how to set up an online store

[Sam.]

I am currently working on a website for a small local department store and they want me to put an online store on it where customers can order items from their catalogue. Is this possible? How hard is it to do? I don't want to use paypal, i want something like the next website which is simple and take sthe money directly of your credit card. I googled it but didn't really find any help. Just though ll of your combined intellectual might could help.

[Barbarian]

Yahoo has things in place for an "online store". You can check out more details at:
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/merchant/

[Sam.]

thats kind of what I need but i need it to all run off our own domain. |We don't really want it to have to run trough yahoo or anything. is this the only choice or are other methods avaialable?

[Barbarian]

I just suggested that because they have templates already set up ready to start an online business and can process online orders for you too, so I thought that might be what you're looking for. But, if you want to do it completely your own way on your own domain, and if you want to accept online credit-card transactions, you can use one of many online Credit Card Processors, but they of course will charge a fee per transaction.
A couple of online Credit Card Processors I've had good success with:

http://www.ccbill.com
http://www.ibill.com

There's a lot more to choose from of course. Read all Terms of service, FAQs, ask them questions, etc, before you commit to one though. Do your homework, and you'll be better prepared. 

[Minimi]

Try this online banking system. I'm using it myself

http://www.neteller.com

[Migs]

I am currently working on a website for a small local department store and they want me to put an online store on it where customers can order items from their catalogue. Is this possible? How hard is it to do? I don't want to use paypal, i want something like the next website which is simple and take sthe money directly of your credit card. I googled it but didn't really find any help. Just though ll of your combined intellectual might could help.

It can certainly be done, but it really depends on how complicated you want it to be.Ã,  Are you going to want to include a shopping cart, automatic tax and delivery calculations based on geographical location, automatic special offer and coupon calculations, a currency exchange system, an order tracker, advanced administrator options for updating the catalogue, security, credit card validation, and other features typically associated with an online store?Ã,  You may want to include a membership system, too, to allow the ordering process to be tracked more meaningfully in the session.Ã,  No matter what you do, it will probably take you awhile to finish.Ã,  There are some commercial e-commerce scripts listed at http://www.hotscripts.com, and convincing your client to purchase an e-commerce system might turn out to be the best move, although you usually won't have much control over how the system looks.Ã,  You can also try OsCommerce, which is open source but has a few bugs (docs available at http://oscdox.com).Ã,  You need to sit down with your client and go over all the e-commerce features he/she wants, so you can give them a quote on how much this will cost.

You'll need to read up on credit card validation.Ã,  I don't know if you're using ASP, CGI, PHP, or Perl, but here's a PHP tutorial on how to do it.Ã,  For credit card processing, Authorize.net has fairly low rates per transaction.Ã,  Saferpay and MyPaySystems are quite good.Ã,  Verisign is good at processing secure payments and they've established a good reputation (pricing info).Ã,  Propay lets credit cards be processed without a merchant account, which is usually necessary for credit card processing.Ã,  You can skip some of the steps in developing the system with 2checkout, but you won't have as much control over what the design looks like, and it charges about 5% per transaction (I think) without a monthly fee.Ã,  Cart32 might be a better choice, anyway, if you want some more control over how your layout will appear.Ã,  Consider this site, too, for SSL providers.Ã,  There's a larger list of some of the processors, as well as some things you'll need to know when validating here.

[Sam.]

wow.

thats a long responese. thanks to all of you or all of your help. i will start working through these links until i find one that I like or can use well. thanks agan

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