A lethal combination of the credit crunch, rising fuel and food prices has helped turn the high street into a retail disaster area. Internet sales growth is still impressive, though, as the country heads online to look for better deals, so there's never been a better time to get involved with your own web store. And Actinic Catalog 9 LE is exactly what you need to help get your new business venture off the ground.

There's no need to worry about site design, for instance, as the program comes with a wide range of ready-to-use templates. These can all be customised with a choice of more than 50 colour schemes, and you can tweak other elements on the page - company logo, say - to give your site a truly unique look.

You get plenty of control over the way in which products are displayed on the site, too. You're able to enter a product name, short and long description, add a thumbnail and larger image, use pop-up pages with further information, and a whole lot more.

This version of Actinic Catalog lets you add a maximum of 25 products to your store, but that's not as restrictive as you might think. You can vary any item you sell by giving it attributes, so for example you might sell a t-shirt design in 5 sizes and 6 colours, but it still only counts as one product towards your 25 limit.

The program also walks you through the process of setting up discounts, taxes and shipping costs. It'll put your site online, collect orders, manage stock and more, providing just about everything you need to run an effective online business.

If you've outgrown the 25 product limit then you could always upgrade to Actinic Catalog. That supports up to 20,000 products with an unlimited number of variations, like size and colour. The standard price is ú399 plus VAT, but as an owner of the Catalog 9 LE version you'll get a ú50 discount. Or for real power you could move to Actinic Catalog, which adds extra marketing and customer management features, as well as links to products like Quickbooks and Safe Line 50. This would normally cost ú799 plus VAT, but you'll get ú100 off. Just call 0845 129 4800 or email sales@actinic.co.uk, quoting 'Catalog 25 Offer' to qualify for this special deal.