Setting up a website advice...

[MeetTheBluths]

Hi, I am starting an Internet based business selling my products and need (obviously) a good website, that can accommodate secure transactions.

How much roughly do I need to budget for website design and set-up? I see web designers advertise anywhere from $499 upwards but I'm thinking it's more like in the 1000's...

Advice?? I can't afford a huge amount up front, but it's crucial toy business... Anyone know of any good designers with reasonable rates? Cheers

[Benji]

I would answer this but I got my head torn off last time. How much are you looking to spend? My DP runs a web design business and specialises in ecommerce. I'm happy to PM you if I can get an idea of your budget :)

[Chew the Mintie]

Hi - look up LBM designs. She is booked out til Christmas though.

If you look at ecwid, it's a brilliant ecommerce solution that plugs in to wordpress or any other site.

You can use paypal to start with, but it's better to take credit card too which will involve setting up a merchant facility - commonwealth bank is the cheapest.

LBM designs can set up your entire site for you using Zen Cart for I think $550 - no joke. Here's her link:

http://www.lbmdesigns.com.au/

She did the image on my stall btw (though didnt do my site).

[MeetTheBluths]

Thank you! That's great and although im not really up with all the lingo as yet, that site looks great and just what I'm after. I was quoted $6000 by another e-commerce design business earlier which nearly made me choke as a mum wanting to start small!

Cheers

[Benji]

Yep, I was just thinking in the thousands is what you'll usually spend for a site with lots of products to be added as the designer usually helps you with marketing and everything else on top of making a unique website for you - this is often weeks worth of work for the designer/marketer.

Another good place to start is Ebay :)

[mamajess]

I work from home (wedding flowers) and my "shop front" is all on line. I got quotes for website and hosting from $1000 plus. I actually designed my own with wix.com for free and it's been great. Costs around $10/month to run. The only problem is that it's flash so cannot be viewed on iPhone etc. I'm in the process of setting up a website with adobe ( also free) so the site can be seen on any device.

Btw... A year ago I could only handle email/facebook level computer stuff. I am not techy at all...I'm a florist lol!! The wix program is soooo simple it's just clicking and dragging... No weird codes or techy stuff.

Hope this helps :)

[NancyBlackett]

I second Benji's suggestion that eBay is a good place to start out as a small business. Far fewer set up costs and an enormous pre-existing customer base.

If you want your own website but want to do it on a budget you could try somewhere like Freelancer - where you post a 'job' and then people bid to do it for you. In the job you could include instructions on how to maintain the site yourself and to upload new stock etc.

PayPal is definitely the easiest way to accept money initially. You can self onboard and it can be up and running straight away. Just be aware of their obligation to perform additional identity checks on you when your account balance goes over a certain amount.

Another advantage of PayPal is customer trust - customers know that even if you are a new business it is 'safe' to buy with you because PayPal offers buyer protection. I've come across a few small businesses in my time with very clunky, unprofessional websites but the fact that they have PayPal has given me the courage to try them out.

[MeetTheBluths]

Thanks for all the advice everyone! It's great. I'm sure I'm capable of navigating my way around some of the website tools but time is not really on my side, and I have a 1 year-old (need I say more)... Hence my love of the idea of getting someone else to do it!

I don't have a whole lot of products so much, just (reslly cool) gift hampers I make myself that I'll sell through my website and deliver locally, so eBay doesn't suit... Otherwise I'd use it for sure...

Def will use PayPal and def need compatabilty with phones.

[MeetTheBluths]

Thanks for all the advice everyone! It's great. I'm sure I'm capable of navigating my way around some of the website tools but time is not really on my side, and I have a 1 year-old (need I say more)... Hence my love of the idea of getting someone else to do it!

I don't have a whole lot of products so much, just (reslly cool) gift hampers I make myself that I'll sell through my website and deliver locally, so eBay doesn't suit... Otherwise I'd use it for sure...

Def will use PayPal and def need compatabilty with phones.

[Chew the Mintie]

How are you going to get people to know about your site?

I would also suggest having a fb page. If you use wordpress + ecwid then ecwid can hook up to your fb page and will integrate a storefront into fb also.

If you can work wordpress out, you'd be able to run it all free. BUt yeah - I think LBM is prob your best bet if you want to get up and running.

[Chew the Mintie]

oh, and if you do look up LBM designs can you tell Nicole I sent you! (Maire from Sweet Beats) because I can use brownie point! :D

[MeetTheBluths]

Well this is why I need a professional to do my site as I need to ensure outcomes up in all the relevant searches... There's lots of other websites that sell this type of thing but mine have a point(s) of difference, which is why it's so important thaty site is highly visable.

