Aproximate First Year Startup Cost Price Range: $2390 -$3750
Aproximate Overhead Price For Every Year After That: $959.88
Aproximate Turnaround Time: 2-6 Weeks

We always seem to get the same few questions, “How much does it really cost to start an online store?”, and “How much time does it take to start selling my products online?” The answers to those questions vary from store to store depending on the design, features, number of products, content, and a number of other factors but we have done our best to estimate the approximate time and money based on the most common store features, store design layout, number of products, etc. Here is an explanation of the first year online store startup costs in detail:

Design Implementation: If you already have a web design for your store and you just need it implemented it would cost about $500 - $700 . Our turnaround time takes 1-2 weeks to implement a design into the store.

Design: If you need a new design based on your current website or your own criteria the price can be anywhere from $1200 - $2500 or more but it usually stays within that range. Turnaround time for a new design and implementation is usually 2-6 weeks.

Adding Products, Categories and Content: Adding categories and products to your store is easy and we will show you how to do it at no extra charge. If you want us to do it for you then we do charge $50 an hour. Usually 100 products take 2-3 hours to load if all of the product information and content is readily available which is about $150 .

Optional Search Engine Optimization (SEO): A major part of selling online is reaching out and finding new customers to purchase your products but it is optional. To do this we offer Search Engine Optimization packages. What this means is we research the keywords, key phrases, etc for your particular industry and products and implement them into your site design and your content to cater to the major search engines. This allows your website and products to be found when someone searches in google, yahoo, msn, aol and other search engines. This can be a tedious and time consuming task. Our packages start at $250 and can go up to $2000 or more depending on your preferences and the number of products optimized. A general price for great results on an average store is $1000 to $1200 .

Online Store Webhsoting: Webhosting for your online Miva Store is $49.99 (this account suits 99% of most new online Miva Merchant stores) which is charged either annually or quarterly. If you choose to pay annually then there is a 10% discount and no setup fee. If you pay quarterly there is a $49.99 setup fee. Most companies pay hosting annually which comes to $539.89 .

SSL Certificate: We include an SSL certificate to ensure safe secure transactions at no extra cost to you. That costs you $0 .

Accepting Credit Cards: A Merchant / Gateway account to automatically accept credit cards generally costs $20-$35 a month. You pay the merchant account company directly. You do not pay that to Morditech but that is an overhead expense in starting a new online store so we are including in the online store startup costs. .

Total Online Store Startup Price: Please remember that this is average pricing for a small to medium size store and prices are going to vary. You may email us or call us for a more accurate and detailed quote. Below is a price summary of the information mentioned above.

First Year and Start Up Costs: $3,750
Every Year after that: $959.88

You should refer to our online pricing guide for more specific pricing information