starting an ebiz

I want to create a site on which I can sell clothing like t-shirts. I have basic html knowledge which i learnt from my blog. its very basic. someone menntioned Joomla and a shoping cart software. before i buy a domain and or host I really want the site done so I know im not wasiting money.

Can anyone help on best way to create site.

thanks in advance

 

where are you located, and what sort of help are you looking for??

creating a site.. optimization... development or anything else..

 

I own several sites that sell clothing. If you need any advise I can help.

I'm sure over the years I have made a heap of mistakes you may be heading for. So I'll be happy if you don't make them.....

PM me if you like.

 

thanks.

im in UK london im a student. Basically just wanted advise on software etc which would be good for a beginer to try and create a catalogue basecd website.

 

I think OSCommerce is the best option if you are looking for a total solution. It is easy to install and there are a lot of people who customize it for a living so you cna usually get a fairly unique site for very little money.

As far as the rest of the aspects of starting a business, you can take a look at my Business Tutorial for some more tips such as setting up the company legally (There is a UK section)

Good Luck!

 

OSCommerce is very good for making a shopping site. Although I think you will need a website designer to customize it for you as you don't have sound knowledge of PHP and databases it uses.
(Not very difficult if you want to learn it yourself.)

 

I agree with the Oscommerce suggestions. You may want to look at a better packeged Oscommerce spin-off like creloaded or xcart. But Oscommerce is probably the right direction.

 

Oscommerce is definitely a good choice of ecommerce package to go with. If you need any customisations done for your oscommerce site then let me know and I'll whip up a quote for you.

A lot of people like to be able to display more than 1 picture as pictures give a much needed boost to selling products.

 

What is your comfort level with the technical side of web design? If you know html and PHP/MySQL, then you can start of with free CMS packages such as Joomla or Xoops and alter the code to fit your needs. It's pretty hard to avoid having a generic site without some coding, but learning PHP is pretty simple even if you've never programmed.

 

Also I think OSCommerce is the best option ,easy to install and there are a lot of people who customize it and deals with it. You will find a lot help