RE: Opening store. Is osCommerce for me? Help!

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Wow macki, thanks!

[quote]> [*] Ability to turn off shipping (all shipping is free)
>Requires some work if you want to it too look good or setting Order Total/Shipping/free shipping over amount to something low, like $0.01 or even 0. (this will give you a shipping page with address selection and a friendly text saying Free shipping - recommended)
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Good idea. I'll probably do that so people think they're getting some "extra value", and if free shipping becomes too much of a loss I won't have to modify it back to normal.

I think what I'm going to have to do is just install it on my server in a hidden directory and just give myself more than two weeks. I'm going to have to modify everything, I'm assuming, and rebuild the design from scratch. I've done this a bunch when building message boards... taking the code and modifying all HTML to make it work. I know I can do it; it'll just be a matter of time, I guess.

I really think that not paying for the shopping cart software out of my pocket, up front is going to give me a bit more time anyways. The way I figure it, I'm going to spend the first couple months earning back what I invest. If I don't pay for software outright, I'll bring my costs WAY down.

So in the end, if it takes me a month to build an osCommerce site and make it look exactly like I want it to, I'm still saving money.