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Hi, what type of product are you going to be selling? I can create a website that has a professional shopping cart for $3k lump sum or a Paypal driven website for $1200.00. If interested, please let me know.

Best, Mike
www.websitedesignpeople.com

I definitely agree with Liam that a content management system is the way to go these days. Depending upon how technically savy you aware, there are open source systems out there today that you can implement for free and they all include shopping cart modules. There's a bit of a learning curve involved so if you are in a hurry it might make sense to find someone to set it up for you. Otherwise, it's something you can do for very little cost.

The first step is to install the framework itself. If you're going to go this route, I would suggest finding a hosting company that specializes in that particular system. They typically have single-click installs that will setup the initial framework for you. Then, the next step is usually to install a "skin," which is basically a set of files that establishes the look and feel of your entire web site. There are large third party marketplaces where you can purchase these themes anywhere from $100 to around $300. Then, depending upon the system you choose, you may want to invest in more advanced modules for the shopping cart and checkout. Once again, there is a large third party marketplace for these and most modules are around $100 give or take.

Here are some CMS web sites:
http://www.dotnetnuke.com/guidedtour/http://drupal.org/abouthttp://www.joomla.org/about-joomla.html

I'll even do pr to get you top position in search engines...I heard to get top position is worth $25,000

If you have a limited budget, you can utilize our web design service. Its sounds like you will need:

Database Integration(MySQL)
PHP
SSL Certificate
Merchant Account
PayPal Setup
Customization for products to be sold
Domain Registration
Site Hosting
Logo Design
Template Creation
Image Editing
Search Engine Optimization and registration
Site Map
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Hi!

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SHOPPING CART / eCOMMERCE APPLICATION

From the product page, it will have the name of product, description,
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for payment. All invoice information will be sent to an e-mail account of
your choice.

CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

This will allow you to add products and change content on your own. You
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money.

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Send me the specifications and information so we can start working on it. We are
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Actually GoDaddy web hosting is not well regarded in the hosting industry. It's very similar to 1and1 - no support, random outages due to the number of servers they have that are taxed with too many clients, etc.

GoDaddy is great for domain registration, but not for their hosting or "value added" services, such as shopping cart add-ons (of which you need to pay for - most hosts allow these for free) etc..

If anyone has a question about web hosting with shopping carts, etc - feel free to take a look at our site: http://www.propspin.com/client/link.php?id=11

While yes, we do offer a full range of design and hosting services, you can click on an order link, and it will show you our shopping cart system that we use. We have an extensive amount of experience with the platform, and it has worked wonders for us for years (through all the different versions, etc..) - it can be fitted to just about any industry, through templates, which we love when setting up a client's site.

As for getting a site up and running with products - we offer complimentary help setting things up such as payment gateways, product placement, secure site info, etc, for small business clients with all of our plans.

Plus, we have a 30 day full refund period, which never hurts when you're just getting started, and want to see how easy the icon-based hosting system works..

Feel free to get in touch with me via my contact form here: http://www.propspin.com/client/link.php?id=10

Toss Frontpage, such a useless program. Spend the money on Dreamweaver. Much easier to learn and use, and industry norm.

If you want to develop your own e-commerce site, then you'll need a little bit more than just some html editor to develope and manage your site. You have to take into consideration credit card authorization, order processing (back end), shipping calculations, and security - which will probably require some sort of API functions in order for them to work properly. Besides, banks now REQUIRE that all customer data be secured and encrypted and that your site is PCI compliant (google that please).

With credit card and identity theft on the rise at alarming rates, banks are cracking down. It's not as easy as the good ole internet days.

So, look for a e-commerce system that is already built and ready to go. There are many open-source programs out there such as OSCommerce, CRELoaded, and X-Cart. I would suggest getting one professionally hosted, and then you can just fill with products, and change the look as you see fit. All the technical stuff is handled by the hosting company, and already bult into the software. You can get a decent e-commerce cart for as little as $50/mo now, and not have to worry about all the technicalities of maintaining it.

http://creloaded.com has some good prices, but there are many out there, so do some research to see what suites you and your products best.

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