eCommerce

There is more to creating an eCommerce site than "Can you do it"

it revolves around several factors:

1.) Merchant Account / PayPal

2.) Inventory

3.) Accounting

4.) Security

MERCHANT ACCOUNT

This is how you RECEIVE and REFUND money that is spent from your web site

You have to set it up as if it was another BANK ACCOUNT

If you already have a Merchant Account for your On-Ground store - you will want to stay with that Bank if you are happy with them

So you need to find out from your current Merchant Account - what eCommerce companies they do business with and/or support.

Pay Pal

INVENTORY

ACCOUNTING http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_accounting_software

QuickBooks

Quicken

PeachTree by Sage

SECURITY

SSL Certificate - Secure Socket Layering - it is the S in https:// if you don't see an S in the URL where you are putting personal information DON'T

Verisign - http://www.verisign.com/ssl/buy-ssl-certificates/index.html

Authentication Services - http://www.verisign.com/ssl/ssl-information-center/index.html

Popular eCommerce web applications:

3D Cart - http://www.3dcart.com

Intuit (QuickBooks) - http://www.intuit.com

Intuit & Google go way back - http://web.intuit.com/about_intuit/press_releases/2006/09-13a.html

Interesting Articles http://sitebuilder-reviews.com/2011/07/google-intuit-offer-not-what-it-seems/

Virigina http://domainshane.com/virginia-is-for-lovers-free-websites-with-googleintuit/

Vermont http://www.intuit.com/website-building-software/blog/2011/08/vermont-get-your-business-online-intuit-and-google-together-again/

Google, Intuit, VT http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&source=hp&q=google+%26+intuit+vermont&pbx=1&oq=google+%26+intuit+vermont&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=4532l6952l0l7178l10l9l1l0l0l0l286l1785l0.4.5l10l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=b571422ac7922aeb&biw=1262&bih=871