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Sell Online Quickly & Easily WITHOUT BREAKING the Bank!

Selling online used to be expensive and a big step for anyone to take. But not anymore!

A number of new easy do-it-yourself store building solutions have proven that anyone can build an online store with full ecommerce - with no programming whatsoever - for only a few dollars a month.

The reviews were conducted by Mr. Kevin Bunnet, a website usability professional who helps new, small and medium sized businesses start selling online.

All online store builders were rated and compared on ease of use, professionalism, usability and power. Mr. Bunnet was not paid for this review nor does he hold a vested interest in any company reviewed.



Free Trial:
Yes, Click Here to try.

URL: www.shoppingcartsplus.com

Guarantee: Yes, 30 Day

Example Website:

Example Layouts & Checkout:



Best Do-It-Yourself Store Builder

Name: ShoppingcartsPlus.com

Forget everything you have ever thought about do-it-yourself store builders. ShoppingcartsPlus.com gives you the ability to build your own full-featured store, with all the bells and whistles you expect to see on the big sites for only $24.98 a month.

The web store building interface is extremely easy to use and you'll soon be adding text, images and pages to your store with ease.

It was a delight to see that getting a store online took less than than five minutes.

All you have to do is pick the look, pages and name you want for your website. Once you click the "Build Site" button the rest is done for you.

Highlights:

• Affordable for any budget.

• Easy 5 minute setup and instant activation.

• No programming or design knowledge required.

• Great free online support and "How To" guides.

• Great value. You start with the ability to have 100 catalogs and 1000 products.

Feature for feature nothing comes close to the value that ShoppingcartsPlus.com gives you. What comes standard here usually costs between $20-$100+ more with other builders. Some of the features include:

• 1000+ Products with Pictures
• E-commerce
• Privacy & Security Certificates
• Merchant ID's
• PayPal Integration
• Real Time Sales Processing
• Offline Sales Processing
• Guarantee
• Sales DataBase
• Customer Comments
• Product Catalogues - 3
• Guest Book
• Links Pages
• Frequently Asked Question Pages
• Online Surveys / Polls
• Hours of Operation
• Multimedia Pages
• Calendar Pages
• Quotes & Testimonial Pages
• Articles Pages
• Press Release Pages

• Email Sales Notification
• 500 Additional Site Pictures
• Shipping Calculator
• Tax Calculator
• 100 Page Full Featured Website
• Auto Responders
• Newsletters
• Refer-A-Friend
• Image Gallery / Photo Album
• Business Email
• Your Own Domain Name/URL
• Easy Editing & Updates
• 1000 Royalty Free Images
• Maps
• Coupons
• Message Boards
• Customer Feedback Forms
• Customer Database
• Password Protected Pages
• Free Online Support
• Free Merchant ID (oac)

It's safe to say if you tried to get a ShoppingcartsPlus.com website copied by a designer you would easily pay $15,000+ (plus hosting) for the same power they offer you for $24.95/mo.

ShoppingcartsPlus.com is perfect for anyone that does not want to spend thousands of dollars for a web store for their business. It is not recommended for large companies as those companies will have their own IT department that will most likely want to do it themselves.

If you need an online store ShoppingcartsPlus.com is your best bet. You just have to give their free trial a try.


Honorable Mentions Name: Yahoo.Store

Yahoo's Y!Store has been around for years and is one of the early store building tools on the internet.

Y!Store has a strong shopping cart but the other site features that also come with the store are not as powerful as others.

Y!Store is a bit pricey at $49.95 a month plus another 10 cents per product. This means if you grew your business to inventory 500 items (which is surprisingly not hard to do) the website will cost you around $150 a month. Y!Store also takes another 2.5% of every sale you make.

If you know how to program in HTML and take advantage of Y!Store's templates you should be able to build a store that will work well for your business.

Free Trial:
Yes, Click Here to try.

URL:
yahoo.store.com
Guarantee:
Yes, 30 Day

Honorable Mentions Name: BigStep

BigStep was probably the first big true online store builder on the internet and should be given credit for being the first to make an online store affordable for the average business.

When you first get a store with BigStep, you typically start in a "starter" store at low cost. By the time you add all the features and functionality you need you will find the cost of a BigStep site quickly rising to about $40-$79 a month.

One of the nice things you get with BigStep, and any of the builders in this review for that matter, is the peace of mind knowing that they will be around for some time to come.

Unfortunately due to BigStep's early success it looks like they are burdened with technology that has been slow to keep up with other store builders. Most example stores profiled on their site can be considered "boxy" and one would need to know HTML to make them look presentable.

Free Trial:
Yes, Click Here to try.

URL:
www.bigstep.com
Guarantee:
Yes, 30 Day

Other worthy considerations

CityMax.com - Probably the best easy online business website maker on the net. Includes full shopping cart and ecommerce functionality.

Homestead - Another internet Pioneer. Mostly used for personal websites and general business presence sites. Can add ecommerce to any site for an additional fee.

eBayStore - If your sole purpose is to sell through eBay, then an eBay store is a great choice. Do not see many businesses using eBay store outside of the eBay community.

OwnSpot - A new technology that is easier to use and shows good future potential. Being new the membership would be smaller and therefore one may have concerns about their financial stability. Busines packages range between $20-$79/mo. Other than that the builder is a joy to use.


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