false 77329 html_restricted <p>Hi</p><p>You could try an off the self hosted solution such as Blue Park (www.bluepark.co.uk) which offers a template driven e-commerce website. I have one for a personal project (www.thetoyforest.co.uk) all you need is a design and someone to convert the design in to the templates through the online configuration.</p><p>There are a number of other solutions available, don't forget you will need a payment gateway provider, even if it is PayPal or you could use something like SagePay (www.sagepay.com) where you can also find a list of suppliers of either cart software or ecommerce solutions.</p><p>It would make sense to try an off the shelf package first before spending large budgets on a bespoke solution.</p><p>Finally a word about Amazon, make sure you factor in all of the fees (which are a % of the selling price including postage) as this can work out to be a very expensive way to gain sales in terms of cost per order compared to other acquisition strategies</p> <p>Nic</p> <p>Hi<br /><br />You could try an off the self hosted solution such as Blue Park (www.bluepark.co.uk) which offers a template driven e-commerce website. I have one for a personal project (www.thetoyforest.co.uk) all you need is a design and someone to convert the design in to the templates through the online configuration.<br /><br />There are a number of other solutions available, don't forget you will need a payment gateway provider, even if it is PayPal or you could use something like SagePay (www.sagepay.com) where you can also find a list of suppliers of either cart software or ecommerce solutions.<br /><br />It would make sense to try an off the shelf package first before spending large budgets on a bespoke solution.<br /><br />Finally a word about Amazon, make sure you factor in all of the fees (which are a % of the selling price including postage) as this can work out to be a very expensive way to gain sales in terms of cost per order compared to other acquisition strategies</p> <p>Nic</p> 2009-07-07T12:23:23+01:00 true 3428 11689 2009-07-07T12:23:23+01:00 212.159.89.71