I am building a website blue print in Adobe Photoshop to get coded using o-desk. I have minimal experience coding so it seems like the best way to maintain creative control is to design the site visually in PS and then have a developer use it as the basis for the site build-out.
Anyway, I am trying to have a few products and services listed on my site as it is the online presence of a small storage service company with a few products. I am going to have the site developed abroad but I am unsure how to go through the whole process. M main questions can be summarized as follows:
1. Where should I host my site? I bought the domain at godaddy but would like to host with a cheap and reliable provider that also allows for e-commerce.
2. Are there special considerations when hosting an e-commerce site?
3. What platform should I use? 1shoppingcart looks attractive to me but haven't done enough due dilligence into the space to be sure.
4. How to get banks to allow you to accept credit cards?
Any help would be great! Also, I think this topic will be broadly valuable to a wide array of the members as it is both a common concern and important skill.
Thanks
Anyway, I am trying to have a few products and services listed on my site as it is the online presence of a small storage service company with a few products. I am going to have the site developed abroad but I am unsure how to go through the whole process. M main questions can be summarized as follows:
1. Where should I host my site? I bought the domain at godaddy but would like to host with a cheap and reliable provider that also allows for e-commerce.
2. Are there special considerations when hosting an e-commerce site?
3. What platform should I use? 1shoppingcart looks attractive to me but haven't done enough due dilligence into the space to be sure.
4. How to get banks to allow you to accept credit cards?
Any help would be great! Also, I think this topic will be broadly valuable to a wide array of the members as it is both a common concern and important skill.
Thanks