Setting Up A Website Shop

terra_ferma

terra_ferma wrote: »

www.create.net is quite popular, great price and value for money if you don't sell a huge number of objects.

Actually I made a mistake, what I should have said is number of variations, not objects. They offer ebay integrations, but when I asked it did not work with variations.

grantd

Hi,

I setup an in ecommerce site in 2009 which currently sells £250k per year. I'll tell you the domain if anyone asks (don't want to spam!). The golden rules I learnt were:

1. you MUST use Magento. It is the future. Logistics software is now being adjusted to suit Magento, add ons are created daily and most ecommerce web makers are using it.

2. I've always used Sage Pay and never had any problems.

3. Think very, very, very carefully about your web designed. I changed mine 5 times and now I basically do it myself through 2 individual web design guys (I can give details if anyone wants them).

4. Get a blog on that domain straight away during the development process to start familiarising yourself with Google and its spiders. Talk about your products, setting up the website, anything really.

Cheers

texranger

this link may help and explain about Magento

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/11/x-commerce-paypal/

eBay also acquired Magento earlier this year for over $180 million. Magento’s open source software basically enables merchants and brands to create online storefronts and have a decent amount of control over the look, content, SEO, digital marketing and functionality of their online storefronts. Tomorrow, eBay will announce that Magento, via the X.commerce platform, will be launching an app store for Magento extensions. Developers can create applications on top of Magento, and retailers can use this functionality in their online storefronts via the app store. It’s similar in theory to the Salesforce App Exchange, but for online retailers.

patman99

I wouldn't worry to much about an SSL certificate if the press release from VeriSign is anything to go by. They have very publicly stated that such certificates are so easy to get hold of, that the first thing a scammer or con-artist does when setting-up a site is to go and buy one. The amount of dodgy certificate holders out there has rendered SSL Certification useless.

As eBay now own Magento, there will be a good chance that they will introduce two versions in the near-future, a 'free' version with little or no features, and a 'paid-for' version, basically the current free version with a price-tag.

texranger

patman99 wrote: »

The amount of dodgy certificate holders out there has rendered SSL Certification useless.

what a load of Rubbish it is still a requirement if you sell items on a website to have an ssl certificate to secure (encrypt) payment and personal details.

this displays the URL under https and will show the padlock symbol.

ssl certs are available from £9 and can go upto £1000 depends on what level of security you want

press release from VeriSign is anything to go by

what press release, For years now VeriSign have been trying to get retailers to purchase expensive EV certs and ditch the basic SSL certs

and yes basic SSL certs are too easy to get and promotions like the recent one Namecheap ran where if you registered or transferred a domain to them you got a free positive SSL did not help

steve1980

texranger wrote: »

what a load of Rubbish it is still a requirement if you sell items on a website to have an ssl certificate to secure (encrypt) payment and personal details.

Do you have a link or source for this?

texranger

steve1980 wrote: »

Do you have a link or source for this?

speak to business link, the OFT, Treading standards and the many other trade associations they will all tell you this, even your banks will tell you this.

dont get a me wheres the verisign link that patman99 refers too.

steve1980

Taken from SSL Shopper:

Do I use a 3rd party payment processor?

If your e-commerce site forwards your visitors to a 3rd party payment processor (like PayPal) to enter the credit card information then you don’t need an SSL certificate because your website won’t touch the credit card information. Just make sure none of the credit card details get entered when the address bar still shows your domain name. Note that PayPal allows you to accept the credit card information on your site or forward visitors to their site. If you accept the credit card information on your site, you need an SSL certificate.

buglawton

Good solid advice Steve

texranger

steve1980 wrote: »

Taken from SSL Shopper:

Do I use a 3rd party payment processor?

If your e-commerce site forwards your visitors to a 3rd party payment processor (like PayPal) to enter the credit card information then you don’t need an SSL certificate because your website won’t touch the credit card information. Just make sure none of the credit card details get entered when the address bar still shows your domain name. Note that PayPal allows you to accept the credit card information on your site or forward visitors to their site. If you accept the credit card information on your site, you need an SSL certificate.

so you take advise from a so called comparison website owned by 1&1 Internet, Inc. rather than trade bodys and government departments