Cost to create an online store?

[kolleamm]

I want to create my own website to sell my own product. What would be the cost estimate for this? I don't want to create a store on another domain it needs to be on my site.
I'm pretty clueless about any of this. I do know programming but websites are far from being my specialty.

Thanks in advance

 

[aaroman]

Depends on what you want. You could use for example WordPress with WooCommerce. They say more than a quarter of all internet stores use that. Might need only installation and setup, with some tweaking and no coding... but it really depends on what you need.

 

[jack action]

You need a shopping cart software. Here is a good place to start comparing popular ones. A lot of them are free.

 

[kolleamm]

I need something pretty basic : product page, shopping cart, checkout page
Is there a tutorial for this? I'll check out your recommendations as well.

 

[kolleamm]

So I just checked WordPress and it would cost me about $300 per year for a website. Is this a good deal?

 

[phinds]

So I just checked WordPress and it would cost me about $300 per year for a website. Is this a good deal?

Sounds expensive to me.

 

[jack action]

Some of the software have recommendations for hosting solutions of their product (ex.: WooCommerce, osCommerce).

You could also consider even simpler solutions like eCrater.

 

[WWGD]

PHP should help you set up a database for the products you sell.

 

[anorlunda]

I wager that a visit to your local bookstore will help you find a tutorial in book form.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

If you have no website experience use something like Shopify.

 

[WWGD]

And you may want to seriously think about securing your server, wherever it lives, to avoid information hacking. Maybe Amazon or other cloud companies have a "store as a service" of some sort that includes security.