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[craftystylez]

http://www.venda.com/

Hi, I am fairly new to this site and want to start up my own site, selling designer clothes.

I have been selling on ebay with some success, but fees are too high and I would like to own my own site.

I have come across venda, as many major companies use them.

So does anyone have any experience or views on venda?

[Pete]

I'd just guess you need quite deep pockets. Just a guess, but not something I'd recommend to most forum members.

If you'd like something affordable, I'll be glad to offer some suggestions. About 70 or so forum members have their shopping cart sites with me, and I specialize in holding the hands on people just starting with their online shops.

Feel free to PM me, if interested. I don't like to push myself on others, but I'm there if you want some help and advice.

[craftystylez]

Originally Posted by Pete

I'd just guess you need quite deep pockets. Just a guess, but not something I'd recommend to most forum members.

The price says its only £49.99. And no extra fees no matter how much you sell.

http://shop.venda.com/engine/shop/page/Pricing

They made www.republic.co.uk and this is a site I like, and would like my site to look like.


How much would you charge for something similar?

[Pete]

I'd think that is per month. I could give you a cart for a 10th of that monthly.

Just depends on what you want and need.

The looks are only skin deep. That "skin" or "template" would cost a bit, but the underlying cart would not.

[wholesaleguru87]

as pete ha said, the looks are from the design/template. the cart underneath the design is what you want to choose to suit your needs.

[craftystylez]

Yea it is per month. I am willing to pay a fair bit, as with ebay my fees this month were £60.00

In the cart you create, what sorts of things could I do with it and which payment methods are accepted?

Do you take a fee per transaction?


And finally you said the template/skin would cost a lot, but do you know where I could find it, or someone who could design it for me.

Thanks

[superlicious]

Hi there, you shouldn't compare ebays traffic and fees paid to the costs of your own site. Imagine it would cost significantly more initially to generate the traffic via ebay to your own store when starting out as you won't have the brandname or traffic coming to your own site. I recommend running the two sites together, ie ebay and the own website, weaning people over to your site as you collect data

[Pete]

Originally Posted by craftystylez

Yea it is per month. I am willing to pay a fair bit, as with ebay my fees this month were £60.00

In the cart you create, what sorts of things could I do with it and which payment methods are accepted?

Do you take a fee per transaction?


And finally you said the template/skin would cost a lot, but do you know where I could find it, or someone who could design it for me.

Thanks

You can do virtually anything you want to do. It's really more like you telling me what you want to do, then gearing a cart to achieve your ends. You can play music in the background, although I advise against it. You can have downloadable files of music, text or video. You can add unlimited products in unlimited categories and sub-categories. Again, what do you want to do?

Depending on the cart chosen, up to 40 or so payment processors. All take PayPal, many take GooglePay, all take various standard merchant accounts, as well a many other PayPal types, Moneybookers and more.

Here is one list I just copied - * 2Checkout
* Authorize AIM
* Manual Encrypted Credit Card Capture
* CCNow
* ChronoPay
* Nochex APC
* PayJunction
* PayOffline
* PayPal IPN
* Print Order Form
* SagePay (VPS Form)
* psiGate
* WorldPay Junior
* MoneyBookers
* G2S ††
* iTransact †
* SecureHosting †
* eWay †
* viaKlix †
* HSBC †
* VirtualMerchant (Nova Networks) †
* BluePay †
* RealPay †
* IcePay †
* NAB - National Australia Bank †
* Total Web Solutions ††
* Camtech †
* Planetauthorize †
* SECPay / PayPoint †
* Google Checkout
* PayPal Website Payments Pro US (Certified Integration)
* PayPal Website Payments Pro UK (Certified Integration)

I do not take a fee per transaction, but the processors do.

There are a number of designers available. Many specialize in one specific type cart, others can be more general. And prices are all over. You can get existing templates from for free to a couple of hundred dollars, custom templates may run $500 or so.

The site you link to is a highly developed site and frankly, from the very basic questions you are asking, I would suggest you start with something not quite so involved. Few businesses start with something like that their first day online, that is something that evolves over time as their online business thrives and they become more internet savvy.

However, if you have the budget for it, you can have one now.

[King-Tees]

Venda may be too complicated for starting out with. We offer affordable web design for new start ups. The cart is very simple to use, (if the cart doesn't have the features your looking for, we can look at a different one). If interested drop me a PM.

[Pete]

Or, better yet, keep asking here. There are many on the forum who may be willing to join the thread and offer some suggestions.