I am starting a web site to sell items online. I would like to know what is the best way for a beginner to go, online store builder or find hosting with cart sytem. I am familiar with web design, but I would rather find a template. I would like something similar to http://www.store2003.com/demo/audio/. I am considering hosting from webmasters.com, they seem to have a reasonable package, any help would be appreciated.
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The Webmistress posted this at 09:14 — 29th March 2003.
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I have used Miva to build a couple of stores which is a template system but not cheap. Now I use a custom asp script from my current hosting company.
How many products are you going to be selling?
Will it just be one currency?
Will you be shipping to more than one country?
Are you having automated credit card payement?
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bjdea1 posted this at 09:24 — 30th March 2003.
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I've got a good e-commerce cgi script that will be available in about 2 months - if you can wait that long.
Deasoft - $2.45/month for 50 MB up to $9.95/month for 400MB.
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dk01 posted this at 20:42 — 30th March 2003.
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bjdea is that your header image? Because the woman seems to be cut out from an image and it makes her look a little bit like Quazimoto (Hunchback of Notre Dame). Just thought I'd mention it because I really like your layout but that woman disturbed me slightly. Anyways can't wait for the script to come out.
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montyx79 posted this at 06:07 — 31st March 2003.
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Webmistress, I plan on having around 50-75 products, only one currency and country for shipping (U.S.) to begin with, unsure about credit card payment, what are my options?
Mark Hensler posted this at 06:55 — 31st March 2003.
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Another option you might consider is looking into Yahoo! stores. I have no idea how they work, but I have bought things from places like http://www.livewarehouse.com that uses Yahoo! to sell their stuff.
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andy206uk posted this at 08:48 — 1st April 2003.
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have you tried OS commerce? its PHP and MySQL based, open source and completly free!
http://www.oscommerce.com/
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BrandBlast posted this at 16:54 — 17th April 2003.
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If you're just starting out, you should choose a low priced package that offers ecommerce, MIVA is a great ecommerce tool.
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