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Hi George,

I`m a web designer / web developer. I always try my best to work within my client`s budget. Please let me know if you`re interested. Here are the online stores that I`ve done:

Thea

 

Thea,

Can you take a look at my website? The address is www.equanimityskincare.com .  I am really looking for someone to do mainteneance at this point and then create another website that is more user friendly. I would be interested in speaking with you. You can always email me at admin@equanimityskincare.com

I have a website designer/ maintenence that is so expensive he has my hands tied.

Thanks,

M

If you`re looking for an economical solution, check out Shopify. It`s a relatively new, user friendly application that`s built by some really skilled developers. It`s a great piece of software.

If you`re looking for a custom solution, drop me an email. I helped build the engine for www.frightcatalog.com - one of the leading online, Halloween Retailers.


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Dan Pickett
Principal
Enlight Solutions, Inc.

www.enlightsolutions.com
www.twitter.com/dpickett

Hi George,

We have a lot of experience in building various types of websites (static, dynamic, ecommerce, etc) in whatever language is preferred. If you are interested in discussing further, drop me an email.

For economical solutions, I would consider going with OScommerce or ZenCart which are open source ecommerce solutions that many web hosting companies support. Its a pretty easy install and setup, using the default template. Just remember to discuss with your hosting company the cost of adding in SSL Certificates.  An advantage of using one of the open source packages is that there is a solid community backing, many templates and other code available to allow for customization and flexibility for future development.

Any questions, please let me know. Good Luck!

Brandon


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Brandon Eng, Owner, Lead Studios

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Hello George,

What do you sell through Amazon.com?

Hi Linuxuser,

I pretty much have stuck to selling toys for children. I am looking at expanding the line of products in my inventory.

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George Sanchez
Boomerang Max
boomerangmax@gmail.com
Houston, Tx

Hi Brandon,

I would need some advice as to what type of website (you mentioned static, dynamic...I`m not sure what the benefits or cons are). I would also prefer it in English for the time being.

I have actually taken a look at the oscommerce software but I`m a little lost in programming aspect of it. I would definately not mind using it. I would be very apreciated if we have a little pow wow on this further. Thanks for your consideration.

George

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George Sanchez
Boomerang Max
boomerangmax@gmail.com
Houston, Tx

If you are still looking for help building an e-commerce site let me know. I might be able to help you. My company specializes in starting up internet e-commerce companies and have developed a pretty effective strategy for marketing them. I`ve built over 30 successful e-commerce sites.

Here are a couple of examples:

distinctgiftbaskets.com
petsalley.com
massage-classifieds.com
kidsfirstinternet.org
solarhome.org

Hi George,

For an ecommerce website, you are looking at a "dyanmic" website. Basically, the information is driven from a database so it can be changed on the fly by changing values on the database rather than forced to edit the webpage, and upload the chagnes to the server. Hence the name "dynamic".  Static webpages are basic web sites that rely on basic html and basically comprise images and text.

For something like oscommerce (zen cart is another), does require some programming. Many web hosting companies provide support for them and you can use "fantasico installer". 

You might be able to get away with the default installation and use their web interface to configure and setup your store but usually you want to customize things to cater to your business. That`s where it can be a little tricky if you have never done it before.

I might be speaking a little technical here but feel free to drop me an email/message if you want to talk some more

- Brandon

-Brandon





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Brandon Eng, Owner, Lead Studios

Play sports? Find other Toronto players @ www.sportaholik.com

I have used Joomla and PHP applications to setup e-commerce Web sites.  Also, do a little research about how to best plan and implement an e-commerce operation.  I`ll save you the searching headache, with this great article for planning e-commerce planning e-commerce.  Let me know how it goes.