Shopping carts
As well as an auotoresponder, a survey tool, an article submitter service and some keyword research tools, sooner or later you are going to need a shopping cart. Hopefully this will be sooner, rather than later, as if you need a shopping cart then that means you are about to start selling stuff!
The commonly recommended shopping carts such as 1shoppingcart cost a fair amount of money, from around $400 per year to over $1000. This, of course, depends on what functions you need.
The fully featured shopping carts include a whole range of additional features, such as autoresponders, stock control, secure downloads, adtrackers, etc. So although they can seem a bit pricey they may save you on some fees that you are paying for these other services elsewhere.
Alternatives do exist and Paypal for example can provide basic transaction capabilities. These include receiving credit card payments without the need to have a merchant account, but there are some limitations compared with a fully fledged shopping cart. To begin with, though, this can be an easy and inexpensive way to get started in online trading.
I’ve decided to stick with Paypal for now although, I will probably opt for 1shoppingcart in the very near future, once it becomes clearer which of their packages would best suite my needs, as they vary enormously in price.
John McGuire
http://exback.johnmcguireonline.com/
1 comment September 26th, 2007
