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Shopping Carts, also known as “canned”: Some of the pros are lower cost, quicker time to market, and the efficiencies/convenience gained when you buy a package that handles payment gateway, fraud protection, SSL encryption, etc. Some of the cons are lack of control over look and feel, lack of control over the user experience, and more difficulties encountered with testing and optimization. The tradeoffs seem pretty straightforward, but a lot depends on the IT resources you have at your disposal.

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E-Commerce Express is free web service that makes it easy for anyone to sell online, either by creating an "Instant Storefront" (hosted by Mercantec) or by generating Snippets that are embedded into your existing website, blog, social network, auction, email, or other content.

There are numerous checkout/payment options that can be set-up, including First Data's LinkPoint gateway, Google Checkout, PayPal Express Checkout, and TrialPay. There are also several options for generating Snippets including Shopping Cart, Order Form, and BUY NOW Button.

E-Commerce Express is provided as an on-demand web service, so there's nothing to download or install and you can manage your store from anywhere.

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I've been exploring different online options since my friend James Armstrong and I created our own hosted ecommerce system almost a decade ago while running The Internet Mall. At this point, my recommendation would be for you to sign up for Paypal and use their shopping cart tool.

Paypal isn't ideal because of both the transaction fee percentage, which is higher than what you might get from your local business bank and because if your customers have a Paypal account but want to pay for your particular items with a credit card, they can't do so.

Nonetheless, using their tools, you could have your store online within an hour or two at most, and there'd be no monthly minimum, no maintenance fees, nothing. Just a slice of the transaction pie.

The very first step to get started is to Sign Up for a Paypal Merchant Account. (disclosure: I make a tiny commission if you click on that link and sign up rather than just going to the site directly. Thanks!)

Once you're signed up, go to the Merchant area, then click on Shopping Cart. It's a bit confusing, but you can specify state sales tax, different methods of calculating shipping (and remember that you should take into account postage, packaging costs, and your time), and various other bits and pieces.

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