New Opencart shop - help needed

earthstorm

i get themes from http://opencarttemplates.com/

paddyrg

earthstorm wrote: »

No need for a hosted cart service, you just need to find a host that has a secure server and that knows what they are doing while hosting e-commerce sites. We host many e-commerce sites on or servers and have no attacks on these sites as our servers are well locked down security wise.

Also for a e-commerce site you will need an SSL certificate

Indeed, however when you hear someone comes they're not technical and have just installed an ecommerce suite that could easily be on a freebie/cheapo host or a bedroom server.

earthstorm

paddyrg wrote: »

Indeed, however when you hear someone comes they're not technical and have just installed an ecommerce suite that could easily be on a freebie/cheapo host or a bedroom server.

true, but the OP seems to have taken a preset ecommerce site from a dropshipper, so they can get to use the dropshippers RSS feed.

the fact is they will paying a premium monthly fee for a low resourced hosting plan and over priced SSL cert.

I have checked many of these dropshipping services, but would rather use my own servers as i know what i am getting.