I have been looking into starting my own online store for my tie dye clothing company.

I found a couple of e-commerce sites that seem really good- they interface with google and facebook and the whole 9 yards so when people search on facebook or google for tie dye they should see my clothes for sale.

It seems like the best deal is highwire.com. They give you a free trial and they are cheaper than big commerce, volusion and shopify- like $20 a month after the free trial is over and I'm pretty sure if you only want a facebook store then it is free forever.....

Does anyone use any of these sites??? I would really appreciate feedback before I commit to one of them.

-Alison
TieDyeLove

do you have any experience with e-commerce? Highwire seem to have a fair portfolio - and $20 a month isn't bad

if you want to know, my choice: Magento.
and theres no way to change.

The only type of online store I've done in the past was through ebay, but it was just not working for me.

With Magneto... what do you mean there is no way to change?

Last week i configured and placed all items into a webshop.

I used Joomla and Virtumart, some knowledge ti Joomla is needed.

For a store owner its easy to manage a site like this after am done with my work :-)
http://xtreme-cable.no/

Use wordpress e-commerce plugins

yeah http://www.luondo.nl ... right now still Dutch, but they're working on an English translation.

Im always cautious about using open source cart systems as they are easily compromised by developers looking to exploit merchants websites.

It sounds like you don't have much developing experience, so if you have some HTML knowledge I would simply suggest using PayPal and the add to cart button system they provide.

Accept credit cards, debit cards, and PayPal payments right away.
No monthly, set-up, or cancellation fees. low transaction fees.
They don't need a PayPal account to pay you.

Just do a search for PayPal Add to Cart Buttons.

If all you want to do is sell your tie dye products then keep it simple, there is no need for a bloated e-commerce system if you know how to build a basic website.

MD