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I'm thinking about taking my small retail store on line. I'm looking for places to start researching ecommerce back ends and other information for those starting from scratch. I'm talking about selling individual items, so it will need to be a scalable database system (starting with 20 items eventually going to 100 or more). It needs to be totally web based. I want to be able to check system status, make updates, etc from any Internet connected PC. If you started your own ecommerce site from scratch, please chime in. If you found any web sites or books that provided helpful info, let me know. I'm hoping to avoid early pitfalls from those that have already been through this. Something with a check list of things to think about/address would be great. Also, if you have a reccomendation for an host service that supports e-commerce sites well, I'll take that too. Sorry, should have included the following: - I already have a domain name. - The company I use for high speed Internet service to the store does not offer hosting services. - I am intermediate level computer knowledgable. Also, I already have a merchant account. I may consider Paypal/Google as additional payment options, but I am more concerned with higher level issues to start, like which backend ecommerce program/site will best meet my short and long term needs.

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