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Does anyone have any recommendations for a good, commercial cart that is easy to use and that can be plugged in to existing websites? I don't need a free solution as I would prefer one with some sort of speedy support and I would be willing to pay up to $500.
I know this question has been asked before but this is a changing marketplace so there may be good, new stuff around that I am not aware of.
I'd suggest that you lease your cart to get continuing support and upgrades. Shopsite may be a good choice, but it all depends on what you're selling and how much volume you do. You can buy the script or lease it, btw.
It's a free download.
Caveat emptor.
WBF
My problem is that when I hand a site over I don't want the phone to be ringing every five minutes with, "Can you tell me again, how do you do this?" calls.
My problem is that when I hand a site over I don't want the phone to be ringing every five minutes with, "Can you tell me again, how do you do this?" calls.
I don't know anyway around this one. However, for limited tasks it is not too hard to teach someone how to operate it.
The deeper and more flexible the system, the steeper the learning curve for the neophyte.
WBF
Which is often perceived as too complex and confusing = the cart is useless. Ugh... don't get me started on people too lazy to learn. ;)
Ugh... don't get me started on people too lazy to learn.
That's true but to be fair it can also be a case of not having the time to learn. That is why I was seeking a simple system.
Understood and agreed. This is not directed at you BDW but what I've seen time and again is this used as an excuse. At least you know your time is limited and have chosen to seek a simple solution. I've worked with clients that want the bells and whistles (against my advice) and then complain when they're trying to work with it because there are so many decisions they have to make like choosing to set the global discount = no on products that they don't ever want on sale, hide products that they've run out of, choose the fields they do or don't want to have appear on the checkout form, or even whether or not they want the customer redirected to the cart after they put something in their cart or to leave them on the product page. Heavens to Mergatroid, if they want the bells and whistles they should expect to have to deal with the added complexity!
This is not directed at you BDW but what I've seen time and again is this used as an excuse.
No problem, I did not see it as being directed at me. The simplicity that I required was not for myself but for the client :)
I am currently doing a site for a guy who wants to sell about forty items from a niche range that will only be changing occasionally. I was going to give him an OSCommerce solution but I can see problems with this. I am having problems getting the information for the website from him right now because he is so busy.
Bill
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