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Setting up an Online store?
on: May 31, 2006, 16:28:45 PM
Hey,

What do i need to setup an online store?

Do I need to pay a third party to handle payments and stuff like that?

Im competant with html, php, mysql, perl, css, java and javascript if that helps me in any way!

Idealy I want it to be as low cost as possible incase the idea doesnt float.

Cheers!
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Re:Setting up an Online store?
Reply #1 on: May 31, 2006, 16:57:41 PM
depends how you want to handle payments

the majority of small business i know use paypal

the next step up is using a company like world pay to handle credit card payments

then above that it is handling it yourself, but it requires alot of money to set that kinda thing up

best would be paypal to start though it limits your customerbase a bit
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Re:Setting up an Online store?
Reply #2 on: May 31, 2006, 17:06:34 PM
lol not in the slightest mate.

For the last few months paypal has introduced non-member payments (you dont need to have a paypal account to pay using it).

Making them perfect for payment processing for small businesses. Many open source modular e-commerce suites currently support paypal for payments by default. Its very much a case of customising the themes, getting your products listed on there, and setting it live.

Paypal also accepts most MAJOR cards, Solo and Electron = no afaik... but switch, visa debit, amex, mastercard... all accepted afaik.
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Setting up an Online store?
Reply #3 on: May 31, 2006, 17:08:27 PM
There are other options aswell that are about (well used to be, havnt used them in years)

NoChex & FastPay
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Re:Setting up an Online store?
Reply #4 on: May 31, 2006, 17:15:30 PM
Yeah, PayPal or Nochex  :mrgreen:
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Setting up an Online store?
Reply #5 on: May 31, 2006, 17:29:09 PM
Arent the charges really high tho? When using it through ebay ive not been impressed by the rates.

Is nochex cheaper?


EDIT:
Paypal: "1.9% - 2.9% + $0.30 USD, depending on monthly volume"
Nochex: "2.9% plus 20 pence for each transaction you receive"

so for a £50 transaction thats about £1.65 for both, quite a lot?

They both look easy enough to implement.

What are my other options anyone tried any other third parties?
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Re:Setting up an Online store?
Reply #6 on: May 31, 2006, 19:04:58 PM
Nah there are other solutions that are cheap and more effective than GayPal, such as ePDQ and Protx.

Thats if you are relatively serious about the site and not selling Mugs from your bedroom, or whatever :)

OSCommerce and similar solutions have interfaces for those too.
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Re:Setting up an Online store?
Reply #7 on: June 01, 2006, 10:59:52 AM
And if you receive money into your paypal account regularly they accuse you of suspicious activity then proceed to freeze your balance until you jump through hoops to prove that its yours, and they still steal it.
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