OT: E-commerce

[jbrown11352]

Any experts here?

 

[jjirsa78]

Yea ...

 

[H22ATypeS]

E-Commerce
Definition:
Commerce that is transacted electronically, as over the Internet

Example:
*When a person or business uses the Internet as part of their business model.
*The buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet.


What else do you want to know?

 

[818]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7152920#post7152920 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by H22ATypeS
E-Commerce
Definition:
Commerce that is transacted electronically, as over the Internet

Example:
*When a person or business uses the Internet as part of their business model.
*The buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet.


What else do you want to know?

Kwidjaya

 

[H22ATypeS]

I guess Kwidjaya sums it up......

 

[jbrown11352]

I'm looking for someone interested in designing my website and such as I have no knowledge on any of this. If interested please send me a PM.

Thanks,
Jason

 

[jbrown11352]

kwidjaya?

 

[raskal311]

is someone looking to open an online reef store?

 

[jjirsa78]

Step 0) Have a website / webhosting and a product you want to sell
Step 1) Install osCommerce.
Step 2) Customize to fix name/logo.
Step 3) Figure out how you're going to accept money - if you already have a merchant account, contact your bank and ask about online payment gateways.
Step 4) Advertise
Step 5) Profit?

 

[raskal311]

where can one find this osCommerce and how much does it cost?

 

[jjirsa78]

http://www.oscommerce.com/solutions/oscommerce

It's free, and works relatively well.


(By the way - I do various web stuff for a living, so if any of you get stuck, I'm happy to help as long as it's reasonable).

 

[laverda]

There are lots of ecommerce programs available, many free or inexpensive. You ned to find one that will work for the items you want to sell. How many items are you going to have? how oftne will it be updated? Keeping a web site up to date and current is a much bigger job then you realize. From what I can see on thier wep page, oscommerce does not look like it would display your items very well. I may be wrong. but you have to dicide what you want to have and a general idea what you wish to do with it. Let me know if I can help. Good luck.

 

[saltyESQ]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7153117#post7153117 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jjirsa78
Step 0) Have a website / webhosting and a product you want to sell
Step 1) Install osCommerce.
Step 2) Customize to fix name/logo.
Step 3) Figure out how you're going to accept money - if you already have a merchant account, contact your bank and ask about online payment gateways.
Step 4) Advertise
Step 5) Profit?

you forgot the most important part, to form some sort of corp entity to protect yourself

 

[jjirsa78]

Good point. LLC = $300 (legalzoom ) + $800 minimum annual tax - probably a good idea if you're trying to do this for real.

 

[jbrown11352]

What about incorporating in nevada? Any tax breaks that way?

 

[jjirsa78]

Lots of ways to save money if you go out of state - up to you and your level of comfort / sophistication.

 

[omeg]

keep in mind, if you do it out of state, but your residence is in CA, then you'll still have to pay CA taxes. If out of state, you'll want to do it where regulations is favorable (look to see where all the credit cards company do theirs) - wouldn't be too much concern with costs - it's not that much.