The Savvy Entrepreneur

I have 2 kids that are home sick today, so I have to make this a quick one.

I just wanted to share with you a new resource I found yesterday. I’ve been searching long and hard, high and low for a shopping cart solution that works with PayPal and doesn’t cost an arm and a leg… and I think I found it!!

Introducing my newest find, E-junkie (still testing the system, using the free trial)! Here’s their pitch:

E-junkie provides shopping cart and buy now buttons to let you sell downloads and tangible goods on your website, eBay, MySpace, Google Base, CraigsList and other websites using PayPal, Google Checkout, Authorize.Net, TrialPay, 2CheckOut and ClickBank.

For merchants selling downloads, we automate and secure the digital delivery of files and codes. If you are selling tangible goods, we automate the shipping calculation and inventory management. Our shopping cart has a built in sales tax, VAT, packaging and shipping cost calculator.

You can sell ebooks, sell mp3 tracks and albums, sell software, icons, fonts, artwork, phone cards, event tickets, cds, posters, books, t-shirts and almost everything else you want to sell.

E-junkie has no transaction limit, no bandwidth limit, no setup fee and no transaction fee.

It’s super affordable — pricing is per month and not a per transaction, which I LOVE. The tiered pricing structure is no nonsense — if you’re selling up to 10 items it’s $5 a month, up to 20 items for $10, etc.

I’m not technical and under 24 hours I’ve listed 3 items. A few people are testing the process for me to make sure I got it all right.

What’s missing? Hmmm, well, I’ve only been using it for a day, but here’s my 2-part wish list:

1. I wish there was a testing feature (where I can go through the process and see exactly what my clients see).
2. I wish it was a little more intuitive (read: idiot-proof it for people like me), like when adding a new product, the optional settings are not clearly explained. For example, you can choose what Thank You message clients receive after their purchase — either the generic message or you can customize your own. But nowhere could I find WHAT the generic message looks like. I would love to know what it says first, THEN decide if I want to create my own.

These are just 2 small things and I’m sure as I get more comfortable using it, I’ll be adding items more quickly.

This is all part and parcel of my continuing efforts to automate my business — and a HUGE part of my Office Organization Venture: Step 2 – Contact Management. I’m really pleased with how things are working out (even though I’m still only on Step 2). I guess staying up until 2am setting up systems is finally paying off.

Who out there is using E-jukie? How is it working for you? As I continue using it, I’ll give you a more detailed review.

If you’d like to give it a try, hop on over and take advantage of their no-strings-attached 7-day trial (I should SO go back to doing sales…. NOT!).

Sounds like my daughter just woke up, so I’m over and out.