Anyone recommend a good reputable shopping cart?

[dharrison]

Hi all

I have just decided that I have had enough of OSCommerce as a shopping cart solution.

Can anyone recommend a good shopping cart software that is

• flexible
• easy to run
• easy to maintain
• has good support and
• is affordable

I would appreciate any help or feedback.

TIA

[Toni Anicic]

I would personally recommend Magento Just google it

[dozzn]

If Paypal is considered a shopping cart then I would recommend Paypal...?

[Dubbya]

Why not check out the thread on shopping carts?
List of Shopping Carts

Your selection is only limited by your host and your coding abilities.

[kettlewell]

Originally Posted by Toni Anicic

I would personally recommend Magento Just google it

Is Magentos current stance that you still need a dedicated server?

They've had some performance issues, but magento is a lot more feature rich than Zen/OSCommerce.

We held off on the switch to Magento because of perfomance issues, and they upped the requirement of PHP to 5.2, which my current solution doesn't meet.

Other than that, I'd agree, but double check the server requirements before you jump in with both feet.

I've also heard great things about 1automationwiz from the stompernet crew, but I've never used the cart myself

On a side note: The lack of a decent stand alone shopping cart has been very frustrating, prompting our company to research the feasiblity of developing our own shopping cart solution that is super fast, highly customizable and feature rich. But the forcast date would be 18-24 months out.


Matt

[nthampi]

Try our FlexOWeb Shopping Cart Solution. We do one time website building from one of our templates and don't charge for bandwidth.

Please follow link in my signature, if you are interested.

[DesignsOnline]

Develop your own, that is what we did. Then tailor it for each client. that way you get a reliable system that does just what you want it to for each client!
http://www.freelance-website-designers.co.uk

[danners02]

Magento - Home - eCommerce Software for Growth, Powered by Open Source is good but there is a steep learning curve for custom development and little documentation (thats up-to-date) but there is a growing community and I would recommend you find a freelancer to help you.
Only problem is tracking inventory for stock options which is critical for some users.

[Blanche0]

We use RomanCart (RomanCart Shopping Cart) and found it it be very easy to use. It contains many features and you can purchase a different level of subscription depending on what features you need. Support is very good (both telephone and email) and there is a very helpful and friendly user forum.

Regards
Tom Blanche

[DesignsOnline]

Originally Posted by Blanche0

We use RomanCart (RomanCart Shopping Cart) and found it it be very easy to use. It contains many features and you can purchase a different level of subscription depending on what features you need. Support is very good (both telephone and email) and there is a very helpful and friendly user forum.

Regards
Tom Blanche

The way you have set up Roman cart is doing you no favours in the search engines at all....!
Try doing the following search in Google:

site:design-a-cushions.co.uk

You will find it doesnt know anything about your products, they are not listed, and if they are not listed people wont find them, and therefore they wont buy them!

If you contrast that with the following search on a small Ecommerce website we designed with 200 odd products listed, you will find each product has its own entry in the search engines...:

site:bluzooaquatics.co.uk

for more details see Freelance website designers - Shopping carts, web page design, London, Essex
Joe

[crankydave]

Deb... Check out ShopSite.

Dave

[WebBunyip]

I have found Virtuemart a great option.

Better and easier to use than osCommerce, good downloads capability, and can be fully integrated with Joomla if you want more than just a cart.

[confettiguru]

We use Monster MarketPlace which is owned by Network Solutions. I use the Pro Version because I have thousands of products but they do have smaller versions.
The Tech Support is exemplary. I can't imagine using a different cart.

[triman]

I have two websites using Soholaunch for the shopping cart. The Templates are easy to modify and the shopping cart has a lot of built features.

[Blanche0]

Originally Posted by DesignsOnline

The way you have set up Roman cart is doing you no favours in the search engines at all....!
Try doing the following search in Google:

site:design-a-cushions.co.uk

You will find it doesnt know anything about your products, they are not listed, and if they are not listed people wont find them, and therefore they wont buy them!

If you contrast that with the following search on a small Ecommerce website we designed with 200 odd products listed, you will find each product has its own entry in the search engines...:

site:bluzooaquatics.co.uk

for more details see Freelance website designers - Shopping carts, web page design, London, Essex
Joe

Thank you for the advice but the domain 'design-a-cushions.co.uk merely points to our webspace. If you check site:blancheweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk you will see that there are 273 pages listed.

Regards
Tom

[skazka]

Our website The Russian Store is using X-Cart. It has lots of "bells & whistles" that you can upgrade as well.

[osicsophie]

I suggest you use an open source shopping cart and get some professional support from their support team. It's often affordable and suitable for your specific online shops.

[Emilyecho]

I don't know how to define a good reputable shopping cart. But a good reputable service from the shopping cart support team is very important.

[ottoskorzeny]

Hosted Cart or Do-It-Yourself Cart?

[dharrison]

ottoskorzeny,

Either.

[drose]

I have a site that uses Storefront Software by LaGarde, who were recently bought out of bankruptcy by Dydacomp. I have heard good things about Dydacomp, but ever since LaGarde started going down in December, service has been very troublesome. We have been down 6 days out of 60! (and still down today) Tech support is unresponsive in time of crisis. We are looking to move also.

[ottoskorzeny]

I'm not a big fan of DYI carts. There can be a lot of upkeep making sure everything is up to date, security, etc. Plus, going with a hosted cart negates your role as a web dev and admin. You can focus on the store, SEO, sourcing and customer service with that extra time.

I like these three hosted carts:

Volusion
3DCart
InstanteStore

I'd review each of them and see which one has the features you need. If you have any specific questions, feel free to give me a shout.

[jacksan]

I have used zeuscart com. It's open source shopping cart software. They provide good support and user friendly software.

[neonexus]

I've used Magento on shared hosting for Sea Witch Antiques and for Jacksonville NC Furniture as well as dedicated hosting. If you have a solid hosting source and setup Magento correctly, it can do great things and be very responsive.

[DesignsOnline]

Try e-Commerce Websites | Ecommerce & Shopping Cart websites

[lesya]

Hi Deb,

If it's still up-to-date and you want to move from your oscommerce to the shopping cart of your choice i would like to share with you about a web service that will make it a piece of cake. Cart2cart service will automate your data migration and guarantee all data is accurately migrated (products, customers, images - everything) Just google it!

[neonexus]

We have multiple Magento sites that our clients are using that are performing quite well and ranking top 10 on both Google and Yahoo. As for performance, visit some of our client sites to see for yourself.

[Ecomm]

Miva is great and so is Quikstore

[CS-Cart]

There's a great number of solutions out there, and, since your characteristics are quite common, my advice is to check some demos of carts you find, for example. via corresponding Google queries, ask some questions to their sales staff and see which one you prefer. It's a very basic strategy, but a honest one.

CS-Cart has a convenient, often AJAX-based interface, so we'd appreciate if you could consider us as an option.

[bsnelling]

Originally Posted by skazka

Our website The Russian Store is using X-Cart. It has lots of "bells & whistles" that you can upgrade as well.

We also use X-cart. While I have nothing to compare it to, it has indeed a lot of bells and whistles and we have added on a few things. We are not happy with the zoom function, which we added on. it takes too long to load the larger images.