Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Setting Up a store to sell Pumps

Here I am trying to sell pumps and pumps parts on the net. I will not disclose my store as of yet until I finish with all the details but this is basically what I have done so far to start me Website with Shopping Cart.

I went to godaddy.com to reserve my store name, or better my website name. I chose a .com name as I think that they are viewed more professional than a .info or any other website extension. Then, I went to host.com, and found a hosting package that fitted my budget. I actually found the $4.95/month hosting. I know that there are cheaper hosting packages, but did not want it to push it, and deal with the hassle to choose among the thousands, and it ends up being a company out of a garage somewhere. Then I went to the following page for a comparison on all existing shopping carts, chose the Oscommerce platform since it deals with resellers which are a big part of my business. once I follow all the direction, and took a look at it. I did not like the way it looked. So, I searched and bought a professional and cheap Os commerce Template. After I was happy with the way the store looked and felt, I want for the functions. If you go to the original website for Oscommerce, you can download a number of add-ons that applied to your store. Here is the List:

Once I finish with all the information upload, setup, and I am content with the way it looks and feels. I will publish my Oscommerce Store for you guys review.