Do you have a product or service that you want to sell on the Internet? It’s a lot easier to do than you think. It can be as easy as setting up a PayPal buy now button on your existing website, to a new website that allows you to enter product and inventory information and process sales automatically.
There are two ways of creating a simple e-commerce website that I recommend:
- PDShop by Pagedown software offers an inexpensive inventory control and online sales software that can be added to a .Net website using an SQL database. This means that you can login to a secure website, add, edit and remove products easily. The advantage is a reduce monthly cost and high capacity. Many websites offer online sales, but charge you a large monthly fee and limit the number of products. Some even charge a percentage of each sale costing you even more. By creating a website using PDShop your costs are; site setup and configuration, web hosting (around $20 a month) and fees charged by PayPay or Google Checkout. You will also have the ability to add, edit and remove website content inluding products, pages and any other information you choose.
- If your selling needs are less ambitious, creating a simple WordPress website with an e-commerce plugin we really reduce the cost. The plugin WP e-commerce is a fairly simple way to do it. There are others, I can help you find one that meets your exact needs. The reduce initial setup cost and low maintenance costs make this a very effective way to sell products and services on the Internet.
Both of these solutions have the advantages of low cost, quick setup and the ability to make changes as you see fit. These are not the only way to do it, some Joomla plugins are very effective e-commerce tools. Please contact me if you’re planning on selling on the Internet. No cost to talk and I may be able to help you keep more of your hard earned money.
