UK Shopping Basket Systems

Does anyone from the UK have any recommendations

[t34WRJ]

Hello

As our current website utilises ShopAssistant, which is a little awkward and certainly not search-egine friendly, does anyone have any recommendation for a new payments solution, although we would want to, if at all possible, keep our integration with Netbanx (assuming this to still be a good service?)

Cheers

James

[Rubylily]

Hi James

If you've used ShopAssistant then you'll probably find EROL very good. I'm currently using CactuShop, an ASP solution, which has been good but could do with a bit more design flexibility on category and product pages (but then I'm very demanding...). I have to say I never got on well with Actinic in the past but I've seen some pretty nice Actinic stores recently so I'm assuming they've made big improvements.

Outside the UK, but still 'UK compatible' I've recently been playing around with YourVirtualStore (VP-ASP with knobs on) and so far me likey.

Having used both JavaScript and ASP solutions I'm totally hooked on ASP. It's proved SO much more search-engine friendly (despite the received wisdom about dynamic URLs), which has had a real impact for me.

If you fancy PHP there's OSCommerce and X-Cart, both good solutions for a UK store.

It really will depend on your specific needs and criteria, but you've a few good 'uns there to take a look at. AFAIK they should all integrate fine with Netbanx (if that's a 'good service' for you, only you would know). Hope that helps.

[TimmyMagic]

I use Click Cart Pro. The downside is it is not search engine friendly. However, it is fully customizable so you can sort that out like I have. Plus it is only $99. Which is very cheap considering what it can do.

[t34WRJ]

Thanks for the help guys. I must say that EROL looks quite good and may bear this in mind for the future. Any solution I choose would have to be search engine friendly as, at the moment, the search engines have problems getting on with out shopping bakset system.

Cheers

James

[Rubylily]

Hi James

EROL is excellent and I used it for quite some time, but the reason I moved is that it just ain't search engine friendly at all, which is a shame. So if that's a priority for you (and who isn't it a priority for...) I would recommend looking at something which outputs straightforward HTML and doesn't require a frameset and five tons of JavaScript in order to function.

[t34WRJ]

Looks like EROL's out of the question then!

Cheers

James

[le_gber]

Actinic seems to be quite SE friendly (ie v6 output static pages)

I am currently looking into it for one of my customer and it seem quite easy to use as well (and would allow me to design a store template as I want to)

Leo

[superscript]

Go with Actinic if you can afford it. It's effectively the industry standard; many developers know how to tweak it if you need mods, and its extremely flexible. My new business uses it - and I wish I'd used it for my earlier one.
(Intend to get the old business re-developed in Actinic in future)

[Essex_boy]

Yep i looked at all the above and wote them off, write one yourself inHTML (very SEW friendly) and integrate it with Mals-e.com for the cart.

Cheap as it only cost time and perfect for page design....