How much does it cost to set up a merchant account for e-commerce.?
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Use PayPal. They are friendly, helpful, and free to sign up. You just need a bank account which you can use as a base for the account.\n\nWith PayPal, you can accept credit cards, bank transfers, paypal payments, and have other features available.\n\nThe only cost is when you sell something. Then you only pay a percent of what you sell in fees.
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There are a number of shopping cart systems in the market today. Below are some examples of shopping cart systems \n\nFree \n\nOSCommerce  http://www.oscommerce.com/ -- a free open source system based on PHP with tons of features. Easily customizable and works great for users with knowledge of programming. \nCubeCart http://www.cubecart.com  -- a free software that runs on PHP platform. There is a fee of $55 if you remove the copyright notice of CubeCart \n\nUnder $100 \n\nClickCartPro.com http://www.clickcartpro.com/ -- easy to set up and offers great value for its $99 price. Its site has an active support forum for users with questions. \nLiteCommerce http://www.litecommerce.com/ - basic starts at $95, with additional fees for add-on features. \n\nShopping Carts for ASP systems \n\nCandyPress http://www.candypress.com/ -- storefront is free while store administration component is $49 \nVP-ASP http://www.vpasp.com/ -- price ranges from $195 to $425, with additional fees for optional features \nSpiderSales http://www.spidersales.com/ -- price tag is $480. \n\nOther Shopping Cart Systems \n\nEcommerce Templates http://www.ecommercetemplates.com/ - price ranges from $105 to $165, with solutions offered for various server types (ASP/Windows Server or PHP/Unix or Linux Server) \nStoreFront http://www.storefront.net/ -- the set-up for basic system costs $99 while monthly fee ranges from $39-$99. \nX-Cart http://www.x-cart.com/ -- A turnkey package based on PhP where web-based step-by-step wizard handles installation. Price is $185
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Get a business plan first. Then, learn to use open source software like OScommerce - loads of tutorial around, finally, grab a cheap hosting. Again loads of them around, most giving tools like cpanel to create your website and installing OScommerce fairly easily. Estimated cost per year $200, estimate time taken 100 hours. Payment is another part though. You will have to choose between many payment gateways like Paypal which cahrge a flat rate and take a percentage of your money
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try this e-commerce based business.
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That seems like a lot of money.  It might be worthwhile to call the bank where you have your account and ask their advice -- there may be someone there who is accustomed to seeing this type of business and can tell you whether the fee is reasonable for what you are trying to do.  And your bank will know about the transaction, anyway, once you get the money deposited.
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You have no idea how long the answer to that question could be. Try searching Yahoo! for "setting up an ecommerce website" and read some of the articles.
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every online store does charge a fee for using their service. My best suggestion would be EBay or Amazon.
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Setting up Third Party Payment gateways require good quality hardware, software and bandwidth connected to Visa/Master Card databases. \n\ni havent worked on this kind of project, but would be interested. Mail me on what you plan to do...
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Surely, the existence of merchant accounts overseas is normal, but I'd be cautious about working with someone who is offering services as an offshore entity unless you're confident they are a legitimate entity.  There's lots of room for fraud, going this route.
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If you're asking how to get or set up a paypal account, go to paypal.com and it'll walk you through it.  You have to have a credit card or bank account number.  It's free to use if you're buying something on ebay.  If you're selling, it charges you a little.  Once you set up your account, when you buy something on ebay, you put the "dot" by paypal when it asks you how you want to pay.  It's pretty easy.
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Set up paypal accounts. www.paypal.com
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I use www.halifax.co.uk look for the Sharedealing account.\nYou can put Just £20 a month in and all purchase trades are done at £1.50 commisson only (Sales are £5).
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The totally easiest way in the WORLD is ebay.com, all you need is to set up an account, upload pictures of your item, describe it and tell people what you would charge for shipping.  Ebay only charges a $.30 listing fee and 5% overheard fee when you sell the item.  Not much when you consider an e-commerce website is about $50 a month on average. \nAuctiva.com is a free site that helps you make a listing look awesome.\n\nIt's easy and cheap!
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i currently use Yahoo! Small Business and their web hosting services. they are fantastic and have really grown my own website over the past four years. they have a merchant program which gives you support as you set up an online business and gives you pointers as to where exactly you can go from the start.\n\nif you don't want to start an online merchant store just yet, i still would recommend the web hosting package. it comes with site builder and pagebuilder so you can design the site yourself instead of paying a designer to do it for you. the package i have is web hosting starter and it costs me a little over 8 dollars a month. i have unlimited storage and great 24/7 support with Yahoo!. its cheap and has tons of storage and greap options. you should check it out.
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The answer depends on what you want to do. I'm presuming you are interested in online payment options.\n\nIf you are selling digital only products the clickbank is a good option. ClickBank does NOT let you sell physical products.\nAnother advantage is that it has a built in affiliate program so that other people can easily sell products for you and get a commission you set. I believe it costs about $50 to set up a sellers account - affiliate accounts are free.\n*I am an affiliate but do not have a sellers account\n\nIf you sell digital (recurring memberships, ebooks, etc) and physical products then I would suggest 2Checkout.com. Basically they act as your reseller and process credit cards for the customer and you are the supplier. They charge a one time $50 setup fee as well.\n*I have a 2checkout account\n\nPaypal is a good payment processor option as the money is available instantly. They are great if you are using eBay (eBay owns PayPal). If you are in Network Marketing however Paypal will no longer accept payment for programs that have more than 1 tier of affiliates in their system. Thus if your program is to pay on 5 or 7 levels they will not accept you.\n*I have a paypal account\n\nAnother option is to visit your own Bank and apply for a merchant account. Most banks specialize in either VISA or MC so you may need 2 bank accounts. I think SAMs Club deals with DISCOVER. \n*I have had merchant accounts (VISA/MC/AMEX)\n\nI haven't used paydotcom so I have no idea about it\n\nIf you sell only digital products then Clickbank is good because of the built in affiliate program. If you sell physical products and digital products then I would say 2Checkout. \n\nYou could have both for $100 -  pretty small investment\n\nPaypal is great for auctions because of the connectivity with eBay\n\nHope this helps\nWayne
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I suggest www.ccavenue.com\nThey are very professional, very fast, reliable and easy to use, both for the buyer and the merchant.\nIt is simply the best in India.
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PayPal is the best answer. For casual transactions get complete detail by opening the site: www.paypal.com\n\nFor commercial transactions you may have to open a Commercial Account. Just open the link to get details: https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=CGVVPQUALSURC\n\nYou can open both types of accounts FREE. The PayPal allows secure transactions and is a very reliable site.