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Free Ecommerce Software
Not free ecommerce software, exactly, but detailed comparisons
of cheap shopping cart software packages that are not integrated
with a relational database: an illustration of our e-book resources.
Shopping Carts without Relational Databases
Free ecommerce software — which isn't free of hidden costs,
unfortunately — is covered by all-in
hosting services. Here we compare simple shopping cart or
storefront programs.
Most shopping cart programs come with ways of recording and saving
the information collected from the website, but those listed below
do not use relational databases. That means:
- they're generally cheaper and easier to set up than their
bigger cousins, but
- information collected from the website is not easily extracted
for later analysis by accounts and marketing.
We go into this more fully in the e-book.
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Product
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Platform
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Currencies
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Cookies
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Gateways/PSP
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Tax Provisions
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Inventory Control
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Price
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1
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U W
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$ £ E +
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-
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1 2 11 12 17 18 22 35 41 68 146 159
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US NUS
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yes
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$1499
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2
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U W
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over 30
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-
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2 16 17 18
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US NUS
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yes
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from $400
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3
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W U
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$
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-
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1 2 12 17 18 29 35 44 45
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US
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no
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$100
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4
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W U Cold Fusion
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$
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-
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2 3 20 45
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US
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no
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$295-$395
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5
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W U
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$ £ +
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-
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2 3 11 20 33 71 81 126 127 128 129
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US NUS
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no
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from $399
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6
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W
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$ +
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-
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16 18 71 41 45 130 131
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US
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no
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$399
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7
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W
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$ +
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-
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2 8 125
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US NUS
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no
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$1995
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8
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W U
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$ £ +
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-
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18 48 49 50
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US NUS
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yes
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£389
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9
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W U
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$ +
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-
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add
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US NUS
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no
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$449
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10
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W U
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$
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-
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2 35
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US
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no
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from $270
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11
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W U
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$
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yes
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2 12 38 45 101
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US
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no
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from $195
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12
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W U M
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$ £
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yes
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2 18 50 141 142 143 144 145
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US NUS
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no
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£100
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13
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W U
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$
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-
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2 3 16 18 160 161 162
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US
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no
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$0-$6/month
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14
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Miva
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$
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-
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2 11 12 25 68 69 70 71
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U
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yes
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$595
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15
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W U
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$
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yes
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2 3 11 45
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US
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yes
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$499
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16
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W U
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$
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-
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22 132
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US
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no
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$299
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17
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W U
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£ $ +
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-
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1 2 18 59 86 87
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US
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no
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£60
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18
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W
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$ +
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-
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2 3 11 18 25 46 73
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US
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no
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from $399
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19
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W U
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$
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yes/no
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add
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US
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no
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free
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20
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W
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$ +
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no
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2 18 16 48 50 87
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US
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no
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from $75
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21
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W U
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$ +
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yes/no
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2 11
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US NUS
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no
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$200
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22
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W U
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E
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-
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18
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US NUS
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no
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£250
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23
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W U M
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£ $ +
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-
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18 48 85 86 87 88 89
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US NUS
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no
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£950
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24
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W U
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$ E + (150)
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-
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1 2 11 12 17 18 + (44 more)
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US
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no
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from $299
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25
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U
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$
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-
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2
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US
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no
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$695
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26
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U
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$ +
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yes
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2 12 17 18 35
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US NUS
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no
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from $285
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27
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U
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$ +
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-
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1 2 18 35 47 87 123
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US NUS
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no
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from $125
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28
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W U
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$
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no
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2 12 25 68 16
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US
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yes
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$1295
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29
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W U
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$
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-
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125
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US
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yes
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$495
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30
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W U
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$ £ E +
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-
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1 2 3 11 17 18 25 41 45 69
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US NUS
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yes
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from $100
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31
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W U
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E $ +
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no
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2 11 17
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US NUS
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no
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$199
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32
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W U
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$
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-
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2 11
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US
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no
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$229
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33
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W U
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$ +
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yes
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1 2 11 18 35 48 50 73 87 156
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US
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no
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$99
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34
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W M
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$
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-
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2 94 + add
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US
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no
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$89
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35
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W U
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$ +
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-
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3 18 35
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US
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no
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$495
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36
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W U
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$
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-
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2 3 14 45
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US
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yes
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$349
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37
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U
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$
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-
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2 46
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US NUS
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yes
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$349
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38
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W U
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$
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-
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added
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US
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no
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from $399
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Keys
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PSP=payment solution providers & payment gateways.
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W=Windows U=Unix M=Macintosh ECS=MS Ecommerce Server
ColdFusion=hosting requires Cold Fusion server MSS=Microsoft
Site Server, iHTML=requires iHTML be installed on server,
Miva=Miva-enabled hosting required.
