Saturday, March 9, 2013

Help building ecommerce site - UK Business Forums

I think your best option would be to hire a web developer to set up something for you and to support you later on. It sounds like you want someone to hold your hand and guide you through it so an independent developer may be better for you than an agency the only downside is if the independent dissapears you will need to find a replacement.

The one click installs on your hosting are just the beginning but pretty simple to do and quite standard on many hosting solutions. I would leave it where it is for now and see how it performs once your site is up there as that is the main reason to move hosting providers not for the scripts they offer. I would also not look to hire web development from your hosting provider, many don't offer this service anyway but their core business is hosting and running servers not web development and ebusiness so even if you do find one that offers this service you may find it is poor in comparison. There will be exceptions this of course but whether you will be able to spot them without experience is difficult.

Many people will jump on and recommend all kinds of ecommerce platforms for you every developer has their favourite system but of course it depends on what you want to sell and how you want to sell it. Mine is woo commerce as the flexibility and freedom it offers to help improve traffic to conversion is fab.

It is built on wordpress which will be in your list of scripts and you add it as a plugin, its free. However you may need someone to help you with updates in the future and setting it up.

If I was you I would stay away from magento if you don't have budget, it is a great system out of the box but it can be very expensive down the line to get developers to adapt. Most of my geek collegues have moved from magento to woo after I recommended it and have never looked back.
Prestashop is good as a base but limited (in comparison) in features that can be added as your business grows.

Hope this helps

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