reseller and ecommerce question

[jlopez]

Hi,

I'm a developer that always worked with sysadmins that handled all the server end of things. Now I want to start selling sites and e-commerce sites. I have a few questions about what I need to have customers purchase for e-commerce.

Reading through the forums I discovered a few things:

1. domain name $10 a year?
2. ssl certificate $72 a year?
3. IP address $24 a year?

We always used Verisign for credit card processing. What do you need to pay for to use these and how much? I guess a bank account to receive the $?

Am I missing anything? What's the total that has to be paid to have everything needed to have a live web store?

Thanks,
jlopez

[GatorSteveN]

Other than the hosting it sounds like pretty much everything. Depending on if you will be shipping a product that's something else to look into to.

The prices/payments of the various services vary between where you get them so you would want to check out at least a few to see what they offer for the price...

[jlopez]

What do they need to process credit cards and how much does it cost to set up and use?

[Dwight]

Unless you have a large customer that is going to do thousands of dollars a month, we recommend PayPal and Google CheckOut to our clients. If they are small, the credit card companies and gateway fees are usually prohibitive.