LBM is booked Out until feb! :(

[Chew the Mintie]

Ah yes she is super popular.

I am really happy to try and help you..

What you are talking about re searches in SEO (search engine optimisation) and is spuer complicated. You can also use google adwords but this is expensive. It costs me about $1 every time someone clicks on my google ad.

I've just gotten a quote today for a blog and the bloke said he could transfer my entire site to wordpress for about the same cost - has quoted $770 thus far but he will just be copying my existing site (not designing one). I'll let you know how I go with him anyway.

If you want to get something up quickly, you have two options to my mind:

1. zencart

2. wordpress _+ ecwid

Both will give you good ecommerce functionality and both are free - however you really do need to get a handle on the tech side of things a *little*.

Anyway you could have a look at something like this:
http://www.12leaves.com/store/jolly-zen-cart-template-set.html


which is a zen cart theme - you'd have to use it pretty much as is as you wouldnt have the skill to customise it (lol)

This is prob a bad idea actually as it takes some knowhow to even install the theme.

Your other option is word press - why dont you go take a look at wordpress.

Youcould get a theme (ie http://thewordpresstheme.com/free-theme/kids-toys.xhtml) and install it pretty easily, or search the themes. Then you add in ecwid for your ecommerce. I think this would doable for hte complete novice.

[Missy14]

I'm currently in the same position as you BEP in regards to starring an online business. I shopped around a lot looking for someone to do an affordable but effective website with shopping cart facilities etc and I found the most lovely woman who will do the lot as well as hosting for $750 which compared to others I looked at was a fantastic price and she was extremely helpful and really understood what we wanted :) I have her details here somewhere, if you would like them just PM me. Hope this helps :)
Megan

[Chew the Mintie]

Megan's suggestion sounds perfect, but if you need another option I can recommend:

www.theitangell.com.au

owned by the husband of a lovely hubber from my due group - she said to email them and they can try and work something out (tel them I sent you).

Good luck I hope you come up with something!

[Nomsie]

If you're just wanting to start small, then why not follow CTM's suggestion of starting up a FB page? They're free, you can get excellent advertising just through word of mouth (or create your own paid for advertising ON FB) and if you really want your own webpage, just start with a splash-page and link it back to your FB, and then you can grow it all from there.

The benefit to starting on FB is that you are REALLY minimising start up costs. You don't have to pay a single cent for it, and it really tests the water as to the potential of your business. IN a years or so time, if things are going well, then fork out the cash for a webpage. If things are ok, stick with FB for a little longer whilst trying to drum up more business. If things aren't looking so great, you haven't really lost all that capital into your own webpage.

Almost everyone these days has a FB page (or knows at least ONE person who does!) and once you have 25 'likers' you can have your own domain name, eg : www.facebook.com/mybusinessname :)

And lastly (I should be paid for all this advertising!) I have found through starting my own business that friends and family usually will do everything they can to help you out and grow your business. The easiest way for them to do that is by talking about it on FB. I was looking at my pages' stats today, and just through friends of friends on my business page, I have the potential to reach an audience of about 80,000 people, without it costing me anything. :)

[Chew the Mintie]

If you do decide to go this way, I *think* you could get LBM designs to do just a splash page for you. This is just a page that will come up on the net and you can have a link on it to your fb page. I think it's only $99 for a splash page which includes domain & hosting but I coudl be wrong. IN any case, I use digital pacific and you can prob get a domain and hosting for a year for about $70 or something.

There are lots of ways to integrate a shop into a fb page, I'm about to start using ecwid, so if you want to have a look at my one it's here:
www.facebook.com/sweetbeatsaustralia
then go to the 'products' tab. You can customise the appearance a bit (I havent done so yet so i hope there's nothing weird looking). You can use ecwid for free.

I actually would really push a blog though just because you can blab on about your products a bit and hopefully get people travelling to your site that way.

Products like you are intending to sell would do great on fb as they are prob visually appealing and you will find that the small business comunnity on fb is supportive of each other and gives shoutouts and whatnot.

[Chew the Mintie]

Just liked your fb page Nomsie, looks like you got lots of likes through BH! i am going to add a fb link to my stall!

[MeetTheBluths]

This is all great info! Thanks so much - ill get back to this thread later today, currently I have a 16 month-old running around my legs... :)

[MeetTheBluths]

I think what I need first is a logo - I think the biggest problem I am having here is that there is soooo much info on the net as to how to create a website, who to use to do it etc that the more I read the more confused I get!

