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I would like to find an easy to install package which comes with support and a simple administration area that clients don't need an IT degree to use. I would be happy to pay for this.
Why don't you just go with OSc? The contributions cover a lot and you can end up with a really good package...
In our industry most of the atrocious looking sites are OSC. Free cart and low priced design/grapics I guess.
Especially getting going, paid support is a bargain.
It doesn't sound like a good deal to me.
That's at least $915 for the first year!
We use the Pro version so it's more costly than that.
Our previous cart was a bit cheaper. But the company virtually went out of business around 2002 and never upgraded it afterward. I could count on some cart downtime about three times a year. Once it was down during our peak season for about a week!
Phone help (and eventually email assistence) could take days. That company eventually pulled the plug on the online bulletin board because it contained nothing but complaints about the aging cart and the awful support.
Shopsite by comparison is a bargain.
BTW, you only pay for set up once and there may be specials offered on it occasionally. I don't recall.
It's not something that I could sell on as a package to new clients who don't even know if they will see any turnover. What I was really looking for was a plug in application that is easy to install, has a simple UI and good support.
was really looking for was a plug in application that is easy to install, has a simple UI and good support.
I've learnt that sometimes you just have to pay for the above, but I understand the client thing!
Use them all the time (the generic template is easy to slot into any custom design) and yesterday it took me about 20-30 minutes to teach a client who had never had a website before, let alone a store, how to use the admin CP.
You do need to buy a few addons to help them with images, but otherwise it works out of the box.
cheers.
