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Ecommerce platform for affiliate website

by runningfree73
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I'm planning on setting up an Amazon affiliate website using an ecommerce platform such as Opencart, Prestashop, Zencart etc. I have mostly used Wordpress before but want to try something different this time. Does anyone have experience with this and which, if any, of the ecommerce platforms is best suited for selling Amazon or other affiliate products?
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  • Profile picture of the author OnlineStoreHelp
    Originally Posted by runningfree73 View Post

    I'm planning on setting up an Amazon affiliate website using an ecommerce platform such as Opencart, Prestashop, Zencart etc. I have mostly used Wordpress before but want to try something different this time. Does anyone have experience with this and which, if any, of the ecommerce platforms is best suited for selling Amazon or other affiliate products?
    Both Opencart and Magento allow for this. Magento through a $299 plugin. I haven't played with the Opencart modules yet but I know they are there.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Tandan
    Have had some experience with Magento and for me the sites were quite sluggish, sometimes completely unresponsive.
    Perhaps they've corrected those bugs, but I'd go looking for plenty of reviews on the service before making a decision.
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    • Profile picture of the author runningfree73
      Originally Posted by Mark Tandan View Post

      Have had some experience with Magento and for me the sites were quite sluggish, sometimes completely unresponsive.
      Perhaps they've corrected those bugs, but I'd go looking for plenty of reviews on the service before making a decision.
      I've heard a lot of negative reviews about Megento so I steered clear of that one. I now have Opencart installed and I quite like the look and feel of it and it seems not too steep a learning curve getting to grips with the admin interface. I also found an extension called, "OpenCart Amazon Affiliate WebStore" which looks like a pretty good solution for selling Amazon products.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dog Rescuer
      Originally Posted by Mark Tandan View Post

      Have had some experience with Magento and for me the sites were quite sluggish, sometimes completely unresponsive.
      Perhaps they've corrected those bugs, but I'd go looking for plenty of reviews on the service before making a decision.
      When they first got big, I looked at the source code for Magento. It's a complete mess. The kind of bugs that can't be fixed without a complete re-write.
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      • Profile picture of the author TheCodex
        Originally Posted by Mark Tandan View Post

        Have had some experience with Magento and for me the sites were quite sluggish, sometimes completely unresponsive.
        Perhaps they've corrected those bugs, but I'd go looking for plenty of reviews on the service before making a decision.
        Originally Posted by runningfree73 View Post

        I've heard a lot of negative reviews about Megento so I steered clear of that one. I now have Opencart installed and I quite like the look and feel of it and it seems not too steep a learning curve getting to grips with the admin interface. I also found an extension called, "OpenCart Amazon Affiliate WebStore" which looks like a pretty good solution for selling Amazon products.
        Originally Posted by Dog Rescuer View Post

        When they first got big, I looked at the source code for Magento. It's a complete mess. The kind of bugs that can't be fixed without a complete re-write.
        Mageneto is a mess? lol

        Oookkkkkaaaayyyyyy.
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  • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
    Are you doing it for the really high commissions that Amazon pays out or because its easy money.

    No sarcasm here.
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    • Profile picture of the author runningfree73
      Originally Posted by hustlinsmoke View Post

      Are you doing it for the really high commissions that Amazon pays out or because its easy money.

      No sarcasm here.
      No, I didn't detect any sarcasm in your comment at all. Anyway, Amazon is not usually my first choice but for certain niches it just makes sense.
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  • Profile picture of the author emidelicious
    Actually you can build very good site for referral program in magento, its not only meant for ecommerce. Regarding plugins, yes there are few high priced and few simple. You can check prices of different modules here.
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  • Profile picture of the author LABEShops
    Opencart has a mod to do it for $29.00. Do a search in the extension store at opencart.com. Haven't tried it yet, though it is planned for a future project.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Why would you do that when Woocommerce has built in shopping for affiliate urls, digital products and physical products? It's already out of the box ready to make an ecommerce affiliate site

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    • Profile picture of the author runningfree73
      Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

      Why would you do that when Woocommerce has built in shopping for affiliate urls, digital products and physical products? It's already out of the box ready to make an ecommerce affiliate site
      Woocommerce is for Wordpress. If you read my original post, you would have seen that I didn't want to use Wordpress.
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