I am putting my Business online and was wondering whats a good site to use as my website builder?

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I make and sale Gift baskets for all occasions. Right now i use Vista Print. However i want to be able to have a shopping cart etc. One that links to my bank account would be great. I want an easy to use web builder. Im looking into shoppe pro. I want to keep my monthly cost around 14 and under. I pay 9 now. If anyone knows of anything and also looking for a site that offers free templates or cheap ones to make my site look great.

Thanks so much! Here is my site now. 
http://basketsoflove.vpweb.com/

Greg K · Accepted Answer

It sounds like you are looking for some basic web site functions;
- Catalog
- Price list
-Checkout process that takes credit cards & deposits to your bank account

Yahoo has a good small business offering.  But it's tied to additional services like domain hosting and email as well as the things listed above.  By bundling you might get a good deal.

There are point products for checkout like Google, which if you have the technical ability, you can integrate into your current site.

Another thing to look at is eBay.  Given the a la carte nature of the pricing it might be more expensive to use.

There are other less well known services out there.  And the pricing changes all the time.  Some research is probably worthwhile.  But be clear-eyed about how much technical expertise you have and the amount of time you want to spend on the geeky part of your business.

Good Luck

Anonymous · Answer

You should take a look at Office Live Small Business. It will provide you with web hosting, a template-based web site, a personalized domain (basketsoflove.com), company email addresses (yourname@basketsoflove.com), online support, and you can easily add PayPal to your site - http://ask.officelive.com/smallbusiness/media/p/13911.aspx

Also, since you own your site you can make changes whenever and as often as you like, so you can showcase a Basket-of-the-Month, or holiday basket displays.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,
Cassie
MSFT Office Live Outreach

? · Answer

Hi, we use Ebay and Amazon. Amazon takes around 20% and Ebay a little less. Amazon users are not so tight as Ebay users. The best way in my opinion is to launch your own site, that way you aren't paying anybody else. There are some companies out there that will give you a site really cheaply. We use Amazon and Ebay as a back up to our existing ecommerce solutions.

honee76 · Answer

I would defiantely use WIX
go to wix.com
It is awesome you can use one of there templates and tailor it to meet your needs or you can build one from scratch using there simple tools.
They also offer a ecommerce option.

Anonymous · Answer

google sites is freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I am putting my Business online and was wondering whats a good site to use as my website builder?

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