timjpriebe — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:31:44 +0000

Well, you can always trade time out for money. With plenty of research into the different open source options out there, and the less expensive payment gateways, you should be able to find something that costs relatively little but is reliable. However, it does take quite a bit of research and possibly customizing work on the open source solutions to get it to do just what you want.

So I would agree with ilovefrontpage that it is like "real life" in that you have to invest something. Time or money, it's your choice.

Now, if it is completely free, I would be extremely suspicious, like Chris said.

ilovefrontpage — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:43:04 +0000

you people and your free t-shirts.

dont you understand if you want to sell things on the internet just like in real life you have to spend a little money like setting up a normal shop.

joemeca — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:52:44 +0000

just use free one that comes in cpanel?

chrishirst — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 21:34:15 +0000

personally I would be more than a little suspicious of any cart/payment gateway that was free

willjoe86 — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:11:08 +0000

Are there any others like Romancart that are ~~free~~, hosted and customizable to match your site?
Thanks!

chrishirst — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:47:28 +0000

You only really need coding if you are going for some kind of catalogue site driven from a database. Hosted carts such as paypal or RomanCart only need a form in HTML to transfer the information over, and for a few products (~50 or less) are more than adequate.