These sites offer the complete package, often times includes a turnkey business. Turnkey being an already stocked business.  Depending on the store it might be stocked with from 10 products to thousands.

These sites usually charge a setup fee to create your store.  A domain name may or may not be included in the price and there is usually a monthly fee for maintaining your store.

Some stores provide you with products at a base price and allow you to add your own markup.  Others charge a fee for each product sold while others simply pay you a commission off each item sold.

You choose what best suits you, but you will make the largest profit from those that you can markup yourself.

Do not be lured buy quick promises of up to 50% commission.  Often times months down the line you are still waiting on your first cheque as you have not sold anything.  Sometime these products are very expensive or of such a quality that your customers will not buy.

Another thing some hosts fail to tell is that you have to promote the store yourself.  So get ready, in addition to paying a monthly fee, you will have to start driving traffic to your website.  This can prove costly but there are ways around it, such as through site optimization and site submissions.

One of the best things about these turnkey hosting packages however is that you do not need to hold inventory.  All your products are pre-stocked and for some hosts, you do not even need to worry about accepting payment.  Everything is taken care of, these services are usually all included in the monthly fee.  This does seem to make your transition into the world of ecommerce a little easier but does not guarantee you the best monetary remuneration.

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