e-commerce questions

[NONO123]

Here I am again with more questions :D

I am starting a business for my small business managment class. I would like to sell my product online.

I just do not know how to do that.

is there a way of doing that with out costing me anything (already paying too much to go to school)? :(

and could you tell me what steps do i have to take to get my project going.

[OZGRESSION]

try http://www.oscommerce.com for a free shopping cart system... thats all i really know about e-commerce. unless u want to use paypal.

cheers...

[KWJams]

If all you are selling is one product you can probably get by without a lot of the bell and whistles of an full E-commerce site.

Register a domain, design a website showcasing your product and get hosting.

Right there you are looking at about $50.00 or less US Funds

Free servers will not convey trust with your customers.

From there it becomes all about advertising your site and product.

Get listed with search engines--exchange links and banners ---build traffic.

You can build the trickest website and offer the greatest product in the world since sliced bread but if it is hidden away in the basement who will see it?

If it is just one product you can start with sales made by cashier checks or money orders. But would you send a cashier check to a business in Nigeria if you were the buyer? Or would you ship product before payment is made?

Building trust and having trust is the biggest hurdle you will need to overcome without investing in paypal or other secure ways of doing business.

[OZGRESSION]

Paypal doesnt cost anything to "set up". However there is a 30c AND 2.9% fee for each transaction (receiving cash that is ;))

cheers...

[KWJams]

I was referring to free servers like geocities--angelfire etc. :)

[NONO123]

thanks guys

you cleared a lot :)

[FunkyJ]

If you're new,

I would suggest you to go with store.yahoo.com , all in one package and you don't have to worry about anything.

You can use that as a starting point and then move to your own merchant account / web hosting account.