I've been selling things on eaby for quite some time and the fees are really cutting into my profits. I have quite a few returning customers so was thinking of creating a website they could go to instead to buy my items.
I haven't a clue where to start though. I have another website I'm working on but it doesn't sell anything. It cost me £150 and gave templates and advice so I wouldn't have to use html. I'd like to go for something cheaper (preferably free!) with my new site though. Does anyone know any good services which don't require html knowledge?
Also, is it hard to create credit card payment options? And are there charges involved?
It would be great if someone could offer me some advice. Thanks
2007-09-07 04:21:26 · 7 answers · asked by jenny84 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Also, will I need to register myslef as a business?
2007-09-07 04:54:13 · update #1
ZenCart makes it easy.
http://www.zencart.com/
2007-09-07 04:27:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately there is no solution.
You may be able to design a website using some front end editor, but you will very soon hit a snag, or a wall and won't be able to go any further.
Trying to buy any of-the-shelf shopping cart will be a waste of time if you cannot modify it to suit your needs (and they are, usually over-complex and very badly written)
Finally, you will have to make financial transactions on-line, using some credit-card system: another headache for you (although PayPal is a pretty easy and good solution).
To have any chance to do it, you MUST know HTML, a bit of Javascript, and add PhP and MySQL for your "catalogue".
You could call upon www.rentacoder.com: there are cheap programmers there (but the cheap ones usually fail to supply!).
I design e-commerces. The basic price starts at 1200€. I can't do it cheaper!
2007-09-07 20:46:00 · answer #2 · answered by just "JR" 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well you could use osCommerce (Free) but no matter what online web solution you choose having knowledge of the web languages would prove valuable if you are planning on modifying it.
As far as your ebay cutting into your profits you can probably save yourself quite a bit of money if you just put your images up on your own web server space instead of paying them to hold your images for you on theirs.
2007-09-07 04:32:52 · answer #3 · answered by Kevin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, If you want it to be free, It is near to impossible unless you code it yourself, and then yes it would be hard if you dont know HTML/ASP/CGI etc. The best advice i can give you is search for a very cheap hosting service who will set it up for a getter price if your unexperienced.
2007-09-07 04:48:39 · answer #4 · answered by softwarezz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do your customers do when they need what you do? Oh, they hire someone who's in the business (you). That's the best way to get a website set up too, believe it or not - hire someone who knows how to do it. (One little error and the judgment your customers get in their class-action suit against you will not only wipe out the profits the site brought in, it will wipe out the entire company.)
2016-03-18 01:38:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.blogger.com
Google's own no-HTML web publishing system. Best of all, it's free.
2007-09-07 04:34:48 · answer #6 · answered by Miles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
type in google or yahoo free ecommerce websites youll get loads come up
2007-09-07 04:31:17 · answer #7 · answered by J M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just use ebay
2007-09-07 04:52:52 · answer #8 · answered by SLIFOX 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