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E=Euro, over 30=s/w designed to handle over 30 currencies
through country-specific versions (currencies otherwise
depend on the PSP),
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E=English, F=French, P=Portuguese, S=Spanish, I=Italian,
R=Russian, D=Danish, W=Swedish, N=Norwegian, G=German,
U=Dutch, Gr=Greek, P=Portuguese, H=Hungarian, M=Malaysian,
C=Chinese, J=Japanese, K=Korean, T=Thai, +=other currencies
through PSP
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S=small, M=medium, L=large companies local=local community
mall, US=handles US State taxes, NUS=handles overseas
taxes.
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Gateways/Payment Service Providers: 1=PayPal, 2=AuthorizeNet,
3=Cybercash, 4=CCVs, 5=TrustCommerce, 6=Signio, 7=PayByCheck,
8=eWay, 9=ESEC, 10=Secure Checkout, 11=LinkPoint, 12=VeriSign,
13=Cambist.com, 13=MOL, 14=ICVerify, 15=First Virtual,
16=InternetSecure, 17=PlanetPayment, 18=WorldPay, 19=GoRealtime,
20=QuickCommerce, 21=BluePay, 22=Echo, 23=eProcessingNetwork,
24=GoEMerchant, 25=PayFlow Pro, 26=Skipjack, 27=TakePayment,
28=AccessPoint, 29=Bank of America, 30=DPI Merchant Services,
31=eConnect, 32=iBill, 33=Intellipay, 34=Ionpay, 35=iTransact,
36=NobelPay, 37=Payment Processor, 38=PayReady, 39=PC
Charge, 40=Plug 'n Pay, 41=PSIgate, 42=Qdebit, 43=Rich
Solutions, 44=RTWare, 45=CardServices, 46=SurePay, 47=2CheckOut.com,
48=NetBanx, 49=DataCash, 50=SecureTrading, 51=ProcessUSA,
52=ePDQ, 53=Clear Commerce, 54=DCTI 55=First Data, 56=Telecheck,
57=WebTransact, 58=1st Global, 59=Barclays, 60=eXact Transactions,
61=ICSPayPoint, 62=PaymentNet, 63=Secure Bank, 64=MerchantManager,
65=viaKlix, 66=SaferPay, 67=Beanstream, 68=CyberSource
69=Ecommerce Exchange, 70=Moneris e-Select, 71=Paradata,
72=Internet Cash, 73=EFT Secure, 74=DataCash, 75=PayBox
(France), 76=CSI, 77=CardReady, 78=EMS Ecommerce, 79=Freeway,
80=Iongate, 81=Merchant Commerce, 82=Sale Manager, 83=Total
Payment Network, 84=Ezic 85=SASSpay4, 86=Secure Trading,
87=SecPay, 88=KLELine, 89=Cyberstrider, 90=Penzio, 91=Costco,
92=National Australia Bank, 93=ANZ eGate, 94=Secure Pay,
95=RoboCharge, 96=Merchant Trust, 97=TechnoCash, 98 CuttingEdgeBank,
99=ViBorg, 100=Commonwealth Bank IPS, 101=Innuity, 102=Concord
EFS, 103=Artic Web, 104=Bibit Payment, 105=Goldfinger
for IS4, 106=XPay Server 2, 107=SelfServe, 108=@Pay(tm)Issuer,
109=Poseidon, 110=Secure Online Payment, 111=Netlife Pos,
112=PVS Certificate, 113=Paybox, 114=SHS Risk Management,
115=PayWare Net, 116=KPN Telekom Net Transact Lite, 117=OTS
2.0 Payment, 118=Spectromedia, 119=iClear, 120=PayGate,
121=Powercash21, 123=Total Merchant Services 124=eMatters,
125=CDGCommerce. 126=Anacom, 127=American Merchant, 128=HTML
Wrap, 128=Matrix4Success, 129=Credit Cards Com, 130=Click-pay,
131=e-xact, 132=IAMS, 133=Epoch Systems, 134=MCPS Weblink,
135=NetBilling, 136=PayCom Processing, 137=Bank One, 138=Chase,
139=SafePay, 140=NSIPS, 141=Secure Hosting, 142=Multicards,
143=EarthPort, 144=Protx, 145=SkyPay, 146=ZipZap, 147=ECX,
148=Arvic Secure, 149=eCommerce Tools, 150=Seattle Commerce,
151=GoChargeIt, 152=Total Merchant Manager, 153=FirstPay.
154=Your Business On-line, 155=CIBC, 156=TotalPay, 157=
Cubecard, 158=eProcessingNetwork, 159=SureFire, 160=Online
Data Corp, 161=TrustCommerce, 162=eGold
Cards handled: V=Visa, A=American Express, M=Master Card,
D=Discover
add=programming needed to add your own choice of PSP,
added=gateways added by software company
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tax=facilities to handle and display local taxes, vat=facilities
to handle (European) VAT, shipping=facilities to handle
and display shipping costs.
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