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07-09-2009, 12:11 PM #1Newbie
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Good UK Host for E-Commerce?
Hi,
Im setting up my first online shop - selling shoes, and am wondering about the best UK webhost for e-commerce? Hosts Ive looked at so far include:
Daily - http://www.daily.co.uk/products/onli...ing/index.html - £8.99/month
UK2 - http://www.uk2.net/ecommerce/ - £10.95/month
Venda - http://shop.venda.com/engine/shop/pa...tarted/Pricing - £49.99/month
They all seem to offer similar features, but the prices are vastly different - has anyone had experience using any of these?
I would use the included 'shop builder' to set up the checkout and layout, so its easy to add new items etc. Though would still like to fully customise the style of the site with HTML/CSS.
Ideally, I would like users to be able to organise products by sub-categories. Like on some clothing stores, where you can browse by Size, Colour, Price, and Brand etc as shown below:
http://i26.tinypic.com/zl9rpe.jpg
How could I achieve this - do I need a more advanced template?
Thanks for any advice! Steve.
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07-09-2009, 12:15 PM #2Standard Nerd
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Are you looking for a provider who specialises in E-Commerce websites? If they have Fantastico you can install a 'Shopping Cart' software, where you can add many different products etc.
There are quite a few different shopping carts you can get, have you looked into any of them?
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07-09-2009, 12:34 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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Any PHP/MySQL host will allow you to install a shopping cart script. Some of the more popular ones are zen-cart, oscommerce and cubecart.
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07-09-2009, 12:56 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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UK2.net summer offer : E-commerce Starter £2 /month - only 39 left!
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07-09-2009, 01:18 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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As you want quite an advanced e-commerce solution, although it's not in the UK I'd suggest shopify.
I haven't used any of the above's sitebuilders, so couldn't comment.Data Republic - UK Managed Servers - Server Management - Managed Backup/R1Soft
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07-09-2009, 07:07 PM #6Disabled
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If you are looking for an advanced "turnkey" solution then you may want to checkout 1ShoppingCart.
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07-10-2009, 07:05 AM #7Newbie
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Thanks for all the fast replies.
It seems separate cart software is the way to go. Ive had a look at the ones you mention - CubeCart appears to be the best for what I am trying to do, though still not sure how I could filter items by sub-categories as in the picture above?
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07-10-2009, 07:12 AM #8Standard Nerd
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07-10-2009, 07:38 AM #9Newbie
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Ok, thanks for the info. Ive made another thread in the Ecommerce section of the forums to enquire about the best cart software for a clothing store (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showth...91#post6279891).
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07-10-2009, 07:08 AM #10New Member
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Totalhost.com is always good to find what you're looking fdor in emcommerce.
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07-10-2009, 07:12 AM #11New Member
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Markettownhost is always another one which is great and isn't used very often so has good bandwidth
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07-10-2009, 08:37 AM #12Junior Guru
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I suggest you to take a look at webhost.uk.net. They offer various shopping carts with their shared and reseller hosting and ssl certificates as well. I have been using them for last few months and have found their network and servers to be fantastic so far.
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07-10-2009, 08:44 AM #13Web Hosting Master
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Seeing as your going for a standalone solution now, has that affected the budget for hosting?
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07-10-2009, 08:50 AM #14WHT Addict
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maybe try http://www.zlio.com/ they also offer customised sets
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