Working with your own photographs requires a scanner, a digital camera or a digitizing service to import them to your image editor. Or download images for a fee or free of charge from various stock photography Web sites. Though more costly, you could also hire a professional to photograph your products and prepare the images for the Web. Shareware FTP clients are a dime a dozen on the Web. Some Web authoring programs have FTP functions built in.
Most Web hosts offer shopping cart technology as an extra feature to regular hosting plans.
Depending on the technology they use, it can be as easy as filling in the options on a Web-based form to create a catalog of products. Or it can involve tinkering with CGI scripts and uploading them to your site, which, if you aren't familiar with Unix file terms, can be a nightmare. You'll need a merchant account to accept payments online. Web hosts can connect you with a bank or payment-processing firm with which you can apply. Offer your customers payment by check or credit card.