Basics of setting up online shopping site?
Posted by admin in Shopping Carts Saturday, 23 October 2010 13:53 2 Comments
i know nuts about starting/owning a business, so really hope someone can give me pointers..
Im looking to start by selling female clothings and accessories, maybe with some men’s as well and actually i did think of selling all sort of knick nacks like say decorative ornaments etc..to increase variety.. does more variety = higher potential for sales? or it is better to start by sticking to a theme eg if its clothes then its clothes, dont sell watches or handphones
Just a simple home based one, low costs, cos im not sure how i would do.. so really expensive shopping cart or webhosting systems etc are completely out.. i am also targetting local customers first; i live in singapore
Trust. How can I enable customers to trust me if my site is new? ie i dont have good reviews from customers yet (this is if im not using ebay)
Im not aiming at anything big for now, I just need to know what is the most basic and important thing I need to know/have to start and run it.
thanks!
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For anyone looking to start up an online store themselves, I usually send people to web programs that are pre-existing.
These are free shopping cart apps:
Agora Cart
http://www.agoracart.com
OsCommerce:
http://www.oscommerce.com
There are other sites out there and people that are willing to do it, but I find the learning level on these free carts is pretty simple. There are also web hosting companies that will install and setup a shop for you for a fee.
Hope this helps!
Set up a pay pal account. Its the best way to do it low cost. They only take a commission after you make sale and get money. You don’t make anything, they don’t cost anything. Put the button link on your site. Make little thumbnails of your products and that link to an enlarged image. You can do this free on http://freewebs.com, but if you get alot of visitors, you may run out of bandwith for the month. Then you have to wait til it is reset to open your site again.