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Are you residing in South Africa ?  and cannot use paypal to receive money?

Yesterday the CEO of Christian hosting Plaza wrote a letter to  President Mbeki requesting a full investigation why paypal is not allowed in South Africa ,we can benefit tremendously from such a business partnership, and it can open new avenues for south-Africans of all backgrounds to start a business online. We in South Africa cannot be left behind as the revolution of online trade rushes forth .We also need Telkom and Vodacom to bring down prices so that south we in south Africa can get more people online . We will keep you informed about what is happening with the paypal south African saga . I search a lot hours months to find shop carts and services that will work with south Africa ,I listed a few below hope it will help you . - All the best -Karen

If you have products you would like to start selling on the internet or collect subscription fees or pay another person by using your email this can all be done. Their are many countries that do not work with pay pal ,but this is not the end of the world . You can still open up shop by using Storm pay .You can sell one item or many using a shop cart . You can send and receive money through Storm Pay You do not need a merchant account but you do need to have a hosting account either Windows or Linux . Many people use Linux and others prefer a windows hosting account. Linux hosting boasts many features like  php nuke that is a content manager ,joomla , mambo , and many more.

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You can design your site in Front Page just remember to activate Front Page Server Extensions and you are on your way .You can use Dreamweawer or write HTML code yourself ,or make use of a  HTML editor.The choice is yours. When you want to set up shop and you are not residing in the US then it is important that you make use of a service that will provide you with the relevant merchant tools that will link to you site and that will make payments to your specific country.

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After you have purchased a domain name and a hosting account it is important also to actively participate in a focused email marketing campaign .

Your customers need assurance that you are authentic and that  their credit card details will not be pinched by you or hackers . The best way to assure them of this is by placing a SSL Certificate on your site .

You need people to visit your site right? It is great to have this fantastic well designed site but no visitors? A website needs feet and how do I get feet on my site? You need to list your site with the major search engines . If you asked a professional to do it for you , you could spend thousands of rands on this .There is a way to do it  just much cheaper .

For advanced users you can also use 2 Checkout  who also deals with international merchants.

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