Build an Online Store

Is there a easy online store builder some where that I can purchase? I need a website that can start an online business right off the bat. I’ve heard a few websites that are able to help you build an online store with a online store builder of course I know that I’ll need my own products to sell, but I really need a website that can sell and accept money from my viewers.

It’s easy to build a online store nowadays. There is a lot of information about creating a online store at http://simplewebsitemaking.com/money/build-online-store.html or better yet use hostpany’s service http://hostpany.com/ Do you see where it says "Build online store" as a banner? Click that and than watch the video demo to see if you like it before trying it out.

I am going to start an online store to generate profit obviously. I need to use web design to build my store. Where can I find a guide on how to build an online store? I am a graphic designer but I am not highly knowledgeable about web design. However, I can follow directions and/or guide to build the online store. I don’t want to pay a service monthly to build and design my online store. I want to do it myself. Please help!
@Jesse – Who do you recommend for building my store?

I need to be straight up honest with you: this is beyond your expertise. Building an e-commerce site (especially a custom one, as I’m sure you would want – as you’re a graphic designer) is advanced web design. You can integrate existing technologies (like Paypal or Google Checkout) into a basic web design without a ton of trouble, but your site is going to look like every single other site on the PLANET that was designed by the owner or the kid next door. In order to be successful in this kind of venture, you have to stand out – and to stand out, you HAVE to spend the money up front for a legitimate site. It needs to be well designed, cleanly coded and most important, it needs to be built from the ground up with SEO (search engine optimization) in mind. Otherwise, your customers will never even find you.

If you absolutely MUST do this yourself, I beg you: EDUCATE YOURSELF FIRST. The last thing the web needs is another clumsily hobbled together homegrown e-commerce site. Do it right, and I’ll be the first person at your store. Do it wrong, and I’ll roll my eyes and sigh – your choice!

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I would recommend seeking out a local developer in your area. Since you’re already a graphic designer, feel free to design the site yourself – just don’t try to code it. Most web developers don’t like design anyway – they would prefer to tinker around with the backend and let you decide the visual look for the site. Personally (as a freelancer myself) I encourage folks to go with freelancers, but be absolutely sure to ask for references before you hire one. Some folks are freelancers bc they are really good, and some are freelancers because they can’t get hired anywhere else.

how much does it cost for a joomla or wordpress programmer to help me.

Someone said WordPress is "not a true CMS" – lol at that person.

You can use either. If your requirements are pretty basic, like a small number of products and simple inventory management needs, WordPress will work fine and it is the easiest to set up and administer. Joomla is more robust when it comes to ecommerce plugins but you will find two issues with it, one being it has a bit more of a learning curve for you to administer yourself, and the other that most of the really useful plugins are not free so you end up having to buy plugins to get your shop up to speed.

How much would it cost to have a programmer help you? I’ll do a WordPress store for you FOR FREE. It would be just an exercise for me to bring up a new WP based store with all the latest plugins. Contact me and we’ll talk about it.

I have over 4,000 Brand New Name Brand Products Nike, Jordan, Timberland, BabyPhat, Apple Bottoms etc
I want to make a Website to put them on. It will also need a Cart for my Customers to checkout.
I have not done this before I don’t even know where to start to build a Website so any aditional advice would be great!

Thankx so Much

You don’t have to create a website right away. You might want to read and gather more info before you start your own online store.

If you search Yahoo answers dating from a few months to a few years back, you’ll find that many people have asked the same question and have received very good responses.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqY9H5t1VR5NaYeAiMsvUPwjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20091205082808AAxC56T

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtsA6Pi5xGRawx1U3DCQsT4jzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20100514002236AAXJDoa

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=As.cXrDBCBqzeay7ceA041cjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20080513054350AAyBmIj

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ak5PPBT6pPEYXCtD9IfFU7cjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20080724023333AAGrKd8

It is important that you equip yourself with all the right info before you start a business to avoid making the same mistakes startup companies usually make.

I have been searching for how to build online store websites, but I am so confused on where to start. I want a website that wouldn’t cost a fortune.So where do I start, or with what?

I’m actually working on a "manual" that will walk you step by step (in NON geek-speak language) through how to build yourself an on-line store. Easy to set up and use, totally customizable, professional, paypal friendly, and won’t cost more than 30 bucks total (mostly for the domain name and hosting for a year). All the tools and software are freely available on the net, the manual will just talk you through where to find it, how to put it all together, and how to customize it to your liking.

I’m a freelance web designer and have built many a client store like this. Figured I’d pass along the knowledge. Seriously, a monkey could do it if pointed in the right direction . I haven’t finished the actual manual yet but hope to soon. If you’re at all interested, when I’m done I’ll send you a copy for free if you let me know what you think about it… be a tester of sorts

If you want, send me a message through yahoo and I’ll give you link to the kind of store the manual will detail and a link to another store I set up that’s built (and running) using the same information.

P.S. I’m not trying to get you to sign up for anything, I’m not a scammer, not into bs affiliate junk. Just a regular guy from Michigan and this is a real thing I’m working on. I would like some honest feedback from real people on how well my little project works for them and what (if anything) I need to change to make it easier to follow.

Thanks!

I am looking at starting a small music distro where I can take orders online through credit cards and Paypal. I am looking for one that is free for now, at least to get started and see how things go. It would be nice if the website allowed for customizing. Any way thank you in advance .

here are some examples of what Im kinda looking for as far as layout and so forth

http://www.dyingdiydistro.com/

http://www.activerebellion.com/acatalog/Alp.html

110mb.com
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i want to start my online store but im not sure what the best site is , i have researched a few websites but im not sure.
The webite needs ecommerce and i am wanting to pay around £40 for 1 year (:
to Steevens – i have an ebay account and sell things on there but i want to expand and open up my own store ! it dnt matter now i found a very good site

JUSTHOST.com

Use Ultimate Web Builder – http://www.redesigns.org/web-builder

It has built in e-commerce/PayPal integration.

Plus SEO, so your website can be found on search engines.

How to build an shoe website i saw fastcommerce but i am not quite sure about it. Is there a software program or anything that is quite similar to fastcommerce and free.

Since you are not allowed to handle credit card transactions on the web without a licence as a credit company, you will need to subscribe to a service. These companies normally give you code to link your visitors to their site.

From johannes, Magento:

In this video we showcase one of the more powerful Magento features, the ability to manage multiple Online storefronts from a single administration panel. This functionality allows an online merchant to centrally manage all facets of a business from one location, while selling through multiple online stores.

The first video goes through the basics of creating a completely separate website within the Magento installation, to be controlled from the same admin. Below are the necessary steps to do this, carried out and recorded on the 0.9.17740 version of Magento:

* Step 1: Creating a new folder for second website, copying index.php and .htaccess, necessary change of code to index.php
* Step 2: Creating a new root category for the second website
* Step 3: Creating the website in the admin, along with a store and store view
* Step 4: Configuring the URL structure of the new site
* Step 5: Adding categories and products
* Step 6: Associating products with the new website

At the end of the video, the logo of the new website is updated and the homepage is set to a different admin-created CMS page.

Please note: This demonstration uses example.com and some symlinks to make the URLs more readable. You may notice the url of the second website switching between http://www.example.com/magento/mainstore/shoestore and http://www.example.com/magento/shoestore – this is why. In a live environment each site will most likely have its own IP, so different domain names could be configured accordingly.

This is Part 1 of 2 videos showing Multiple Websites/Stores. Part 2 will go into more detail about store views and multiple stores under the same website.

Duration : 0:7:21

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