Questions from a Newbie concerning E-commerce Website Set-Up

Hello,

First a little background on me: I have almost no website building experience (did a quicky trellix website builder once on Earthlink). I do have some graphic art experience and own and am familiar with illustrator and photoshop. I actually own a reasonably recent version of Dreamweaver, but have never looked at it.

My situation: I need a website that has a few static information pages plus the ability to sell a few (under 15) real products, and also sell an e-book or two.

I had considered hiring someone to set up a website for me as I have done in the past (a static information website I own), but I want the ability to make changes and have control over text and photos and such without re-hiring the website designer every time I want make a change.

So then I thought I could learn Dreamweaver and build my own website, but fears of steep learning curves along with struggling to learn about all the other details of turning it into an e-commerce site feels daunting and time-consuming.

Finally, I decided that I should find a webhost that had a decent drop-and-drag website building option that I could make into an e-commerce site.

I have been reading and searching for 3 days (Ugh!) to find an appropriate and reasonably low priced solution. I have found e-junkie which looks pretty flexible and has a lot of features I like. I have also found iPage which uses Weebly drop-and-drag website building. I'm not sure I'm in love with them, but they seem reasonably priced and reliable. I have not signed up for anything yet. I'm still weighing my options which is why I'm posting here.

Here are my questions (thank you for your patience reading my long story!): Can e-junkie be easily integrated into a drag and drop website? Do I need to know something about HTML (I do not)? How do I learn how to integrate it on a website I create?

Also, anyone have any opinions on iPage or Weebly? Anyone have any other suggestions for an easy-to-use website builder on a reasonably priced, reliable host?

Lastly, do you think I'd be better off learning Dreamweaver (how things look matter quite a bit to me)? If so, will it take me forever to figure out how to create the website I described in working order?

I know, its a lot of questions. The question about how to integrate e-junkie is the most important to me. Any that you feel like answering would be appreciated greatly.

Thank you kindly to anyone who helps.

Michelle