Hi there,
I am about to establish a business dealing in high-end, branded consumer electronics, namely cameras and peripheral products, as well as a secondary focus on sound and audio equipment.
Right now, I'm shopping around for a firm to create my website. My budget is between 6,000-8,000 dollars. If you're a web designer and think you can create a decent product in that price range, contact me. Otherwise, if you've had experience with a website design firm, please recommend them to me.
Right now, I'm in talks with www.ecommercewebsites.com.au to create the website. I've also taken a look at the designers on elance, though I find second-rate many of the top-ranking firms on there.
Thanks for reading, and I hope I'm able to bring to this community great deals in the future.
Are you after opencart? You could look into buying a theme from http://themeforest.net/. Most Hosting providers will install the theme for you.
Alternatively you could go with a ready made store solution, which comes with hosting & assistance. Although some may have a commission on sales. Some are strictly monthly fees with no sales commission. Plenty of them around, but these are the popular 3 I'm aware of:
http://go.magento.com/plans/
https://www.prestabox.com/en/
http://www.shopify.com/
Depends on your needs & budget. Customized stores can be great, but as a start up I wouldn't recommend it. You would then have to rely on them to help you when things go wrong.