Is there an all-in-one web hosting, ecommerce, email marketing w/ metrics plus CMS solution?
Question by diamondgirl: Is there an all-in-one web hosting, ecommerce, email marketing w/ metrics plus CMS solution?
Must meet ALL criteria, built-in. Need WYSISYG editor and/or user-friendly, non-coding content development and management. It’s for small business so price is a consideration.
Also to not be restricted to template use is a huge plus.
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Answer by Colanth
In a word, no, unless you consider a consultant a solution. You’re not going to create a business site worth having without coding it, and without knowing what you’re doing (how do you keep people from breaking into your site, maybe using SQL injection, and stealing your entire database – including all your customers’ credit card information – which will make you financially liable for any and all losses all of them suffer).
You’ll have to spend either money (to hire someone to do it) or time (to learn to do it yourself), or you’ll be spending money defending your business in court (and losing) and you won’t be getting much business because the site is designed all wrong, and you’re on page 35,000 on a Google search for what you sell.
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What open source ecommerce platform has the best bulk product import feature?
Question by Ryan W: What open source ecommerce platform has the best bulk product import feature?
I am a large dropshipper with 50k+ products and I’m sick of the hosted platforms (yahoo stores, big commerce, volusion, etc) and want to move to my own server with one of the open source ecommerce platforms. I have looked through them all but can’t find any information on which one has the feature or how well it works.
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Answer by Atul Jain
Hi,
Product import feature is there in almost all open source platforms but the most robust will be with Magento or even Drupal, which you can also use as an ecom platform
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License needed to start an eCommerce retail website from India selling to UK and US?
Question by Anita D: License needed to start an eCommerce retail website from India selling to UK and US?
Hi,
I am working on a plan to start an ecommerce website for online retail of indian clothers from india to uk and us, wanted to know what kind of documentation, papers or license i would need to do so.
Thanks,
Archana
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Answer by William C.
contact secretary of states office in the state that you live in.
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What ecommerce solution to use for 1000 products?
Question by linder: What ecommerce solution to use for 1000 products?
I am a web designer / developer that has always created standard html sites. I will soon need to create my first site that also contains a shopping cart. What ecommerce solution do you recommend for approx. 1000 products that they will sell? I’m assuming that this will probably end up being database driven based on the volume. I’m not sure how I made it all of these years without doing an ecommerce site. Any advice would be great.
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Answer by j k
http://oscommerce.com
http://zencart.com
http://shopperpress.com/
Log in to your web hosting control panel and see what they offer in the way of shopping carts.
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Im building an ecommerce site. Can I build a site with a shopping cart or do I need to buy a merchant gateway?
Question by CPARMG: Im building an ecommerce site. Can I build a site with a shopping cart or do I need to buy a merchant gateway?
I am building a ecommerce site and am wondering if I can add a shopping cart into build or do I need to buy a merchant gateway seperately?
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Answer by snow_skimmer
you need both.
the shopping cart will have all the code you need to store, display and handle the customer login, ordering and shipping details.
you will need a merchant gateway to process the credit cards for you.
be sure you gateway company can use the shopping cart software and vice versa, that the shopping cart supports transactions to your merchant account.
this can be as cheap and simple as using paypal or as pricey as authorize.net
don’t forget to get an ssl certificate and get certified. without encryption, a gateway will refuse to talk to your site.
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How do I create eCommerce in FrontPage website?
Question by Brother Gail: How do I create eCommerce in FrontPage website?
I maintain a couple websites for some non-profits in San Diego. Use FrontPage – - so I can be a complete dummy and the sites look GREAT! But now everybody is asking me to add eCommerce and shopping carts and I have downloaded osCommerce and Agoura and ZenCart – - and I am at a loss. Any easy way in FrontPage?
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Answer by theblackestniggaever
Get rid of front page its a terrible program. If you need WYSIWYG then use Dream Weaver if not use any text editor to edit html css php etc. for a good cms for ecommerce i suggest zencart.
read this article on how to install it on your web server http://tutorials.zen-cart.com/index.php?article=107
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If I were to start an ecommerce site in the UK will I have to register my business, a name for tax purposes?
