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Use the Hot Circle shopping cart, included free with your website, and have one of the most powerful shopping carts on the web. You save hundreds of dollars compared to similar web store builders that have less options.

You can sell up to 500 products with no additional product charges, no transaction charges (except those charged by your credit card processor) and can charge through PayPal. Lots of product layouts and an easy to setup cart give you more power.

Accept PayPal and Credit Card Payments

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PayPal Payments

You can charge your products through the PayPal system without having to write any code. PayPal is an easy and inexpensive method of collecting money through the Internet.

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Secure Credit Card Payments

You can collect credit card numbers securely through your website and charge them on your own merchant account (a merchant account is a special type of bank account you use to charge credit cards). You can get a free merchant account through our Hot Circle partner.

Charge credit cards directly online through Authorize.net gateway (alternate options available for non-US currencies). A gateway bridges your merchant account to the Internet. Note that Authorize.net charges separate fees for their service.

Listing Your Products

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Thumbnail Layout

List products in thumbnail view to show many products at one time. The thumbnail view has:

  • Customizable header/footer
  • Individual product names
  • Product preview photo
  • Product price
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Detail Layout

List products with descriptions for products that require more information.

  • Custmizable header/footer
  • Individual product names
  • Product descriptions (not shown)
  • Product preview photo
  • Product price
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List Layout

List layout fits the most products in a page but doesn't show photos. Good for products that do not require a photo or if you are selling services.

  • Customizable header/footer
  • Product names
  • Product prices

Product Details and selling options

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Describe each product

Provide complete product information for everything you sell. You get:

  • Up to 3 photos for each product
  • As much space as you need to describe your product
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Options

You can set ordering options that aren't available on other shopping carts easily with Hot Circle:

  • Set 3 drop down options of your choice. For example: color, size or width
  • Custom message or special instructions box

Shopping Cart Features

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Every shopping cart includes these features any serious business needs for selling on the web:

  • Shipping Calculator
  • Tax Calculator
  • Secure Certificate from Verisign
  • Email notification of sales
  • Review invoices online