Question regarding setting up a merchant website.

Live forum: http://forum.freeipodguide.com/viewtopic.php?t=20995

wood

02-09-2005 06:30:24

I'm looking to open my own store.
I just purchased domain + hosting yesterday.

I'm not too familiar with sql, php, etc so I was looking to just purchase some sort of script or program to automate the entire process for me.

I'm hoping to link it to my paypal account, so users can pay that way if they want.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Appreciate any help.

-wood

shamash

02-09-2005 06:40:24

Where are you hosted? many hosting companies have osCommerce preinstalled so you can set it up easily.

CollidgeGraduit

02-09-2005 06:43:33

I'm using oscommerce right now... I love it

wood

02-09-2005 06:43:52

[quote47dc5aa05f="shamash"]Where are you hosted? many hosting companies have osCommerce preinstalled so you can set it up easily.[/quote47dc5aa05f]


www.dreamhost.com

i did take a look at their "goodies" section, but nothing really caught my eye.

I know yahoo had something for like $29.95 a month, but screw Yahoo P.

I thought maybe there was some sort of script i could just buy, and edit to my liking and just run on my site?

CollidgeGraduit

02-09-2005 06:47:06

I believe OsCommerce is free, and it's very configurable. Works with Paypal right out of the box

Conner5

02-09-2005 07:43:25

PayPal also offers "Buy Now" buttons that people can use on your site, if your site is like mine, where as it is hard to integrate with oscommerce or a similar program.