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how to make an online store
Hi i have an idea for an online store, the problem is i'm not very good at computers. Is there an easy way to create a store? i was thinking about e bay but i want to go further than that. Do i need to pay a web designer?
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If you want a custom,personal appearance,a web designer would
be the way to go. Many web hosting companies offer ready to go ecommerce web sites with basic,built in web design software,so you can make easy changes to the sites look. |
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There are many scripts and applications that will let you add an online store to your site.
e.g. Free for PHP http://www.oscommerce.com/ Small price for ASP http://www.pagedowntech.com/products/pdadmin.asp PERL (.CGI) http://www.actinic.co.uk/ There are also some where you can create the shop on your PC then upload the full thing. http://www.online-store.co.uk/ |
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For someone who is not very good at computers, I would definitely not recommend trying to setup your own e-commerce site. Not only do you have to worry about the technical side of things - web hosting, site design, catalogs and shopping carts, server-side scripting, security, and payment systems; you also have to handle the business side of things - registering your business, managing tax, obtaining a merchant account, integrating your merchant account with your web-based payment system, etc.
See also this thread. |
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sounds like a lot of work, so probably i should pay somebody to do this? would i be able to mantain an e-commerce site myself if somebody else got it up and running for me?
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first, you need to learn programming. I suggest PHP is the best, there are many open source framework available in PHP. You cam install open source shopping cart on your website and learn customization. If you need good design hire professional web designer.
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If you wish to do this yourself it is not difficult, but you need to know how to program. I would suggest that you need to know HTML, PHP and MySQL.
Trying to set up a such site yourself, using precoded scripts when you do not have the basics is a recipe for disaster. Consider enrolling in a community college in an IT course that has an e-commerce stream. Without this you will have great difficulty. Most such courses have a final project that involved coding an on-line store. Alternatively you could seek out a good student who has just graduated from such a college and enquire how much he would charge you to code such a site. Always remembering that you are going to have to get him back periodically to help maintain your site. EDIT: Why are we answering this 8 year old thread, Triforce you twit, you fooled yourself and you fooled me, curses to you, you new foolish member. Last edited by Ned Seagoon; April 25th, 2014 at 06:27 PM. Reason: Discovered it is an old thread. |
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you can create a storefront with ebay and amazon.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/specialty...pen-store.html http://www.amazon.com/gp/seller-acco...&ld=AZSOAMakeM |
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