What do you look for in an ecommerce engine for your website?
Monday November 17, 2008
I have been researching various ecommerce platforms and solutions lately. And there are a lot out there. So how do you choose which one you should use? Do you have a shopping cart on your site? What service did you use to make it work? Should people use PayPal and a solution like WebAssist eCart? Or should they go with a site on Yahoo! or Amazon? What is your favorite shopping cart? Is a free or open source cart like Magento better than a paid or closed source cart like ShopSite?
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Interesting article, I am developing an e-commerce package, so I am curious to know too
Well, I think it all depends on what project you’re working on. If you just plan to sell internet good (mp3, ebooks,..) online you won’t have the same needs as if you’re a store wanting to find new customers online.
I originally used Shop-Script for a few client shopping carts, but have since migrated to Cartweaver. Cartweaver was difficult at first for this non-programmer, however, with some practice I am learning to like it. It integrates with Dreamweaver and can be matched to your website much easier than other canned carts. Additionally, you purchase the software and then can use it for any shopping cart you need to create. It is more affordable in the long run.
There is are three versions - asp, php and cold fusion. Check it out at http://www.cartweaver.com/.