Setting up a Merchant account & shopping cart

[claywalsh]

Like many of you I currently accept paypal payments & make bank doing so. But of course its stupid to have no backups in place so I'm getting a merchant account setup now....everybody knows paypal can pull the plug at any time, for any reason.

So I'm just looking into shopping carts. Found "ultracart.com" which looks good...costs $50\month though. Considering I only sell a few items on the site and don't need anything fancy just looking for some feedback on any (cheaper) alternatives...seems like something which shouldn't cost money every month?

Obviously $50\month is nothing. But If I could pay nothing and just download a script somewhere and pay someone on here to configure it a bit I'd be saving $600\year.

Don't mind paid options either just looking for feedback from anyone who has a merchant account or shopping cart on their site.


peace

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[bizzykehl]

hey man feel free to shoot me a pm if you have questions about carts/mids etc. it can be a headache without a little guidance.

 

[behnk01]

Hey man, I'd go with eonlinedata, they're part of powerpay and are BBB A rated and also accept many merchants without scrutiny. If you're looking for something great to start on checkout shopify, volusion, bigcommerce, cscart, ultracart. For a nice large scalable cart, get magento.

 

[(O_o)]

check out Authorize.net for a merchant.

 

[rawservices]

@claywalsh: i use authorize.net, pretty good so far!

i am looking for a shopping cart with integrated affiliate tracking software, tough search so far.

 

[jelf]

magento?

 

[danej]

magento is a good open source e-commerce solution (magentocommerce.com). just go down to your local bank for a merchant account. at wells fargo, you can talk them out of the $99 setup, and for an e-commerce store would be around 1.9% interchange. authorize.net is a good gateway for $20/month, and it's easy to integrate with

 

[chief]

Yeah, I've heard and seen great things with Magento. Easy implementation too.

 

[vinnythejinny]

just wondering if we can use our own merchant gateway on magento or have to use one of those supported by them, i believe they support authorize.net and paypal. anyone knows or using it with a other payment gateways?

 

[ShalaMedia]

theres loads of shopping carts out there that have what you want. browse through here (Shopping Carts | The Best Ecommerce Solutions | Shopping Cart Reviews, Shopping Cart Comparison Charts, and More!) and see what looks good.