no prob.

zen cart is really easy to configure, and stylize (template files).
their wiki is pretty nice. i like this visual overview page.

it's been around for a while, so there's lots of 3rd party extensions that have been made.

and according to this page zen cart has partnered w/ paypal, to make the user experience as seamless as possible.

Cheers for all the info and links xero. I'll have a good read.

Coincidentally, my hosting has an quick-install Zen Cart package which is quite tempting - any good?

well i guess your right.
paypal shopping cart

i guess that came out after i coded my own DIY one, lulz!
but like i said above, it's really simple + straight forward
to make yer own... edited earlier post to reflect this.

yer welcome.

Wow, we were just looking for another option for folks to buy our merch. Nice links.

Hmmm...

I have used the paypal cart for years and love it!

basically "your account" is just an email address.
when you submit a sale to paypal there's just a few fields, including your email,
the amount being charged, etc... (other stuff is optional, like exactly what your selling)

after that (checkout from yer site to paypal) the user has a few choices:
- pay with their existing paypal account (which could be credit/debit cards, band accounts, etc)
- make a new paypal account
- or just use a credit card.

my boss on an old project was suspect that people would use the 3rd option, and didnt
want to force his clients to signup. seeing the reports from paypal, 99% of his customers
used the 3rd option of just using their card. they just enter the number, and if necessary
the address to send the item(s) to.

code wise,
there is a native paypal shopping cart, but yew can just use the API like i did. yer website handles all the shopping cart stuff,
then yew just submit that info to paypal when they checkout.

if yew'd like more info, or some sample code (php), feel free to PM me ;D

on that note, there's lots of free / open source shopping cart solutions out there...
here's a review of some of the best... 8 best open-source shopping cart solutions.
personally, i have only ever used cube cart, agora cart, and zen cart.
all three of which were nice. but i usually like to code everything from scratch, that's what im payed for ;D

hope that helps...

Ha ha ha, that proper made me chuckle

.....oh

Anyone got one of those hilarious 'face palm' pictures?

Yeah, I converted my account to a merch account years ago because some dude paid via cc in an ebay transaction and I HAD to switch to accept his payment. Long story short, it was relatively painless/easy but now paypal effs me with a small fee for some transactions that used to be free (payment received? I can't remember).  Anyhow, credit card is totally accepted.  You can check it here if you want: http://coax.dummydrome.com/

Paypal can accept credit card payments w/o  paypal account fwiw. You might have to setup a merchant account to do that though.

but Paypal can accept credit cards. Isn't that enough?

Thanks gents.

She's just informed me that she wants 'other payment methods besides Paypal'

Anyone got one of those hillarious 'face palm' pictures I could borrow for a second?

Yup, I used it to sell CDs and it worked out real nice. Super easy, nice and clean transactions.