OK I have a quaetion. I need a shopping cart program, but I am not SURE how to go about this. DO I need to make CODE up for this, or there is a program out there for it. Im not sure were to go from here and I could use some help with this please. Thanks for your hrlp!!!!!ASSUMING your server SUPPORTS php, asp, etc.... You have two options.

1. Try building you own. Your talking about some sort of list or array that holds the items ordered and some way to send this data to paypal or equivalent.

2. Use a pre-built solution such as http://opensolution.org/?p=Quick.Cart They have integration with paypal type companies already written as addons (search their forum).AWSOME thanks for the info. How would I go about building me own shopping cart program. I do not have much skill in this. What can you offer. THANKSStart by learning a server side languge such as PHP or ASP, looking into session variables or even cookies (this is where your program will store details about what is on the list).

That should give you a start...>osCommerce< is free.  No need to reinvent the wheel.  But if you must, you'll need some serious programming skills - then look at PayPal's API documentation for one way of getting started.I have been looking at some of these and I want to build my own shopping cart program, and hints any one can give me for assistants!!!Not for free...Besides that I really don't think anyone on this forum really has time to sit and write a program that tedious.thats not what I am asking. Were can I go to write my own program. Any ideas!!any good placeds to go to obtain the php info, leerning from the experts here.A good PHP Tutorial is only the first step. Pay attention to databases for both for creating your store and holding customer and order information. You'll also need to learn what options are available for maintaining state and which are appropriate under which circumstances.

Good LUCK. 8-)

Could you not start with something a bit more simple than an eCommerce application?  That's quite an advanced project, and you really need some specialist knowledge - e.g. security, the use of site certificates, merchant APIs, etc.  Try downloading osCommerce and having a look at all the code.  There's tons of it and until you actually understand every single line of code, you're not yet ready to build an application like that.