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Just a quick question - Have I ever mentioned that I'm a designer and I do freelance web design as well as development?

Okay, if for any reason I have never mentioned this, well... Now you know? LoLx~

Anyway...

Recently, I've been receiving possible projects enquiries to help set up online business websites. Not the brochure kinda website but the e-commerce kind (the kind integrated with shopping chart features).

One of the request actually came from work (not going to mention names).

Mr. S: Is it possible to integrate a shopping chart feature, similiar to the one Dell is using, into our company's website?

Well... Like DUH! Is it possible that it isn't possible?

But of course, at the end of the day, this particular project wasn't executed. Unfortunately, programming happens to lie under the technical and not design. Thus, I'm not the person-in-charge of such technical development.

So yeah, that was that. Unless, of course, if Mr. S sends an official email request...

Anyway...

The first thing you need for an online business website would probably be a shopping cart software.

For example:

Ashop Commerce - Shopping Cart Softwares are integrated with all major banks, gateways and third party processors including PayPal (full functionality integration). With credit cards now being widely accepted online, it's imperative that your online store includes built in SSL protection (checkout security). This means your customers pay with confidence. We offer advice on obtaining credit card processing facilities.

This software is basically programmed in ASP and has the ability to host store building system for setting up your online business.

You can, of course, build it up from scrap instead of paying the monthly $$$. But building it from scrap would also incur cost ($$$). And besides... Why go through the whole development process?