Merchant software

[antoniosun-N9AOi2cAC9ZBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org]

> Madison Kelly wrote:
>>
>>   A friend has started a small, at home business selling customized
>> children's books. Basically, he needs a merchant app that can take a
>> customer's billing, shipping and a couple custom fields. Specifically,
>> the names of the child and their friends/family to work into the story.
>>
>>
> I was involved in a similar situation for a small cultural
> not-for-profit that was looking for a way to market its memberships and
> merchandise on-line. . . Your friend should expect to increase his
product's
> price by $5.00 to cover the Pay Pal and credit card process fees.
> http://www.paypal.ca/ca/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_home
>
> Another possible solution is a complete on-line hosted operation like
> GoECart. There are a couple of downsides though. At approximately
> $3000.00/yr its pricey for a micro business and it's automated data feed
> requires Quick Books which means added start up costs of Cross Over
> Office and a Quick Books license.
> http://www.goecart.com/shopping_cart_software_price.asp
>
> Sorry that I couldn't be more helpful, it's just that there's not much
> available that caters to the micro-business market place.

Or, if you want to save more on the on-going overhead, custom build a web
site of your own using osCommerce. The osCommerce is free, and your
customer can choose from paying by credit card directly, or $5 more with
Pay Pal.

I custom built such osCommerce site for my client several years ago.

Antonio




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