Hey everybody,
Thanks for the extra info - I've learnt a great deal already
The vague original plan I had in mind was to use oscommerce (with good old I-web and oscommerce comes with fantastico) with a secure connection on top, but that demon net offer also looks quite good as an alternative as well.
Frank's made a good point about me being a bit out of my depth in all this;the payment gateway stuff sounds pretty confusing, but hopefully some googling and research will help me get my head round it
Mind you, compared to where I was in February when I first bought some proper hosting.. I've learnt a great deal in the last 6 months, so hopefully the coming months will continue that trend as well
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