If you are considering running a website that can generate you some money it is a good idea to investigate all the options when it comes to recieving payments. The simplest method is to use Pay Pal , it is easy quick  and a standard business or premier account has no charges associated. If you want to accept payments directly on your website you will need to have secure webhosting and meet the PCI compliance regulations. Pay Pal web payments Pro offers this facility. This does make the argument for sticking with Pay Pal standard payments more favourable for a lot of smaller online ventures. You could set up an account within minutes and get your business up and running.



There are a lot of different E-commerce software packages available that will get you an online shop with in a few miniutes.

Here is a list of some E-commerce packages.

OScommerce  (Free)
Magneto        (Free)
Zen Cart        (Free)
Virtue Mart     (Free)  requires Joomla

X-Cart            (Commercial product)
Interspire       (Commercial product)
CS-Cart          (Commercial product)

Our choice is Virtuemart for its intergration into Joomla a simple to use CMS package. It seems to be improving all the time and has a good support forum.

When it comes to the paid shopping carts our choice is without a doubt CS-Cart. CS-Cart is packed with many features that the other packages charge you for, the support forum is excellent as are the paid support options. 

Most web hosting packages come with automatic installers to make the process of getting a free online store that much easier. If you would prefer for someone to do it for you then UK Computer Solutions can install your php shopping cart for you for a one off fee of £19.99.

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