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Do you have a product(s) that you want to sell national or global audience? For small business this may seem like a daunting goal to accomplish. You may have tried Ebay, Etsy, or maybe just an message on your site to tell your interested customers to phone to order. While these ways may work for some, they are by far less profitable then having your own store where you can receive payments directly. Using the sites aforementioned you will incur commission and listing fees for each item. If you connect it with a PayPal account you will also be charged another processing fee. No matter which road you choose to travel in selling your products you will have to pay someone somewhere down the line for promoting and processing, the goal here should be to minimize these profit eating fees.

I personally use PayPal for most internet transactions and I am quite happy with the service I receive. The fees are about as much as a typical credit card processor and going through their service provides me the access to receive all sorts of credit cards and other payment methods without having to do much besides check my email to see if the item was paid for. If you already have a way to process credit cards you can bypass using PayPal or other online services, but this requires a bit more interaction between you and your other service. So bottom line is PayPal is what I recommend to my readers and customers.

As for creating an e-store, there are several options. I have used Zen-Cart and VirtueMart, both provide a business with free software and the ability to customize the look to your liking. I have set up the store on this site by installing VirtueMart and provide this as an active demonstration of how you can have an informative site along with products and services available for purchase.

If you are interested in setting up an e-commerce store and would like to discuss what your best options are please contact me and I will go over what may be your best choice.