Archive for the ‘Website’ Category

CMS systems and shoppingcarts

Shoppingcarts are necessary if you want to open a webshop. There are a number of really good and free carts, and if you can live without 24/7 customerservice, they are pretty much as good as the paid versions. It may take some time to get the feel of them, but if you spend some time getting to know them, you will find out that they are really customisable.

  • Sauropol is a combined CMS (Content Management System) og hostingsite. It is free and very comprehensive. No shoppingcart.
  • Wosbee is a combined CMS (Content Management System) og hostingsite. It is free and very comprehensive. Includes shoppingcart that integrates with Paypal and many other cards. It is a Finnish company, and can integrate into lots of European and Nordic credtitcards.
  • Fastcart is a combined CMS (Content Management System) og hostingsite. It is free and very comprehensive. Includes shoppingcart that integrates with Payel and many other cards.

Homepage- and webdesign

If you need to design your own website, you don’t need to have lots of programming experince, thanks to a lot of really nice webites, who let you design websites from the ground up, with all the beels and whistles. Using one of these sites, you can be your own webmaster, and create high-level and fully functional ecommerce sites. Check out the sites below, and get inspired to start designing!

  • Mockingbird is an online tool that makes it easy for you to create, link together, preview, and share mockups of your website or application. Communicate with and present to your clients using clear mockups. Brainstorm using Mockingbird, then use your mockups going into the building stage. This tool is free.
  • Wix deserves honorable mention here. This site is in a league of its own, if you like flash, but have always thought it was too hard to do. With Wix, you can eliminate the learning curve, and have a really flashy looking site up and running in no time. Seriously, it is a cool site, and you need to check it out! They have a free version, and also plans prices at USD 5, 10 and 15 per month. Their ecommerce version will cost you USD 15/20 per month.