Shopping Cart Suggestions for a Novice?

I'm a decent though not very experienced HTML guy and have a single product
I'd like to sell. I've looked at a lot of shopping cart software, some free,
some quite expensive, all much more capable than I probably need, as I may
only have up to 5-6 products ever. My immediate problem is I can't tell the
good from the bad or even the ugly!

Any recommendations for a cheap, fairly easy to set up shopping cart?

Thanks much,
Larry

"Larry" <noway@none.com> wrote in message
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> I'm a decent though not very experienced HTML guy and have a single
> product
> I'd like to sell. I've looked at a lot of shopping cart software, some
> free,
> some quite expensive, all much more capable than I probably need, as I may
> only have up to 5-6 products ever. My immediate problem is I can't tell
> the
> good from the bad or even the ugly!
>
> Any recommendations for a cheap, fairly easy to set up shopping cart?



What kind of payment processor are you going to use? If you're going to use
Paypal, you can use their built-in shopping cart system fairly easily.

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Larry wrote:

> I'm a decent though not very experienced HTML guy and have a single product
> I'd like to sell. I've looked at a lot of shopping cart software, some free,
> some quite expensive, all much more capable than I probably need, as I may
> only have up to 5-6 products ever. My immediate problem is I can't tell the
> good from the bad or even the ugly!
>
> Any recommendations for a cheap, fairly easy to set up shopping cart?


Cheap, easy, few products, stable product line.... You should check out:

http://www.mals-e.com/

"Tina - AffordableHOST, Inc," <tina@affordablehost.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Larry" <noway@none.com> wrote in message
> news:r8bVd.35475$xX3.30849@twister.socal.rr.com...
>> I'm a decent though not very experienced HTML guy and have a single
>> product
>> I'd like to sell. I've looked at a lot of shopping cart software, some
>> free,
>> some quite expensive, all much more capable than I probably need, as I
>> may
>> only have up to 5-6 products ever. My immediate problem is I can't tell
>> the
>> good from the bad or even the ugly!
>>
>> Any recommendations for a cheap, fairly easy to set up shopping cart?
>
>
>
> What kind of payment processor are you going to use? If you're going to
> use Paypal, you can use their built-in shopping cart system fairly easily.
>

Yes, and she might not even need a shopping cart.

I had a customer with a really complext interchange cart that neded lots of
maintenance.
It turned out that the products were neve rbought in combination with each
other, so he
set up a simple order form that interfaced with his payment processor.



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Larry wrote

> I'm a decent though not very experienced HTML guy and have a single
> product I'd like to sell. I've looked at a lot of shopping cart
> software, some free, some quite expensive, all much more capable than
> I probably need, as I may only have up to 5-6 products ever. My
> immediate problem is I can't tell the good from the bad or even the
> ugly!
>
> Any recommendations for a cheap, fairly easy to set up shopping cart?

The last thing you need is a shopping cart. Use paypal, clickbank or
ccnow. They will all allow you to make a "buy it now" button or link.
They will also handle the credit card processing.

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Charles Sweeney
http://CharlesSweeney.com

Larry wrote:

> I'm a decent though not very experienced HTML guy and have a single
> product I'd like to sell. I've looked at a lot of shopping cart software,
> some free, some quite expensive, all much more capable than I probably
> need, as I may only have up to 5-6 products ever. My immediate problem is
> I can't tell the good from the bad or even the ugly!
>
> Any recommendations for a cheap, fairly easy to set up shopping cart?

I'm currently setting up an online store with osCommerce
(www.oscommerce.com). It helps if you have a little PHP knowledge, but it
works pretty well as it is, and if you use Paypal for payments and have a
Paypal premium account already, can be up and running in no time. Sorting
out stuff like shipping rates and tax rates can take a little head
scratching, but osCommerce has a lively and helpful forum. You'll need
hosting that provides PHP and one MySQL database.

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srm wrote

> Larry wrote:
>
>> I'm a decent though not very experienced HTML guy and have a single
>> product I'd like to sell. I've looked at a lot of shopping cart
>> software, some free, some quite expensive, all much more capable than
>> I probably need, as I may only have up to 5-6 products ever. My
>> immediate problem is I can't tell the good from the bad or even the
>> ugly!
>>
>> Any recommendations for a cheap, fairly easy to set up shopping cart?
>
> I'm currently setting up an online store with osCommerce
> (www.oscommerce.com). It helps if you have a little PHP knowledge, but
> it works pretty well as it is, and if you use Paypal for payments and
> have a Paypal premium account already, can be up and running in no
> time. Sorting out stuff like shipping rates and tax rates can take a
> little head scratching, but osCommerce has a lively and helpful forum.
> You'll need hosting that provides PHP and one MySQL database.

Wouldn't you say that was over-kill for a single product?

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