Question by stephen: If I were to start an ecommerce site in the UK will I have to register my business, a name for tax purposes?
If this is the case, what’s the difference between doing business on ebay and earning a living but without having to pay for tax or registering a business…
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Answer by wherbie_2001
ecommerce sites are a good home based business….
if it’s an off shore business….with a Panama bank….you only report income if you want too……their is one ,…it’s like a Sam’s club,,..on the Net….
it’s free to join for the next 2 weeks….take a look……
http://gwbopc.com/wherbie
good luck…….builds wealth the old fashion way….work
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Q&A: What do you think of Magento for ecommerce?
Question by Deepee: What do you think of Magento for ecommerce?
My company currently only has a very basic online retail website, and we would like to redevelop this to boost our online sales. We are a small-mid sized re-distributor for various manufacturers, and currently handle the vast majority of our orders via phone/fax.
We need a customizable Ecommerce platform that will allow us to create a very functional website with a lot of personalization for the users . We are in a unique niche, and our users require some non-standard features & ordering processes that we would need built into the site.
I am looking into various solutions. Ideally, we would like a system that offers CRM, accounting, inventory, POS integration, and other enterprise management tools.
I’ved looked into Oracle, but frankly, it all confuses the hell out of me. They offer so many products/solutions, i’m not sure if this is even what we need.
As a redistributor we only currently carry a small inventory of product. Generally we receive orders, put in an order to the manufacturer, receive the product, and then ship it almost immediately. However, as our online business grows, eventually we’ll expand our inventory to hold products we find are most desired through sales analysis/metrics.
I came across a program called Magento that seems interesting…its an open source ecommerce platform.
Have you used Magento? Does it sound like something that could be useful for my needs? How easy is it to add customized features/functionality? Is it worth the price?
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Answer by M J
Am doing an evaluation this very moment with Magento for a basic e-commerce website. I will copypaste the section on Magento that might help you.:
Main Highlights
• Multi Currency and Multi Language Support
• Unlimited categories and sub
• Digital Download Product Support
• Discount Voucher Support
• Add-On support for extra features
• Better templating system than OsCommerce
• Support for the following payment gateways:
o Authorize.net (AIM and SIM)
o PayPal Website Payments Standard (IPN)
o PayPal Express Checkout
o PayPal Website Payments Pro
o LinkPoint
o YourPay
Pros: Much more advanced than other
systems. Free to install and use anywhere.
source system .
Cons: less features than Jshop, due to its offering could be difficult to use and its loading time
has been reported to be slow in comparison to other eCommerce systems
http://www.magentocommerce.com/
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I am looking for the best Ecommerce web hosting company for a very small business.?
Question by Mr.Man: I am looking for the best Ecommerce web hosting company for a very small business.?
I am looking for a company that will provide everything ,under one company,domain name ,web hosting ,Where I can takepayment with all major credit cards and paypal. Dont need alot of pages and a bunch of email addresses. Just want to be able to display the sells items properly on the site and have customer able to purchase them on a secure site. Company must be know and been around for years. Also ,not looking to pay alot of money annually or per month. Thanks in advance.
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Answer by yooka
check mywebbiehosting.com and you decide if it will be the best for your ecommerce website. Their cheapest plan is $ 3.95/month, and they have PHP scripts for ecommerce. They guarantee 99.9% uptime and 30-day money back. my website is hosted by them and I never had a problem with them.
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Q&A: Which open source ecommerce solution should I use?
Question by urbanologie: Which open source ecommerce solution should I use?
I would like to create an online store that has the following features:
- Customers can purchase “points” or “credits”
- Customers can shop using the credits
- Customer can create profile
- Software can search for similar products using Google Products API
- Software can be used to generate receipts
- Software can be used to generate automated emails based on customer actions
Are there any open source ecommerce solutions like Zen Cart, or osCommerce that can do this? Any advice would be helpful.
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Answer by Spacer
Maybe http://www.magentocommerce.com ? They have both a free and commercial version.
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