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 Online shopping is the fastest growing retail sector in the UK, with sales for 2006 predicted to be worth £26 billion. So if you'd like to claim a share of the cash, then there's never been a better time to set up your own web store. And there's no easier way to get started in e-commerce than with ShopFactory 5.
Creating your first store doesn't require any knowledge of databases, for instance. Or PHP, or Perl, or scripting of any kind, or even HTML. All you need to do is work your way through the wizards, typing in company details, text descriptions, and adding the occasional graphic.
This doesn't mean you have to compromise on looks, though. The program comes with 33 different themes, and 5 different visual styles, which can be blended to produce some attractive results. And you can further customise colours, fonts, images and textures to produce a truly individual look.
A New Product Wizard makes it easy to set up your catalogue, up to a maximum of 50 products for this version. Each product can have a basic and detailed description, an image, and be available in your choice of variations (different colours or sizes, say). Other options let you set up discounts, taxes, shipping costs and more.
You will need to set up a merchant account with another company if you want to take credit card payments online, but ShopFactory can at least point you in the right direction. Once that's done, publish your site to just about any web space (no expensive server-side technologies required) and you're ready to start taking orders, and making money.
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