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[edited by: jatar_k at 8:29 pm (utc) on Aug. 26, 2005]
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They do have a free trial
Bek.
[edited by: lorax at 2:51 pm (utc) on Aug. 30, 2005]
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I would rather go to Shoppingcartsplus and use their system which includes a shopping cart and can be as low as about $22 per month. And a lot more included than a normal shopping cart.
Thanks for taking the time to answer!
[edited by: lorax at 2:55 pm (utc) on Aug. 30, 2005]
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That is actually pretty low cost for an eCommerce solution. You can get some lower cost, but they show it. There are some open source solutions too, but usually they are somewhat difficult to work with and support is very lacking.
If you think $400 is too much for an eCommerce application, then better not look at any of the high end solutions, as they usually start around $10,000
>If you think $400 is too much for an eCommerce application, then better not look at any of the high end solutions, as they usually start around $10,000
I disagree. Pointing out that there a Ferrari can cost over $200k doesn't make a $50k car inexpensive.
There are definitely less expensive solutions. ClickCartPro is about $150, or $80 if you're a developer and plan on buying more than three licenses. I'm sure that there are things that WebGenie does that CCP doesn't do, but I'll bet that the vice versa is true as well.
I'm actually in the market for a different cart than CCP, but not because it is a bad product, but because their forum is very dead and it takes days to have the simplest question answered.
Dirt cheap.
I have never liked Actinic due to the lack of options allowing you to move the layout around, your pretty stuck from what I can recall. Althoug it does have some great features that are very powerful.
At the end of the end of teh day I tend to write my own so I get exactly what I want.
Well see, that's a horse of a different color. I searched through the website and went through the license agreement with a fine-tooth comb and could find NOTHING about using it on multiple domains, unless they worded it strangely. I searched for words like "domain", "address" and "url".
Thanks for the suggestion.
I took a look at it, and it appears to work with three specific website editors. (None of which I use.) Also, I get the distinct impression that it's yet another shopping cart that is designed almost exclusively for use with a database of products. That's not what I'm looking for. I want to write a straight HTML page and feed the product purchase to the shopping cart and let it take it from there.
Most of my customers don't want a page that displays 5 rows of 3 columns. They want a custom layout.
Litecommerce can do this and is server based. Otherwise you are looking at third party solutions such as Mals and 1shoppingcart
x-cart is a very good cart but it may not be what you want
I was initially interested in the price of Litecommerce at $95, since that's just slightly more than what I'm paying now. But I don't know what you get for that $95. Underneath that, it shows the prices for Add-ons.
Gift Certificates: +$35
Affiliate system: +$50
Discount coupons: +$40
Inventory tracking: +$40
Downloadable products: +$50
Product options (color, size, etc.): +$20
Realtime shipping quotes: +$18
Interface with any credit card processor: $15 per processor
Plus a LOT of other add-ons that I might need if I understood exactly what they meant. So $95 can easily turn into $250-$350 per license.
generate catalogs "on the fly"
different formats in which to create your shopping cart catalogs'
In the plural throughout their site.
I see on this site that OSCOMMERCE was considered complicated to set up.
Try Zen Cart instead.. much, much better IMO.
I don't know where to start.. actually, you should try it for yourself. ;-)
It's user-friendly, and the developers are very active, contributing on the forums and releasing new versions.
It's still a good idea to know some basics about php, html and css, of course, if you're planning on designing the site yourself - but you can get a long way with Zen Cart without much knowledge of those too.
The biggest draw-back for me right now, is that it's not yet table-less. That's on their to-do list though, and should be done within the not-so-very-distant future :-)
Edit: forgot to mention it's open source, so it's free
Its cost from a $1 permonth. So getting a great cart need not cost the earth.
Actinic developer is a lot better now and you can utilise the templates a lot more now.
The best feature is you can copy and paste one site to another with a simple click
Eg
Say you have 3 websites with the same content under different domains as most shopping portals do, this is now a cinch.
Also they are more search engine friendly.
I agree less then version 6, not worth bothering with but 7 for a starter ecommerce site is very powerful.
Bek.
