Setting Up An Ecommerce Site

[glennk]

Has anyone any experience of setting up and eccommerce site ?

 

How easy is it in comparison to installing a forum or something similar ?

 

I recently tried to install oscommerce on my site and had real problems. Its put me off but Im hoping it was just a clash with the software and the hosting.

[Elton]

Glenn,

 

Go for Cubecart Version 3! It's free and really simple to set up.

 

http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/cheap-fishing-tackle/

http://www.collectorsgifts.co.uk/

[glennk]

Thanks Elton. Those sites look good.

 

Im sure someone once told me that oscommerce was easy to set up, but the problems I encountered were non stop.

 

Ill try install cubecart and see how it goes.

 

[Elton]

I've used OSCommerce and eventually had a working site.

 

With Cubecart, I had one working in minutes. Also, if you go for Version 3 (the free one), bookmark this page:

 

http://cc3.biz/index.php

 

I can't rate that site highly enough!

[Si...]

I wonder who put you onto Cubecart Elton....... :whistling: :whistling:

[glennk]

I see the urls are seo friendly - eg

 

/cheap-fishing-tackle/weights/cat_19.htm

 

Does this come as standard with the free version ?

[Elton]

Nah - it's a very cheap mod from that link I gave you above. I also bought one other cheap mod that makes it automatically UK only, which is easier for me.

[Chris Goddard]

So this IS the dogs then Elton??

[Elton]

So this IS the dogs then Elton??

 

I like it It suits my needs perfectly - I wanted a cart that worked, was easy to set up, kept track of stock balances and accepted PayPal.

[glennk]

Yes your right its easy to install. I installed it in less than 5 mins. It looks easy to edit and build a catalogue and it even tells you to change settings when needed. I like this one thank you.

 

Now have you any ideas how to get the Wholesalers I contacted to sell me some stock. They told me they dont deal with online shops, but I see plenty of online shops selling their stuff.