ByronM - 5:50 pm on Apr 8, 2008 (gmt 0)

I'm a firm believer in using something that is fully functional from the get go. Are you an e-tailer or a developer or both? Will you benefit from a custom solution that you have to maintain or will your business be better off letting someone else do that while you focus on what your core business is?

Fully functional is a relevant term - i mean that in the sense that it offers everything an ecommerce platform needs - not that it will be ready to turn on and make you money from day one.

A cart that handles 5000 orders is good, but in "big boy" terms were talking 5000 orders a day if not more.