Affordable Ecommerce Solution
Feb 1, 2008
Ecommerce is quickly taking over the world as more and more people choose to operate their businesses through the internet. Ecommerce is, at its core, the act of selling products over the internet. This can be done as simply or as extensively as you, the business owner, prefer. The main factor in deciding how to execute your ecommerce business is, usually, affordability—especially for people whose start up capital might not be a large amount. Here are a few choices for people looking for an affordable ecommerce solution.
EBay Stores EBay stores are probably the easiest stores to set up on the internet. EBay will provide users with as much space as they need to sell their items and, instead of charging for software, they charge a listing fee for each item that, typically, is a percentage of the item’s sale price. EBay stores are great for people who have never started an online store or who might want to sell a wide variety of items but do not have the experience to set up their own, individual, web presence.
Yahoo Merchant Solutions is another site that takes the stress of design and implementation out of your hands. You can use their wizard to design your store and Yahoo! gives the business owner deals on advertising through Yahoo. They also offer phone support for the people who purchase the ecommerce plans offered by Yahoo. The plans start at $39.95 per month.
osCommerce or Open Source Commerce is an open source solution for people looking to set up an ecommerce business. This shopping cart software is free and available under the GNU General Public License. osCommerce has a very large community of ecommerce retailers and they are constantly adding on to the features offered through their software. osCommerce is perfect for people who have a low start up budget but want to get started right away.
X Cart is for the Ecommerce business owner who has more of an idea of what they want to accomplish with their presence on the web. This software is far from cheap, so you need to really know what you are doing, but for the experienced ecommerce business owner, this software has plenty of options built in. This software is PHP based, has a variety of templates and stores everything in a MySQL Database. X Cart is also a turnkey package which comes with a wizard to help you set up your ecommerce business so that as soon as you set it up, it is ready to operate.
Finest Shops is another affordable ecommerce solution. This ecommerce software comes with a thirty day money back guarantee and has a customizable product catalog which lets you decide how your store is going to look. It gives the operator access to their database, codes and templates to help them customize the store to meet the exact business needs they have. They even offer ways to help boost the business owner’s rankings in the search engines and has a lot of advice and strategy on how to increase traffic flow as well.Posted bySite Admin at 1:56 PM
