without any real technical know-how
So I've explained about buying domains, which would have lead you to this post here or this other one. Let's get into eCommerce Hosting.
After I bought my www.phonecases.com.my domain, I proceeded to find a suitable eCommerce Hosting. I've actually tried a few from Shopify, Volusion to Magento Go. What they are basically is Facebook for merchant. You can use their service without any knowledge about web design at all and you'd be set. Register a free trial with them, log in and set some basic information regarding store name and description. After that upload your product photos and description along with their prices. Lastly set up a payment gateway to allow customers to pay you.
You can also change their template to other pre-made templates or if you are more web design savvy, you could always start messing around with HTML and CSS.
Honestly, I tried them all and could not continue with them due to some limitations especially lack of support for Malaysian currency or even not having my preferred payment gateway. I finally landed on Goodsie which was really the best among the eCommerce Hosting provider. It was simple, supported Malaysian currency and also had competitive pricing. I took the one month trial and went with it. I uploaded all my products and description and made some change to the template to suit me. It was great.
Alas I was not happy enough as well. It did not have the level of customization that I required. Of course it came with the package. People with less technical know how would be overwhelmed with the option Goodsie allowed the users to customize. You could however continue using it if you feel it is enough for you to run your eCommerce store.
EDIT: The Goodsie system has changed since the last time I have used it. They've changed their system extensively and also their pricing. At their current pricing level, I would suggest going to Shopify or Volusion instead.
Yours truly,
Izzudin Hafiz
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