hi,

complete newbie intends to set up a site to sell photos.

since i have very limited experience and knowledge on ecommerce + very limited budget, i intend to take advice from forums, start with open-source software and prepare to fall down and get back on my feet.

so... firstly... domain name?
i am based in the uk and my target customers will, for the moment, be from the uk. and i am inclined to buy a ".com". so,
1. can i go to a site not based in the uk to purchase a domain name? is this going to have any bad effect to the domain name?
2. lawrence mention server location somewhere at the forum, do i need to consider the server location or any other factor when consider buying a domain name?

thank you.