Small E-commerce Solution

Discussion in 'Web Hosting' started by rtyhgn85, Apr 21, 2011.

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    Being an existing Linux Bronze shared hosting client, my friend is looking forward to open up a small e-commerce online store, hence, been looking at the available hosting options and wondering which one will be best suitable for him. He has been thinking about setting up similar to start with... do you know which option would be a good choice just to launch a small e-commerce site.

    Many thanks
     
    rtyhgn85, Apr 21, 2011 IP
  2. EyreWales

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    Yahoo!has two great types of business hosting packages to meet your needs:Yahoo! Small Business Hostingmakes it easy for you to plan and build a Web site for your business. Choose from different packages to suit your needs. A home business venture can get launched with the $9.95/month hosting starter package with MySQL, Perl, SSL.Yahoo! Web Hosting - Save 35% off for the first 3 months
    Ecommerce packagesstarting at $39.95 are ready to implement PayPal credit card processing, with merchant account, product catalogue, shopping cart software, and order export to UPS Shipping.Create your own pages or use the Yahoo! SiteBuilder with over 300 customizable templates to design a great looking site. Visit Yahoo and try out their demo for free.
     
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    Yahoo!has two great types of business hosting packages to meet your needs:Yahoo! Small Business Hostingmakes it easy for you to plan and build a Web site for your business. Choose from different packages to suit your needs. A home business venture can get launched with the $9.95/month hosting starter package with MySQL, Perl, SSL.Yahoo! Web Hosting - Save 35% off for the first 3 months
    Ecommerce packagesstarting at $39.95 are ready to implement PayPal credit card processing, with merchant account, product catalogue, shopping cart software, and order export to UPS Shipping.Create your own pages or use the Yahoo! SiteBuilder with over 300 customizable templates to design a great looking site. Visit Yahoo and try out their demo for free.
     
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  4. VinCme

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    I will suggest your friend to look for a specialized hosting, like magento specialized hosting or prestashop specialized hosting (depending on what script does he use). Because the server should have been pre-optimized specifically for that script. (and yes it really matters in terms of performance)

    this is an example : http://www.artio.net/internet-services/magento-hosting
     
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    Agreed, specialized solutions are better fit for your demands. I suggest leveltenhosting services to try
     
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    I will suggest hostagator business hosting. and for online shopping store my suggestion is Opencart cms for online store, open cart is very easy to configure. during configuration your 90% requirement is fulfilled.
     
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    I suppose that time-tested and trusted magento optimized web hosting provider will meet your expectations.
     
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    It takes a lot to get any small business going, and choosing the right eCommerce software package is just one of many steps.
     
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    If your friend is serious, then go for prestashop and get a bluehost hosting. Thats what I did and it's the best. No issues till now. Working fine.
     
    mrayan89, Apr 24, 2011 IP
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    I also heard some positive on leveltenhosting.com that is specialized in providing stable e-commerce solutions, try them
     
    ruzler, Apr 28, 2011 IP
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    You should check what Volusion offers. Here's one review that says it can be a safe bet. ecommerce-software-review[dot]toptenreviews[dot]com/volusion-review[dot]html
     
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    I use bluehost hosting and prestashop. Works good and not so expensive
     
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    We recommend PrestaShop - apart from being highly user friendly and easy to customise - it's scripts place less demand on the server than many other similar featured shopping carts.
     
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