I am starting a website for my Fuel Injection servicing business. So far I have purchased a URL and put together most of the site. I would like to have an online "shopping cart" to allow people to order directly from the site, but really have no idea how to do it. I know google has a check-out service, but what other alternatives should I look at?

Also, does anybody have any recommendations for a good hosting service?

Thank you for your advice.

BTW: I will be giving a 20% discount to MBshop members.

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

I've had this question floating around in my mind for a while as well. I hear some people have good luck with Microsofts hosting service but I don't know any more details.

I'll be interested in what everyone has to say here.

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Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

We don't use one, but a number of members in our trade organization have used myshoppingcart and have been reasonably happy.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Do you have a link? A quick google search did not turn it up.

Paypal has a checkout service. I'm not a huge paypal fan, but I will have to have a paypal account anyway, so I may end up using them.

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

Go through paypal or google just because people will fell more comfortable paying through those.

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1981 300d

I ended up using godaddy for my hosting. It was something like $5/month. The site should be up by tomorrow, I'll post a link for critiquing.

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

Let me know what you think:

www.kastdiesel.com

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

I like it for the most part - not too much "bling" - nice and straightforward.
Once I clicked on the "Injector" link, and all the pictures of the different kinds of injectors came up, I wanted to click on a picture, so I could see a larger image.
I also looked around for a method of contact. (I did find that, once I went back to the products page - at which point I had to laugh at myself for not noticing it the first time around) I thought at first to make it stand out more somehow (flashing, or loud color) but I think that just listing the email address again, would be fine.
You might also want to include a comment as to what the turn-around time is, or estimated process time. IOW, I don't know if you send me your injectors, while I send you mine, or if you rebuild my injectors. Do you buy used injectors? - if not, you might want to make another comment somewhere that at this time you are not buying used injectors...maybe in the future.

Geez..I sound like I am whining, but really, I like the site....few bells and whistles is good.

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

I created a website selling Wix filters www.fleetfilter.com about three years ago, and I did so with minimal investment ($600). To get started, I used Google's Merchant Svcs stuff because the site was easy to create, easy to host, and mainly because they had a built-in shopping cart. When sales justified the change, I went to a pro and had a full website built with normal shopping cart abilities. Apparently, there are a few companies out there who build the shopping cart side of the site and you just have to put their code on your pages (you pay for the code), but as a non-website-engineer, it sure seemed like it was way over my head to have that done properly by myself. Not to mention, I had no idea which companies made good shopping carts and which ones made crappy carts.

Which means, you're either stuck with Google's shopping cart (or similar), or you'll need to find someone who's created shopping carts before on websites and have him build the pages with the code. Since your site is just getting started, I'd recommend you start using Google or something like that - it's easy, efficient, and when done properly, it can look pretty good.

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- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

Sorry Bryan, I didn't notice you had a question on this thread until today.

www.myshoppingcart.com which goes through Miva Merchant

From their page:

Pricing

Setup Fee:$0.00
Credit Card Discount Rate: 2.39%
Transaction Fee (including AVS):$0.25
Monthly Fee:$20.00
Secure Payment Gateway Monthly Fee:$5.00
Secure Payment Gateway Transaction Fee:$0.05
Merchant Account Cancellation Fee:$0.00
Secure Payment Gateway Cancellation Fee:$0.00

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

I just noticed the crush washers....if they are included with any of the kits, you might want to mention that.

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

Thank you all for the comments. I have incorporated them into the revised site. I have also added a shopping cart feature using paypal.

www.kastdiesel.com

Let me know if you have any more comments.


Thank you.

-Bryan

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

Very nice!

I read your note about a shortage of cores...are you buying?

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

Yes, I have 21 on the way, and a line on some 602 and 606 injectors, but I can always use more.

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=239039

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

The Best.....

www.volusion.com

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Current Stable:
01 ML55 AMG
92 500E (a few mods)
87 300E (lots of mods)
00 Chevy 3500HD Diesel Box Truck
68 18' Donzi Marine
06 GT i-Drive7 1.0 Mountain Bike (with GPS!)

PREVIOUSLY OWNED:83 300SD, 87 420SEL, 88 420SEL, 90 420SEL, 86 560SEL, 86 190E 2.3-16V AMG, 94 E320