[vox] hosting and e commerce

[Alex Mandel]

On 08/16/2010 12:19 PM, timriley at appahost.com wrote:
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [vox] hosting and e commerce
>> From: Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com>
>> Date: Mon, August 16, 2010 11:33 am
>> To: vox at lists.lugod.org
>>
>>
>> On 08/16/2010 09:26 AM, jimbo wrote:
>>> Greetings Lugod members:
>>>
>>> I just received my business license and now want to have my own piece of the internet real estate.
>>>
>>> Does anybody have any preference as to a web hosting company?  I am going to start off very small, almost microscopic so I don't need a lot of options.
>>>
> 
> <snip>
> 
>>
>> Look for a host that offers out of the box e-cart, or e-shopping
>> services and already has the infrastructure setup to take payment
>> information securely.
>>
>> There are actually quite a few out there running open source cart
>> applications for a reasonable price.
>> Things like opencart, zencart, magento, oscommerce.... (there's at least
>> 8 decent options last time I looked)
> 
> Could you expand on this? For example: opencart is software, yet you
> seem
> to know of a hosting company that has it available without having to
> install it.
> 
> <snip>
> 

Many hosting services offer pre-configured applications or one click
installs via something like CPanel as opposed to ssh only access.

For example
http://www.siteground.com/opencart-hosting.htm?referrerid=162365&gclid=CP-968HcvqMCFRX_iAod8Vd-bg
Will configure and support your opencart site as part of your hosting
cost, including SSL certs etc.

Pick your favorite cart software and then search for hosting +
nameofcart you'll probably find a similar deal.

Enjoy,
Alex