More and more, businesses are turning to the internet to sell their products. That is because more people are shopping online instead of traveling to the business itself. Having an online shopping cart system increases your sales potential considerably since you are catering to the entire world, rather than area customers.

Having an eCommerce website is not very difficult. Much like a CMS system, eCommerce systems are data-base driven and are controlled by a single template. eCommerce sites can be stand-alone shopping cart systems or, as in the case of Joomla, can be included as part of a larger website.

For stand-alone eCommerce systems, I highly recommend OSCommerce or ZenCart. Both are free shopping cart systems and are included with many web hosting services. For a shopping cart system that is part of a larger site, I suggest the VirtueMart component for Joomla CMS.

These eCommerce systems are highly configurable, offer a reasonably easy way to add or delete products, and can be set up to accept certain forms of payment and offer certain forms of shipping. The systems also create and store customer information and purchase information for shipping and billing use.

When you feel it's time to get your business online, please contact me so we can discuss your options and find a solution that will be best suited for your business or service.

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