At this stage I'm waiting to hear back from Fair Trading as to whether my business name can be registered. I'm also doing lots of internet time researching products/supplies for my hampers, as well as reading a lot on websites/web stores and how to set them up.

[Chew the Mintie]

Enjoy!

Listen don't get held up on things like a logo - I had a bodgy one I made in Paint to start with. YOu can improve things like that. You don't need to have everything perfect to start - you just need to start.

[Nomsie]

Exactly. IN the first few weeks or months, just use an awesome pic of one of your products as your logo.

Many businesses I have done work for started like this, and then had a logo made up later on- they have the potential to be pricey if you don't shop around and find someone who knows what they're doing without charging you the world :)

[MeetTheBluths]

I'm currently in the same position as you BEP in regards to starring an online business. I shopped around a lot looking for someone to do an affordable but effective website with shopping cart facilities etc and I found the most lovely woman who will do the lot as well as hosting for $750 which compared to others I looked at was a fantastic price and she was extremely helpful and really understood what we wanted :) I have her details here somewhere, if you would like them just PM me. Hope this helps :)
Megan

Yes please! :) :wave::wave:

[MeetTheBluths]

Enjoy!

Listen don't get held up on things like a logo - I had a bodgy one I made in Paint to start with. YOu can improve things like that. You don't need to have everything perfect to start - you just need to start.

I need people like you around I think!! You're right, I need to stop overthinking and sweating the details and just start! I really want to do this and even if I never sell one item, at least I've had a go and taken the risk.... I'll just have to go back to the awful desk job (that's all the motivation I need to keep going!) :yes:

[Luna Lovegood]

I agree that getting a someone with a lot of experience is well worth the money.

SEO is complex. For good SEO you need great relevant content and keywords, back links help. SEO is measured using things like Google Analytics, which can tell you how many people visit which pages, and where they found your website from. SEO requires attention as well- things like blogs and having your twitter feed on your page keeps the page fresh and alive.

Google Adwords is NOT SEO- is SEM (Search Engine Marketing) or PPC (Pay Per Clicks). If you're getting someone to do you SEO and SEM ask if they're Google Accredited, which means they've completed a course via the Google Engage program. Generally these people can get you started with a voucher and kind keywords that a relevant to your website but don't cost a lot.

Things like your logo are important things to worry about- they're all part of your branding and represent you and your business. Everything should be consistent.

You can find people who will do websites cheaper- it just take a bit of hunting. When your asking around there are loads of things to ask so you don't get caught out with extra invoices. You also should make sure you have a complete list of thing you both agreed will be completed, in the right time frame for the originally quoted price.

If you want any more info, or a free Google Adwords voucher to try it out, pm me.

[Chew the Mintie]

Rabbity - in case that was aimed at me- I am well aware adwords & SEO are different! In the context I didnt bother going into depth (other than saying SEO is very complex, which it is, too complex to go into this thread).

I think all those things are way way ahead.

On another note, be very careful if you (anyone) gets someone to run an adwords campaign. I paid someone my monthly budget and they ran the campaign *far worse* than I did - BURNT.

But OP, dont worry about all that for now. Just get something up and running with a fb shop or a simple cart.

Adwords works by putting a small ad at the top of your google search results. A lot of people ont even notice it - the first few l isting in a google search are actually ads. The business owner doesnt pay for the ad to run unlses someone clicks on it. How much you pay is a complex thing that I wont worry about explaining for now!

For your business - a small toy store - I am not sure how effective it would be as you'd be running up against hte big boys like toys r us and kmart and so on who I would assume have a consistent adwords campaign for toys.


You can select (to some extent) the location where adwords will run, so you could say have your ad run in a 15 min radius or something. You can also do this on facebook and it might be far more effective there as your ad will be visually appealling. Also facebook ads are far, far cheaper.

You are a long way away from worrying about anyone to do your SEO or adwords, and if that ever happens, get recommendations and references becacuse there are some cruddy operators out there.

Sorry if this was too complicated!

Rememeber you DO NOT need to know about all this stuff to start. Just start! YOu can figure it out on the go. As you make money you can invest back in on logos, branding & marketing.

Flyer marketing at markets in your area might be a good way to go. You can get a flyer made up pretty cheaply and then you pay $100 or whatever for it to go into your local markets. If you have a discount coupon or something on it then that's a good way to get good results.

Good luck! Don't be daunted!

