Hi everyone....what a great, and active forum....I've only barely been browsing and I know I found a goldmine....I'm hoping you guys can help.

After scouring around and looking at different Open Source options, with no coding knowledge, thinking I'd learn HTML, PHP and CSS, I've decided that it's going to be way too much work, and I've basically sold myself on a hosted solution at this point, because of the all-in-one functionality and ease of customization.

I'm asking for you guys to help me with your experience to determine the best one. I spent about 30 minutes on the Network Solutions (formerly MonsterCommerce) hands on demo and thought it was REALLY nice, and poked around on the 3DCart demo, which looked to be packed with features, so much that I got a little overwhelmed and realized I could spend days on demos, so that's why I'm coming here to ask some expert advice.

Somebody posted a really nice review site of the hosted solutions (and thanks for that) - I haven't dug through it yet, but it looks very thorough, although I don't trust review sites too much because there always seems to be an agenda behind them - just glancing at that one it looks like "goEmerchant" funded the site (only one w/a video review?! hmmm)

This is what I'm looking for, although my needs are subject to change as I learn more, this is what is most important to me right now

1.) Maximum EASE and options for customization......I want to be able to design my site to look exactly how I want it to look down to all of the details
2.) SEO....I want a site that TRULY offers top SEO rankings, they ALL say they do
3.) Analytics.....I'd like strong analytics as I feel this is key (is google analytics the answer for this, or do some hosted solutions offer superior analytics tools?)
4.) Overall feature set....I don't want to choose a solution only to find it limits me down the road

Lastly, what about ProStores specifically, the Ebay company? I have an Ebay store now and am naturally looking at taking the next step.......I found some old reviews that completely trashed ProStores, but perhaps they've made strides??.......however, judging by how clunky and annoying Ebay is, not to mention their stupid HTML editor, I wouldn't be surprised if it was junk, but with a powerseller discount it's only $20/mo.

Thanks a bunch....assuming you made it all the way through this post - sorry it's so long!!