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It used to be that in order to get your products online, you had to buy expensive shopping cart software, hire a team of programmers and designers to get it set up for you, pay for complicated e-commerce hosting, and get a high-cost merchant account to accept online payments.

Fortunately, in recent years a wide variety of ecommerce solutions have been introduced that make getting your products online to sell quick, easy and affordable even for someone with no technical skills.

If you are looking for the easiest, least expensive, fastest and most effective way to start selling your products online, an all-in-one online store package is a great option. An online store package is a complete ecommerce solution that allows you to bypass the confusion, work, expense and difficulty of setting up a traditional online store, while still getting a very professional storefront to show to your customers.

These store packages usually include your domain name, website hosting, shopping cart, merchant account, email and much more all in one place, for a single monthly fee. They typically allow you to add products to your store, handle customer service, ship packages and track your statistics directly through your browser, which means you can manage your store on your own without any special technical skills or knowledge.

Here are 10 good reasons why an online store all-in-one package is the easiest way to get your products online:

1. It is much easier and cheaper to set up than a traditional shopping cart
2. Your merchant account, web site hosting, domain name, email & much more are all included
3. You don’t need special technical skills since everything can be managed right through your browser
4. You don’t need to hire a programmer or design team to set it up for you
5. Depending upon which online store package you choose, you don’t have many of the same costs that come along with a traditional merchant account. Often fees like gateway fees are included with your store.
6. You can start adding your products to your store the same day you sign up
7. You get customer support in case you have any trouble with your shop
8. A good online store package allows you to completely customize the look and feel of your store to match with your business.
9. Instead of having to pay your hosting company, merchant account provider, programming or design team and other service providers separately each month, you make a single payment to one company for all of the services.
10. A good online store package will allow you to directly integrate it with your accounting software, which makes bookkeeping a breeze.

By Sandy Curtis