Hello Everyone,

I am building a website for a client and she needs a shopping cart (this is new for me - the shopping cart part) and I would like to know from those of you that has experience on this how do I quote the price for incorporating a shopping, you know the break down. If the shopping cart is free or if there is a monthly fee plus the time it will take me to build it. ALL HELP IS NEEDED!

Thanks A Bunch
Mary Harris

I'd suggest you charge hourly - lol. Your time will depend on how many products need inputting, if they need integrating with an autoresponder (they should) how many messages to input, customizing the shopping cart, etc. With all the tasks associated with the shopping cart, not including website integration, it's in your best interest to charge hourly.

There are a lot of free shopping carts out there, but having used many of them (and leaving bewildered and frustrated) I recommend two paid carts:

1ShoppingCart & rebrands (I prefer 1AutomationWiz) - This cart is top-of-the-line, in my opinion. AMAZING customer support - short hold times, knowledgeable staff. Costs anywhere from $59-$99/Month
WAHM Cart - this is a low-cost alternative to 1SC, works great for a fraction of the price. Costs $30/month

The shopping cart should be billed directly to the client, independent of your services.

If you're not familiar with shopping carts, it may behoove you to get a VA sub-contractor to set it up correctly and quickly. Any cart can get frustrating your first time around

~E

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~Erin Banister
TheMarketingVA | TrinityJacobs

Thanks so much Erin, I will give it a try, and if I find that its a big deal for me I'll sub it out. Thanks again!

Mary Harris

I currently use 1shoppingcart and it's been good but because I'm outside of the US support takes longer to get access to as often I have things I want to know during my business hours. I expect for you it would be ok.

Wahmcart - I was going to join them, but again, I found with being outside of the US there were some limitations which didn't work well for me.

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Kathie M. Thomas, VA Coach
A Clayton's Secretary, VA Blog

1shoppingcart is great, and so far so good. Also I looked at a few free ones I give a try. Thanks for the help. This fourm is the best!

Mary Harris
iVirtual Services