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Setting up an online store for your wholesale business in less than a day

Before we get to discuss the procedure of setting up an online store in less than a day, let me make it clear that this post mainly discusses the technical aspects of setting up an online store, while assuming that you’ve already done the homework (which includes determining your target market, choosing the right products, and signing up http://www.elesclothing.co.uk/ ). Just because it is possible to set up an online store in less than a day doesn’t mean you should skip the ever-so-important drill of research and planning. Also note that if you are totally new to World Wide Web, setting up an online store will probably take more than a daytime. There’s no rush though, because even if the bits and bytes store takes more than a daytime in starting off, it’s still nothing compared to the time and cost associated with a brick and mortar store.

Creating a Website:
You can get free or premium web templates quite easily from the net. Most of them are ready-to-use templates, and all you need is to insert your company information, product images, descriptions, prices, and your terms and conditions. However, to use these templates, one needs to have the knowledge of how HTML and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) works.
Another, easier alternative is to use the scripts or content management systems like WordPress (Yes, WordPress can be used even for setting up an online store), Drupal, or Joomla. When picking out one from the aforementioned scripts, you need to consider factors like cost (most of these scripts are free in any case), customizable themes, plugins, and support. Most of these scripts are quite user friendly and it shouldn’t take you long before you get familiar with the settings.
Installing a Shopping Cart:
Some eCommerce scripts come with a built-in shopping cart, and most of these programs are hosted on the provider’s server, which means you don’t need to install anything on your website.  But if you are using CMS like WordPress or Joomla (or running a simple HTML based website) you’ll have to install a shopping cart to be able to sell. For this purpose you can search for the various plugins and applications available on the internet. Just like the Content Management System, most of these plugins and applications are free and ready-to-use, all you need to do is to follow the instructions, and you would have set-up a fully functional online store in matter of hours. Wikipedia provides a great comparison of various shopping cart software available on the net and is a great place to start with in determining which software will suit your needs.
Accepting online payments:
Having an online store for your trading business means you need to be able to accept online payments, and to accept online payments, you must have the option of accepting payments via credit cards. You’ve got couple of options to pull this off, to start with you can sign up with a payment gateway service, use third party payment processors, or get a merchant account of your own. However, for starters, signing up with a third party payment processors like PayPal is probably the best option. Other popular payment gateways in UK are Nochex, 2Checkout, Worldpay – World Direct, and PPPay. Most of these payment providers don’t require extensive documentation and setting-up an account with them and integrating them with your shopping cart is a fairly easy process.