eCommerce (electronic commerce) is a common term for business that is conducted over the Internet. With eCommerce Web hosting, a Web server is needed that can withstand a large amount of traffic and also process a large amount of data.

Information about products, customer information, and traffic through the website is stored in databases, which are kept on the computer and require database software, such as SQL.

Traffic to the Web server can also be intense, especially for heavily visited websites, so a computer with a lot of RAM and a fast processor is essential.

Backups are required, since vital customer information such as addresses and credit card numbers are stored.

And last, but not least, above average security it required, so that that sensitive customer information will not be compromised.