very simple shop site

NeptunesMoon

im looking to set up a very simple shop website. i wont be selling many products at all, but hopefully, the ones i do sell, will be expensive, around the €300 mark. if things went really well, id make about 3 sales per week, this would be if things turned out really well. i think all id need is a "about company" page a "home" page a "products page" and maybe a "past products" page. i havent decided yet but it will be very simple content wise and i would only be adding about 3 products a week if things went well. id like to be able to sell to worldwide. how would i go about getting a credit card machine or something like a paypal checkout? i was thinking of just doing it through ebay but i fear this may make my products look cheap even though it may get a much higher audience.

so if i want to set up a simple site with product page and payment system, whats my best option? where can i find good templates for such a site?

cheers

axer

NeptunesMoon wrote:

im looking to set up a very simple shop website. i wont be selling many products at all, but hopefully, the ones i do sell, will be expensive, around the €300 mark. if things went really well, id make about 3 sales per week, this would be if things turned out really well. i think all id need is a "about company" page a "home" page a "products page" and maybe a "past products" page. i havent decided yet but it will be very simple content wise and i would only be adding about 3 products a week if things went well. id like to be able to sell to worldwide. how would i go about getting a credit card machine or something like a paypal checkout? i was thinking of just doing it through ebay but i fear this may make my products look cheap even though it may get a much higher audience.

so if i want to set up a simple site with product page and payment system, whats my best option? where can i find good templates for such a site?

cheers

How many products would you expect to have displayed on the website in the first 6-12 months?

NeptunesMoon

im a hopeful artist so ill be trying so sell once off things, i wouldnt really know how many products id have in the first 6 to 12 months. id give a guess the total would be maybe 40 products in the first 12 months, whether these will sell or not is a different story. also id like to have a gallery of my past work in case somebody sees something they would like something similar of. do you ask because of payment methods or template choice?

cheers

Seth Brundle

paypal 'buy now' buttons will be the easiest and most cost effective choise to implement given your forecasts.

NeptunesMoon

is there any way to keep the payment on my own site and not have to have customers register with paypal and login to paypal when they want to buy do you know?

Where could I get a template for hwat I want does anyone know?

cheers

Seth Brundle

It is not necessary for people to register with paypal anymore.

NeptunesMoon

really? that would make a big difference. so if somebody went on to my site, they could simply put a product in their cart and pay through paypal by just putting in their Credit/Debit card info with their address, and paypal would sort the payment into my account and i sort out the delivery and thats that? is it possible for all this to be done on my site or would it have to be done on an excternal page? does anyone know of any site templates with built in paypal shopping cart?

cheers

Seth Brundle

The paypal buttons are individually designed for each product & price so they would not be compatible with something someone else has designed.
You can get pre built software such as oscommerce which is a full online shopping application but again you need to key in each products details. oscommerce also has paypal integration. It may be too big for what you are after and you will need an understanding of php if you are to customise it.