retired_carolann

My uncle owns a males clothing outlet and wants to start selling some of the stock online but he has no idea about computers, internet, etc. and has asked me to find out some details about it.

I have no idea myself so this is why I'm asking you friendly people

How much does it cost to get a web address and how go you go about it? Also, how much does it cost for someone to create the design of the website for you?

retired_marleysghost

Domain name costs a few quid. Design done by outsourcing to an Indian guy who will create a shopping cart site from a template, a few quid again. Buying some SEO optimisation to trick people onto the site, a few more quid.

Or, have a look around, see what similar sites are doing and how they are doing it. Work out a decent way to sell the product online. Otherwise it's an uphill battle

retired_hvporter

find a coder or scriptlance will enable you to pitch your website idea to people who can make it for you, at a much reduced rate than getting a company to make it.

mayed111

Would be better off paying a professional to make the site and probably run it as well. That can cost quite a bit.

Depending on how big his clothing outlet is he would probably be better off (and cost next to nothing) opening an ebay store and a yahoo store. Having an ebay store isn't the same as listing things on ebay, there is no auction duration, they stay on there til bought. He would just have to put pictures / description of the item, set the inventory and a fixed price.

retired_hthompson13

I've made professional sites before. It's easy enough. You'll need to find your domain name, and purchase it at a place like telivo.com. Then you'll need hosting, a place for your website to be kept and which a domain can be assigned to. Then you'll want someone to make a layout for you and shopping cart, or to make a layout and set up a shopping cart that's already available.

retired_carolann

The Ebay store is a good idea, I'll check it out.

Also to give an example of what kind of site he wants, this is the link he gave me..

http://www.fashion-force.co.uk/store/

Nothing too fancy, he just wants a site where everything is set up and the only thing he has to do is add/remove the products from the site and post them for delivery.

retired_orsum

Don't forget you will need some sort of commerce regulations/T&C's and stuff. Just to cover your bums.

retired_maggie123

Oi! I'm a Search Engine Optimiser and I resent your use of the word trick Yes there are cowboys who say they offer SEO but dont know what they are doing, but there are cowboys in most industries. Most SEO's I have dealt with are genuine people.

And SEO is as important if not more so than the actual website, as you can have the best site in the world but if no-one finds it, it's pointless, that's where a GOOD HONEST SEO company comes in.

If you do go down the website route, have a read up on SEO mate, although the ebay shop idea sounds exactly what your uncle wants.

retired_marleysghost

I know, and you know, that SEO can be very useful if you have a good site that deserves traffic. But I resent sites that spend loads on SEO and have a terrible site, or when the supposed link on a SE doesn't actually turn out to be useful at all.

I wouldn't go as far as to say it's more important than the actual site. I take the marketing stance and say that a good website that craves decent users can always survive without SEO, whereas a bad website with huge traffic due to SEO will not survive.

I'm not saying SEO is bad at all, just that some people use it in a horrible way.

retired_hvporter

Looking into redesigning my school website using Joomla. Anyone had experience of this? Easy to use, handle, embed video, images, etc? Our present site is too clunky and not the easiest CMS to use, hence the desire to use something more 'sexy.'