Being local - if you plan to profit more from local sales, do look around what you can get where you live. I am talking about non-English countries here. There are many local solutions, and obviously it's easier to reach someone in the same city with a tech question or problem than somebody thousands of miles / kilometres away.
Examples: Legwear4men (UK) is using OsCommerce while TinaMikaela is using a custom prog from the Czech Republic.
Services with one-click installs
We have tried both of them! e-MANcipate was hosted on Servage for a long time! Others websites by Chan are still hosted at Dreamhost.
Servage.net: Oscommerce autoinstall
EUR 89 for 14 months (6.35 €/month) - use coupon EMAN274 to get 75 GB extra space
Easy-to-use control panel
Extra safety locks
Known limitation: depending on the complexity of the page, around 10.000 visits per day it becomes overloaded
Located in the EU (Germany)
Quick&friendly customer service
Dreamhost.com: Zencart autoinstall
- USD 286 for three years ($7.95 per month) - use coupon DREMAN274 to get USD 50 discount when signing up
Bit more complex, still easy to use panel
All features needed by advanced users and expert admins (ssh etc.)
Located in the US
Quick&friendly customer service
Turnkey solutions
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ecommerce/ USD 39.95/month, $50 setup fee, 1,5% transaction fee -- recommended for US businesses