[Luna Lovegood]

Sorry...I was just giving information from my perspective, not really aiming comments at people...

I know people do get burnt, but as I said- find someone accredited, with experience, who is most likely going to maintain communication lines with reports and updates. After all, the longer you can keep someone happy as a client, the more money you can make off them....

I still disagree about branding and marketing. Finding a unique aim, or niche market within your industry may prove invaluable. For instance- small toy store- aim at people who live overseas looking to send Christmas gifts/other gifts to their niece, nephew, ect in Australia. As a PP previously posted, it's would be hard going up against the big ones, so finding your niche market is crucial to making sales.

KWIM?

[Chew the Mintie]

Yes, I agree - but what I can see happening is that the OP gets overwhelmed.

Sometimes you don't have all the pieces in front of you to start. That's okay - they will come. Do what you *can* do.

Depending on your investment BEP - I'd go for someone to send you up an attractive online store & then work hard throuhg facebook to promote it. There's a load of pages on facebook designed for wahms to promote their products (look up the mummy tree on facebook, for example). If you have some good images, then you should be able to get a lot of people following your page.

I know several women incl some hubbers who make their living just throuhg their fb page.

[duncan_bayne]

You can go a long way by leveraging free services. E.g.:

sell stuff through eBay
accept payment solely through PayPal
set up a Facebook page
blog, blog, blog!
let all your friends & family know about your FB page and blog so they can spread the word
Then, as you start earning money, you can spend some of it on incremental improvements, hiring professional designers and programmers as needed. You don't need to spend a cent to get started.

You might also find the learning curve gentler if you use things like eBay and FB to start with, then move to more feature-rich (and complicated) services in the future.

Another tip: beware of designers who build static sites, then charge you each time you want to make a change to the content. Make sure they set you up with a Content Management System (CMS) so you can make content changes yourself without crossing their palms with silver.

[Chew the Mintie]

Sorry this is just a general comment... I think the blog thing is essential. I just had over 100 hits on my website because somebody (I Dont know who!) shared a page from my site on facebook.

Haven't heard back from the dude I asked to quote on integrating a blog to match my site so I might just bodgy one up myself.

This is the big thing about paying people to do things - you have to wait around for them.

I can really see the power of blogs to draw traffic.

This post is actually a thinly veiled plea to bikerdad or anyone else to advise on setting up blog - i tried to customise a theme in WP to match my site but I am not au fait with php so was a fail. I guess I can just do close enough is good enough and try to get something fairly in line with my site.... and start blogging to draw traffic :D (have already installed WP into a folder on my site).

[MeetTheBluths]

Yes, I agree - but what I can see happening is that the OP gets overwhelmed.

Sometimes you don't have all the pieces in front of you to start. That's okay - they will come. Do what you *can* do.

Depending on your investment BEP - I'd go for someone to send you up an attractive online store & then work hard throuhg facebook to promote it. There's a load of pages on facebook designed for wahms to promote their products (look up the mummy tree on facebook, for example). If you have some good images, then you should be able to get a lot of people following your page.

I know several women incl some hubbers who make their living just throuhg their fb page.

You have helped me enormously! It CAN get so overwhelming some days, and I have a science degree :laughing:

I'll do what you suggested in this post... from the start I knew the most important thing for my business was an attractive, simple-to-navigate webpage, but I can develop it later with all the complex marketing stuff....?

My business is selling gift hampers online, but starting locally first so I can deliver them myself. There are lots of other hamper businesses out there, either run by florists, or other that deliver Australia wide.... mine are interesting, gourmet and with champagne and beer, and have other points of difference that I'm hoping will be really popular, but it is risky as I said above, there's others out there..... I NEED visability.


My brother used to do webpages but hasn't in about 10 years... I have a good eye for design myself, but little technical ability, and time.... Maybe I should just wait for LBM and do the FB thing in the meantime...

[Chew the Mintie]

That's wonderful. LBM (or someone else) can prob do you a facebook package so you can look professional from the getgo. She did my fb package & logo & I think it was maybe $150 or something? (would have to check). Then if you installed ecwid you' have a fully functioning store inside facebook. Once you have over 25 people you'd have a website address ie www.facebook.com/blackeyedpea and somehwere to send people.

I know LBM did a 24 hour turnaround on my fb page, so it might be something you coul get happening quicker. She also designed a flyer for me for $40, so once you have some hampers put together, you could get some nice pictures and put flyers out to markets.

I think Nomsie also does fb pages??

