The Startupist

From the Shopify Blog:

…we’re proud to announce support for accepting payments on your Shopify store through Stripe! Stripe handles the full stack of payment processing without requiring you to have a merchant account or gateway; all you need is a bank account with one of their supported banks.

This amounts to a huge win for both current Shopify store owners and those looking to open their own online store.  Shopify is among the easiest ways to start and maintain a good-looking and user-friendly online store.  Using Stripe, the hottt new payments startup, most Shopify store owners will save money as they will finally be able to tell their current merchant account, credit card gateway providers, and their monthly fees to pound sand.

Getting started with Shopify costs as little as $30/mo. with a 30-day free trial.  Stripe carries no monthly fees and charges a flat 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction.  Using Shopify + Stripe, you could realistically and easily start a pro-looking online store for just the cost of a domain name.