Shopping Cart Website

[whacky]

Hi all

Does anybody here have a shopping cart type website (one where you can sell things) or know anybody who makes them?

I am looking for a simple(ish) website design where I can upload items for sale. I would like it done properly so I stand a chance of people finding me and some hope in the google search lottery. I have an Ebay shop and the fees topped £500 this month so I feel it's time to devote sometime to building our own website.

I have searched the internet for people/companies that do this but the fees seem to be random, either £1000s or £15. I'm not looking for a free lunch I would be happy to pay a reasonable fee.

Whacky

 

[Steve Maskery]

Hi Whacky
My own site is www.workshopessentials.com. The basic system is Open Source (i.e. no cost to the user) but some of the add-ons do cost. Not very much, though.
On the whole I'm happy with it. There is zero documentation in the code itself, which is unforgivable, but the actual functionality is excellent.
You can download it all from www.OpenCart.com.
Cheers
Steve

 

[Hudson Carpentry]

I build them (my other company) and have built many of them. doing my own right now for the same reason, ebay is far to expensive. Prices start from £200. I also do the SEO to get higher rankings in google and other search engines.

If your interested PM, email or call me and we can discus further.

 

[Dibs-h]

Hi Whacky
My own site is http://www.workshopessentials.com. The basic system is Open Source (i.e. no cost to the user) but some of the add-ons do cost. Not very much, though.
On the whole I'm happy with it. There is zero documentation in the code itself, which is unforgivable, but the actual functionality is excellent.
You can download it all from http://www.OpenCart.com.
Cheers
Steve

There's also zencart and oscommerce.

Drop Tom (Wizer) also at thewoodhaven who is doing a bit of an offer on websites at the moment.

HIH

Dibs

 

[Jensmith]

The one I'm using is by CoffeeCup
http://www.coffeecup.com/shopping-cart-pro/

It does the job I need it to do and it integrates with paypal so makes it a bit easier for taking payment.

 

[marcros]

I created one for my business using Rapidweaver on my mac, and using Google Checkout. It is reasonable for what I want it for, rates well on Google, and cost about £100 all in for the software, theme and plugins.

 

[Russell]

Your problem will be PCI compliance for credit cards its a security head ache to do it your self and be fully compliant. I use shopfactory lots of options its fully customisable and very flexible

 

[Dibs-h]

Your problem will be PCI compliance for credit cards its a security head ache to do it your self and be fully compliant. I use shopfactory lots of options its fully customisable and very flexible

Russell

On the whole you don't need to be PCI compliant if you are using a Gateway - used to Protx but now SagePay I think. IIRC - the gateway takes care of such matters as you don't store details (well if you've got an sense).

Dibs

 

[Jensmith]

That's why I'm using one with Paypal integration as as least people can pay with a credit card and I don't have to worry. Have to pay the fees of course but it's much safer and easier using a seperate checkout system.

 

[loz]

Guys,

What are the tax implications of adding a shopping cart to a website ??

 

[Russell]

Your problem will be PCI compliance for credit cards its a security head ache to do it your self and be fully compliant. I use shopfactory lots of options its fully customisable and very flexible

Russell

On the whole you don't need to be PCI compliant if you are using a Gateway - used to Protx but now SagePay I think. IIRC - the gateway takes care of such matters as you don't store details (well if you've got an sense).

Dibs

My credit card provider still require PCI compliance, I use globe charge as a gateway as part of shop factory they are required to be PCI compliant, I also have a annual audit by my card provider who have also done a site inspection to check on instore PCI procedures which was unannounced. if I dont pass these I am charged more in card fees

 

[Dibs-h]

My credit card provider still require PCI compliance, I use globe charge as a gateway as part of shop factory they are required to be PCI compliant, I also have a annual audit by my card provider who have also done a site inspection to check on instore PCI procedures which was unannounced. if I dont pass these I am charged more in card fees

Just had a quick read up on the PCI's website and it would appear that most of the larger "apps" would normally be compliant as most of the modules I've seen for the likes of VirtueMart\Zen Cart\OsCommerce redirect you to a secure https page for your Gateway.

But your point is important nonetheless - dealing with CC's need to be vigilant and on the ball as ignorance is no defence and could mean being refused an Internet Merchant Account in the future.

Out of curiosity how does Globe Charge compare with other gateways? The following is a little old but certainly useful for comparing gateways - http://www.merchantaccountcomparison.co ... views.html (the links on the side didn't work for me - they're all at the bottom). If you don't mind me asking - I assume your Internet Mechant Account is from your own bank?

Cheers

Dibs

 

[Anonymous]

http://www.ekmsystems.co.uk/

i used these guys a few years ago, seemed quite sweet to set up, however if i were to do it again i would most definitely pay someone to do it.

 

[mickthetree]

Hi Whacky

I've setup numerous ecommerce website for my customers. I prefer opencart for small sites and Magento for the larger sites like the one I'm working on at the moment (25K+ products 3k+ customers).

If you have no experience of setting these things up, either pay for someone to do this for you, or even try something like Mr Site. I have to say I've been quite impressed by the coding quality one some of their sites I've seen recently. Some of their default templates look pretty good out of the box as well.

PCI compliance is as much to do with the hosting company you use as the payment gateway you choose. Again, pay someone to sort this out for you, but do question their experience in doing so as ignorance is no excuse as far as the banks are concerned.

If you have some specific questions feel free to PM me.

Good luck.

Paul

 

[Steel City Man]

If you use a payment gateway which deals with the actual card processing (paypal, worldpay etc), then as long as they are PCI compliant, you will be okay. If you have a merchant account and use a third party like Secure Trading or Sagepay, to handle the card data, you'll generally be considered level 4 PCI, so will still have to complete a PCI self assessment, but this is really just a case of ticking a few boxes on a form. Your merchant provider will send this form to you each year and you can either spend 5 minutes completing it yourself, or pay a 'specialist' to do it for you. But it's really just questions like 'do you have a data retention policy', 'do you limit access to your customer data', etc - if you use a third party payment gateway, it's no big deal, and you can fill it in yourself no sweat. But if you only use Paypal, then you won't even get this, no one ever asks, because they know you never get to handle the customer card details.

The only big deal is when you decide to process the card data yourself, so the easiest option is to just use third parties.

What are the tax implications of adding a shopping cart to a website ??

Same as the implications of earning money anywhere else. If you earn money from your web site, you pay tax on any profit.