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        To generate a fully eCommerce enabled site you would want to
        first create a website that shows any potential customer your
        products and services in an easily navigatable manner. ie. no
        complexity involved in viewing and accessing your site. In
        fact, the more bells and whistles you have, the more you will
        tend to confuse the visitor and potential customer.

        "People want to shop on-line, not figure out how to do it."

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                      Overwhelmed by long lines, crowded stores
                  and jammed parking lots, Americans in
                  record numbers are turning to the Internet to
                  do their holiday shopping — and promptly
                  getting lost on confusing Web pages,
                  frustrated by unclear instructions, thwarted
                  in search of the items they want and finally
                  trapped in endless checkout screens."
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        You will need to provide easy access to ordering the products
        or services either via telephone, email, or a shopping cart.

        Using an online shopping cart allows the customer to choose
        the product or service he/seh requires or has become interested
        in during their visit and to order it by entering basic on-line
        information.
                 1) - contact information
                 2) - shipping information
                 3) - payment information ie. credit card or check info

        To accomplish the above, you will require at the minimum:
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                             Website

                             Website hosting

                             Secure shopping cart software

                             Internet access

                             email

                             Web browser

       
            If you want to maintain your own site you may need:
      
                             HTML editor

                             FTP or windows telnet.exe program 

                             Allowed Internet access via an ISP

                             Allowed SSI, CGI and Perl scripting by your ISP 

                             Telnet or Shell account via your ISP

                             Graphics editor

                             Internet marketing software

      
            Things to consider when designing your site:
      
                             Simple format

                             Easy navigation

                             Secure shopping cart software

                             Your ISP must have SSL or other security
 

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            You can use a CSP (Commerce Service Provider) like WebContactPro:
            to provide everything for you. All you need to do is input the
            products into your store that you can easily build on their server.
            Then get a merchant account to accept credit card payment and OR
            you can also simply use their $40.00 Check writing software to
            write checks based on the info your customers provide via their
            secure server system. The latter is a very inexpensive way for
            startup e-commerce businesses to get into the WWW eStore business.
        
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           If time and money are of the essence (and winning awards
           for groundbreaking Web design isn't), then building that
           commerce-enabled site yourself can be incredibly easy:
           Just use one of the many Web storefront services, which
           can transform your site into an e-mart without your ever
           sullying your hands with an HTML tag. There's lots of them
           out there, but some of the most popular are: Yahoo Store,
           MerchandiZer
           and the There's also the much anticipated newcomer Bigstep.
           With one of these services, all it takes is a little
           pointing and clicking and in less than an hour you could
           be open for e-business. But how to choose the right
           storefront solution for you? Well, that's the hard part.

           Web development costs and credit card verification:
           Please also visit: 
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           Affordable and Powerful Shopping Cart Systems. CLICK HERE


           Some Internet credit card verification companies include:


           PayPal and start accepting credit card payments instantly
           


           For more on the issue of e-commerce development costs and
           credit card verification, please visit the originators of
           this discussion at: Webmonkey

             Setting up your Internet Connection to your ISP

           E-Mail Questions: Subject: The Cheap ECommerce solutions!

           Other Payment Processors, Glossary of terms, Affiliate Programs


           
Cost of E-Commerce Software
 
Notes:

E-Commerce software is not needed if you use full service 
e-commerce store providers. See above!


Some people use eBay to sell online, take a look at:
using eBay to sell online discussion discussion forum: eBay forum
The costs involved in opening an eBay storefront vary depending on the
number of items you are selling.

eBay stores can be a cheaper endeavor when compared to launching
your own business from the ground up.

In fact, ex-eBay employee Rajesh Navar, cited fraud as one of the 
three reasons he launched a competing site, aimed at offering 
effective local focus. In an article that appeared in 
ecommerece-guide.com, Navar said, "There
are three problems with eBay -- one is cost, two is fraud issues, and 
three, there are lots of items there that are not shippable." However, 
if you are interested in using eBay as a marketing tool, you have to 
take the good with the bad.
The type of fraud that occurs on eBay (non-payment,
identity theft) is hard to combat until AFTER it happens.
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Similar to Geocities, you are not allowed outbound links on your
storefront pages.

Because of the costs involved ($9.95, $49.95, and $499.95 depending 
on the item value), eBay stores can be a cheaper endeavor when 
compared to launching your own business from the ground up.

 
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Shopping Cart question...

 I don't currently do a lot of shopping cart set ups.. ok, 

 I don't do any, unless it's Paypal, which is easy to set 

 up. 




Do i need a shopping cart?

 Ive never made an ecommerce site before and am 

 unsure about payment stuff. Im making a site that sells 

 8 online training courses. 




 What is involved in average "shopping cart"

 solution? 

 I have seen lots of opinions from all the great 

 developers here on their preference for a "shopping 

 cart" solution. Cart32 is built into paypal e-money 

 service providers capabilities.