Those are for sure an option that's available to you. When a customer asks me about sites like those I tell them, if they feel that will accomplish their needs,

Those are for sure an option that's available to you. When a customer asks me about sites like those I tell them, if they feel that will accomplish their needs, then by all means, go a head and use them, but those are not the kinds of websites I build. http://beta.p22.com http://beta.p22.com will be going live in a week or 2. This was over 10 months in development for me. You could not build this site with one of those services. I kinda gleaned over one of your points - you said "an online business" - if you intend to take people's credit card information, you must be experienced in how to protect that data. Maybe you should start with wordpress.org - as much as i despise wordpress websites, there are many plugins available that will probably accomplish what you need to do.