You can look at arranging cheap shipping once you are ready too. You can look at fastway couriers who do same day delivery within your city (eastern states only) for $5. This is probably better than you spending half your time making deliveries.

[MeetTheBluths]

If you're just wanting to start small, then why not follow CTM's suggestion of starting up a FB page? They're free, you can get excellent advertising just through word of mouth (or create your own paid for advertising ON FB) and if you really want your own webpage, just start with a splash-page and link it back to your FB, and then you can grow it all from there.

The benefit to starting on FB is that you are REALLY minimising start up costs. You don't have to pay a single cent for it, and it really tests the water as to the potential of your business. IN a years or so time, if things are going well, then fork out the cash for a webpage. If things are ok, stick with FB for a little longer whilst trying to drum up more business. If things aren't looking so great, you haven't really lost all that capital into your own webpage.

Almost everyone these days has a FB page (or knows at least ONE person who does!) and once you have 25 'likers' you can have your own domain name, eg : www.facebook.com/mybusinessname (http://www.facebook.com/mybusinessname) :)

And lastly (I should be paid for all this advertising!) I have found through starting my own business that friends and family usually will do everything they can to help you out and grow your business. The easiest way for them to do that is by talking about it on FB. I was looking at my pages' stats today, and just through friends of friends on my business page, I have the potential to reach an audience of about 80,000 people, without it costing me anything. :)

This is what I need.... Just got a call from Fair trading and my name is available so they're sending cert of registration out today, yay!

Have contacted Nicole from LBM and waiting to hear back from her...

I'll go have a look myself at friend's FB pages and maybe get some advice from them too.

CTM thanks for the courier info too! Will def look into that! Don't know how to thank you all for your good advice!

[Nomsie]

Woo, congrats on having your name approved! Always exciting!

And the best thing about FB apart from it being free is that really is a lot of pages dedicated to helping you advertise your business- CTM has mentioned a few on a few occasions, and even BH now has a place where for a small fee you can advertise with a link (eg see my ticker- it's a link! :)) which in the short time I have had it up for, has bought around 11 new likers to my page.

(It seems small, but I aim for very small and manageable growth because I also work .8 and mod on BH AND have 2 x 3y/olds! I can barely keep up with the 350 or so likers I have at the moment...)

:gl:

[MeetTheBluths]

Sound like you have your hands full! Well done to you! Sounds awesome, will have a look!

I reply emailed Nicole at LBM but haven't heard back from her. She really mustn't need the business, so I'll keep looking around. I'm sure my brother will know someone in Sydney.

[Chew the Mintie]

BEP - no problem! Re nicole, yes she is absolutely snowed under. Also I just got her do a few things, I think I jumped the queue a bit because of my subject header 'DESPERATE EMAIL!!!!'

There will be others with a smilar service. The quickest way will prob be to do it yourself lol if you google 'word press toy store theme' just have a look what comes up ;)

[MeetTheBluths]

I heard from Nicole just after I posted that last post! She can do it all and will be in touch... In the meantime ill have a look into it myself.

Ok will try what you suggested CTM, you should charge for this! :)

[Chew the Mintie]

Excellent! I think Nicole uses Zencart which I am kinda familiar with, but once the store is set up then running it behind the scenes will be easy - you just need to upload your images, write descriptions etc. It has lots of options for having sale banners and yada yada.

I am really happy to help, honestly, I absolutely love what I am diong and think it's a great work option for women. If you want to say thanks, like my page :D lol. I'll be looking for your toy store opening on fb too!

[Mr Ken]

Hi All, couldn't help noticing this thread for some reason (I actually came on to see if anyone else wanted to rant a bit about Swan's demolition job on the Bbay Bonus and saw this). Anyway, I'm a designer (Businesses include www.generic.com.au (http://www.generic.com.au) and www.voot.com.au (http://www.voot.com.au). As for the latter, Voot is offering a Free website (With Wordpress back end) to a randomly selected Liker on its Facebook page. Currently there's 11 Likers so your odds are good. Examples of other sites we do are ones like http://skipandskop.voot.com.au which has a PayPal kart. With our own little un due in May this Web geek and his wife would certainly appreciate the opportunity to help you and make an honest dollar! I hope this isn't construed as too blatant advertising but others have had a go so why not...;)

Don't buy just yet from the Skipandskop site. That shop's in demo mode but they do have a FB page.

[MeetTheBluths]

Thanks Ken!

[MeetTheBluths]

I agree that getting a someone with a lot of experience is well worth the money.

