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You guys should check out interspire's shopping cart. For $295, I think it's the best shopping cart system out there. You do not need any computer programming knowledge to set this cart up. I wrote a mini review on my blog last week.
If you dont want to fiddle around with html and installing scripts, blah blah.. Then I would go with bigcartel.com or shopify.com. Both offer a storefront, but shopify integrates with 3rd party fulfillment services: such as Fulfilled By Amazon, Shipwire, etc.
I plan to use Bigcartel.com, because its cheap and it offers everything I need. and my shirts will be shipped via efulfillmentservice.com
I'd say checkout Volusion. The monthly fees may be high depending on what you are looking for. They have bandwidth usage charges also. However, if you're doing a small store you could spend under $50 a month. Their site and cart are very good and you have many many options. They have enough free templates that you could find one that you like and not spend $$ to make a custom template. If you are going with a merchant account it will cost you around $50/mo + cc fees.
I have been doing my volusion research and i am completely new at this..and confused lol I'm setting up a small site, less than 20 items at first. i was looking at the cheapest package with volusion which is $30/month and if I go with their merchant account thats another $50? Is that right?
Would adding an external cart help me avoid paying for the merchant account?
or am I not making sense?