start a ecommerce website

I’ve implemented a few sites that have items that can be purchased through a shopping cart. Others I’ve simply created PayPal buttons that offer selections for products.

Yes I’ve been working on about 6 sites recently and half of them are looking for ecommerce rolled in. I’ve been going through version releases of Drupal and it is installing much better now. I think it is a matter of my getting comfortable with the interface and how to do what I want with it.

Hey do you guys want to actually build the website or do you want a business that is all about eCommerce and you can make a profit from it? My husband and I Have our own business. We’ve just started, but there are unlimited possiblities. If you’re interested in becoming financially free and interested in learning how… let me know!

It looks like I am not sure if this is something I want to do. I have been helping a few other people get up and running with this sort of thing.

Seems as soon as I started putting a focus into web development I got a bunch of people requesting time from me as a photographer. Since that has been paying activity I’m happy for it. So it looks like my personal challenge may slip a bit. Tomorrow I will be going to a technical job fair.

I’ve been learning Drupal (http://www.drupal.org) since January when I bought web hosting through Powweb. I’m an affiliate with a number of companies through Commission Junction and this looked to be the best solution.

What I love about this open source solution is that there’s no expense involved. I’m spending a bit of time learning how to plug modules together, entering codes to enable service, and then products. I should have a functioning site within a couple weeks. So I’m setting this as a personal challenge.

Drupal is a Content Management System (CMS) released in Jan 2001 from students in Antwerp. There are a lot of products in the CMS category of web solutions. Another CMS – Joomla (released 2005) which was spawned by Mambo (released 2000). I looked at Joomla and the ecommerce solutions listed were all pay products developed and marketed on the Joomla site. Joomla has a pretty interface – nice graphics and could be easier to manage.

Advantage of using a CMS to deliver ecommerce is you can build additional content which pulls people into your store. And you can allow your consumer to interact with your site, offering them ownership of selected content. When people own a stake in the place they are shopping they become loyal customers.

This is someting that I have done a bit of research about and I don’t know the target market but I have an idea of the products that I would love to sell.