SEO is complex. For good SEO you need great relevant content and keywords, back links help. SEO is measured using things like Google Analytics, which can tell you how many people visit which pages, and where they found your website from. SEO requires attention as well- things like blogs and having your twitter feed on your page keeps the page fresh and alive.

Google Adwords is NOT SEO- is SEM (Search Engine Marketing) or PPC (Pay Per Clicks). If you're getting someone to do you SEO and SEM ask if they're Google Accredited, which means they've completed a course via the Google Engage program. Generally these people can get you started with a voucher and kind keywords that a relevant to your website but don't cost a lot.

Things like your logo are important things to worry about- they're all part of your branding and represent you and your business. Everything should be consistent.

You can find people who will do websites cheaper- it just take a bit of hunting. When your asking around there are loads of things to ask so you don't get caught out with extra invoices. You also should make sure you have a complete list of thing you both agreed will be completed, in the right time frame for the originally quoted price.

If you want any more info, or a free Google Adwords voucher to try it out, pm me.

I have found someone who seems very reputable (according to her website) and has done numerous other websites for small businesses, to do my logo and webpage. Logo is costing me $150 and webpage I got a discount of $350 so will pay about $650 for the webpage with shopping cart/paypal.

The only thing I might be concerned about is that in the text for the package it says I MUST use their host provider for my website hosting. I had a look at the link but I don't understand all that tech stuff. What should I be looking for...??

[Chew the Mintie]

Who is their host provider?

Maybe just google it for reviews. I started with crazy domains which was a giant fail, site was always offline.

I think it would be normal for them to want you to use their hositing provider as they will have some kind of referral system so they can get a cheap deal.

[Chew the Mintie]

I would also ask what kind of shopping cart is being used, if you are limited to paypal that's going to suck.

People will argue that paypal can process credit cards too but trust me people are often leery of paypal - our sales went up by about 3 x once we stopped using paypal to process credit cards.

[PinkIsTheNewBlack]

My mum is a web designer and it depends on a few things- if u need a shopping Cart etc.. I think realistically u will need a couple of k...
Let me know if u need a web designer contact :)

[MeetTheBluths]

Hi! Thanks again for the tips - I'm getting my logo done by NattyJane and they can also do my website, with the host provider being http://wheretostartwebsites.com.au/pages/hostingsubscription.php

As part of the inclusions it has a 'paypal button', but doesn't say anything about a separate credit card payment option.... I'll ask about this as I definitely want this! Personally, I hate paying with Paypal when I shop online. so thank you for bringing that up, as I just assumed customers could pay with credit card OR paypal option!

[Chew the Mintie]

Ok.. well, if you can pay with a paypal button, then you can probably pay with an ezimerchant button too. You need to set up a merchant account separately.

Paypal is a great starting point, but you dont want to find you have to get an entire new site design because your existing site cant accomodate credit cards

If they are just goign to use paypal buttons, it sounds as though there wont be a shopping cart as such, just a button that you click on to take you to paypal.

http://www.sweetbeats.com.au/Fertility/hire-ovacue.html

you can see on the left button where it says 'buy it' - that's an ezimerchant button which works in the same way. So if your site is set up for paypal buttons you shoudl be able to change it to take ezimerchant buttons (which take both paypal and credit card).

However, these arent great solutions really... it would be better for you to be set up with a zen cart or a wordpress site with wp-ecommerce so you can have a proper cart.

Does she have any example sites? I'll take a look :d

[Chew the Mintie]

i have a few paid ecommerce themes that i can send you if you want to give it a go yourself.

my hosting is digital pacific, had no problems and good customer service

you'd still need someone to do your logo etc

[MeetTheBluths]

... it would be better for you to be set up with a zen cart or a wordpress site with wp-ecommerce so you can have a proper cart.

Does she have any example sites? I'll take a look :d

Ow yes it is an e-commerce website, with access to an admin panel which would allow me to easily manage my stall and a proper shopping 'add to cart' facility.... I will check about the ezimerchant thing though.

Yeah you can check out her stuff, they've done heaps of websites that you can see on her webpage www.nattyjanedesigns.com.au (http://www.nattyjanedesigns.com.au)

Let me know what you think!

[Chew the Mintie]

had a look but couldnt see the website examples?

[MeetTheBluths]

In the 'gallery' section I think....

Ow my gosh I've signed up with the web-host you mentioned (just a month @ 50% off) and installed the wordpress and shopping cart but it all looks so complicated! What have I got myself into!! haha. We didn't even have computers at school 'in my day' :O! It's all double-dutch to me.... will keep at it and see how I go.