What is involved in setting up an online shopping website?

Answer by  glwalker (6)

Domain Name, Secure & Reliable Hosting, Shopping Cart Software, SSL Certificate, Merchant Account, Experienced Webmaster or Advisor, Advertising Budget, Visible Contact Methods and Great Customer Service.

Answer by  bmac (24)

The first step is getting a platform to develop the website. Yahoo Shopping allows you to quickly set up a site that is ecommerced enabled. There are other sites like shopitron and shopifi that are ecommerce platforms as well.

Answer by  rannit (91)

The first thing is to research and find out what your options are. This can be done online by going to BuildYourSite. com, GoDaddy. com, TipTopWebsite. com and Web. com/Websites. Find the one that is best suited for your needs.

Answer by  technogeek (6640)

Other than finding web hosting and a web address, you will need to find a site design the includes a shopping cart and some drop shippers for product.

Answer by  Ginger (376)

If you don't have a product to sell, consider drop shipping. Also a store front, webhosting and advertising such as pay per click are need to get started.