I would like to start up an online store.
I'm not familiar with what's what, like... ecommerce site vs. shopping cart vs merchant acct. vs. payment gateway? I would like to offer buyers the option to use credit cards. What is a merchant account? Do I need that first, before I look for an ecommerce site? What is the difference between an ecommerce site and a shopping cart site? I thought they were the same? Can anyone tell me or point me in the right direction? Maybe a good resource link so I can research myself?
thanks in advance.