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If your small business only sells a handful of items on your website, you do not really need to pay your host's typical $20 monthly upgrade charge for their optional "shopping cart" software.  PayPal let's you create various buttons, e.g., buy now, add to cart, subscribe, donate, checkout, that provide basic shopping cart features for free.  That is, you can allow users to select colors, or sizes, as well as shipping choices by simply copying and pasting some code from PayPal's website onto your website pages.  They offer various customizing options, so do not think that you are just limited to a button that only transfer funds.

To access these features, just go to PayPal and either upgrade your personal account or create a free business account.  Click on the "tools" menu item at the top of your account's home page, and select PayPal buttons to get started.

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I developed large-scale systems, both commercial and aerospace, for 40+ years.  There were lessons learned, but the joy of successes more than offset a few pains.  Hopefully, my experienced counsel will help yours be mostly fun.

Now, I'm often golfing and riding my bike as seen above.  I'm the handsome dude in the brown leather jacket near the middle.

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