The value of goods and services purchased on-line has risen exponentionally over the last 3 years - and AMD Web Design research shows that this trend is likely to continue to increase.
Don't take our word for it read this BBC report

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FEATURE LIST:

• Maintain your store online with full administration through your web browser
• Secure transactions with SSL
• Customer accounts
• Customer address books (other shipping destinations)
• Order history
• Search catalog for products or manufacturers
• Product reviews by customers
• Product images and thumbnails
• E-mail notifications
• Products assignable to multiple categories
• Categories-to-categories structure (allows categories within categories)
• Selectable product options with ability to modify price
• Bestseller lists
• Specials
• Multi-Language Support
• Display what other related products customers have bought
• User-friendly layout
• Add/Edit/Remove categories, products, manufacturers, customers, and reviews
• Statistics for products and customers
• Dynamic product attributes
• Tax zones, classes, and rates
• Payment and shipping modules
• Connection to currency exchange rate servers for multi-currency shops
• Decide what to display (and the order) in the product listings
• Backup tool

...and much more.