building a site in the US for int'l customers - HELP!!!

[ksk226]

would like some advice from the professionals.

I'm trying to sell shoes online to customers in Korea.

I've searched online for ecommerce sites like monstercommerce and have a few questions.

1. What is the best way or which site best supports international purchases, in terms of currency(listing cost of shoe in a foreign currency), possibly using foreign fonts etc.

Just wondering if it's better to work with a ecommerce site in Korea and build a shopping site from there or if it's possible somehow to build one using a company in the US.

thanks in advance for the help and replies

[nexternal]

Tough question.

My first question would be where are the money and the goods based. If the company's money and or stock is located in Korea, I'd say find a Korean hosted solution.

If the company and the money is in the US, I'd say try to keep it all in the US. I would also suggest just accepting US dollars in this case. It is very difficult as a US company with a US bank to process foreign currency. However, Most international buyers are USD savvy and can pay with Credit cards and paypal without any issues. There are also solutions that can provide support for currency conversion and language (if you can have someone translate).

In terms of language a cheap hack is google language tools. http://www.google.com/language_tools. You can put a link on your site that will filter your site through google. An example is Nytro.com then click one of the languages on the bottom right.

Good Luck!

[arcon5]

This really depends on whether you want:

-- A custom programmed one

or

-- Pre-installed multi-function eCommerce website

How much you willing to invest?
And probably more importantly, how much knowledge does your head contain when it comes to: the internet, programming, and business?