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SHOPPING CART

PRIMARY FEES

STARTUP Costs

TOTAL COST

Transaction Costs

Includes Merchant Account for Payment Processing

Merchant Account Cost

Free 30-Day Trial

Rate review annually to lower rates as business grows and establishes reliability.

Discount Rates/Transaction Fee

Unlimited Products and Categories

Marketing and Promotion Tools

Gift Certificate & Discount Coupons

Search Engine Friendly Architecture

Includes Email Accounts

Choice of Payment for Signup

1ShoppingCart.com

$79 monthly /$799 yearly

$199 One time set-up

Not Available

YES

$18.95/month

No. You need to pay $3.95 for 30-Day trial

NO

2.21% + $.25 (Authorization and Processing Fee)

No - upto 2000 products only

Yes - Newsletter Management, Bulk E-mailing System, Integrated Affiliate Program Manager.

Yes Limited. Electronic Coupons

NO

NO

No. A Credit Card is required

StoreFront Shopping Cart Solutions

$89/month for 1000 items

$199 for comparable service*

$169/setup plus $89/month

Not Available

Needs to be purchased separately

$39.95 Setup fee plus $13.95 per month

NO

NO

2.29% + $.15

Limited

Yes - Newsletter Management, Bulk E-mailing System, Integrated Affiliate Program Manager, Cross Sell options.

YES

Only offers capability to include meta tags and keywords.

NO

N/A

InstantEStore

$49.97/month

Not Available

$49.97/month

Depends upon the Merchant Account provider chosen. InstantEStore does not handle payment processing.

Not Available

Not Available

Not Available

NO

Not Available

Add on upto 2,000 Products only

Yes - Limited Options. Cross-Sell Products, Affiliate Program Newsletter, E-Mail Campaign

NO

Not Available

Not Available

No - Credit Card is necessary

Nexternal Solutions

Price varies based on sales made. Minimum price $250/month

$1000 One time Setup Fee

(Price varies based on sales made. Minimum price $250/month)

Not Available

Not Available

NO

NO

NO

Not Available

Unlimited

Yes - SEF Catalog, Bulk E-mailing System, EGift Certificates, Up Selling, Affiliates, Tell-a-Friend, Customer Reviews, Customer Questions.

Not Available

Only offers capability to include meta tags and keywords.

NO

Not Available

X-Cart: shopping cart software & ecommerce solutions.

$185 Software Price

Varies up till $150 depending upon hosting plans. X-Cart does not provide hosted applications.

Not Available

Not Available

NO

Not Available

Not Available

NO

Not Available

No - Depends upon the hard disk space provided by the hosting company.

Yes - Limited Options. Affiliates, Cross Sell and Up Sell options, Newsletter.

Not Available

Only offers capability to include meta tags and keywords

Depends upon the hosting company with which the contract is signed.

Not Available

MonsterCommerce

$99/month $999.50 annually

$99 One-time Setup

$ 1120

Not Available

Not Available

Not Available

No (provides 30 day money back offer)

NO

Not Available

Up to 60,000 for both plans

Not Available

Yes. Does not offer Mail gift certificates.

Very Limited. Cannot add Search Engine friendly file names and ALT tags to images. Need to rely on a plug-in to optimize web pages.

Unlimited

Not Available