Starting an e-biz, technical questions

[chubber911]

I am starting an online business where I will be selling tangible merchandise (I won't say what yet). I just had a couple questions as to how some technicalities might affect my business.

My webhosting provider is lunarpages and I opted for the private domain registration (since I dont want all my residential info displayed there). On my webpage I will be offering my email address and cell phone # as contact information.

I won't have an SSL certificate right away (since it costs a fair bit extra with this host), but as a result of that I decided I would do all payment processing through paypal (My account is verified).


How does this look to customers who search for these kind of details? Are they going to be scared away by the private domain reg and nonSSL, or am I compensating for that sufficiently?

What other steps could I take to make sure I don't scare off customers?


Thanks for the help.

[alphaelectronics]

I was in your shoes 6 years ago, and all I can say is that it really depends on the dollar amount of the items you're looking to sell. If you're selling low priced stuff (say, less than $50) then it might not matter as much. If you're selling things over that, then you're definitely doing to run into alot of challenges. In the end, you have to look at your site and ask yourself, "If I was a customer, would I spend my money here?" If your answer is yes then you are probably on the right track.