Adobe Business Catalyst Reviews??

Kevin AKA Hubcap · 02-19-2010, 08:35 AM

**Repost From Product Review Section--didn't get any reviews**

Just looking for some reviews from people who use Business Catalyst to create web sites/e-commerce platforms.

I'm particularly interested in the e-commerce, analytics and e-mail capabilities as well as the blog function.

It seems that having everything under one dashboard will ease the pain of less web savvy clients but are the tools as powerful/useful as their alternatives (aweber, get response, wordpress etc--you get the idea).

Kevin

JMSS3 · 05-04-2011, 01:01 PM

Just checking in did you ever use this product. I am about to launch an e-course program and my web guy is trying to move me from aweber/wishlist/optimisepress etc to this all in one package. Keen on any thoughts.

Jane

GoogleWarrior · 05-04-2011, 03:00 PM

Anything from Adobe is great.
I love the After Effects, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Dreamweaver, Photoshop... and this BC looks amazing... I may try it out when I get some more free time.

JMSS3 · 05-04-2011, 05:34 PM

Thanks I look forward to your thoughts.
Jane

Ryan Rieth · 10-01-2011, 05:15 PM

We use BC for our ecommerce site. shieldskins.com I like it. It has it's bugs though. The ecoommerce part is really good. The blog is very, very basic. Currently we are building a wordpress blog and will be using the CName records to point to the wordpress blog instead of using the BC blog. I just want more functionality the the BC blog offers.

Analytics again are okay but kinda basic. It can tell you how many visitors you had to your site, total sales, new subscriptions, forum posts ect... for a period of time. It cannot tell you any ecommerce data like Google Analytics can. With GA you can see what keywords were used to get to your site that resulted in a purchase. All in all Google Analytics is much better for Analytics data. Oh ya and there is no way to track the ecommerce data with GA when you are using a BC site. Well no easy way anyway. I'm told it can be done but it will cost $400 to install and $20 a month for access to a JSON server (I have no idea how they make it work but supposedly they can do it, I don't know because I haven't tried it)

All in all I think it's an okay system. It could be better if they would have partnered with some of these other companies like GA and Aweber then they would have really good systems instead they built their own and they are all just mediocre. But I stay with them because the ecommerce part of their system is really good.

02-19-2010, 08:35 AM	#1
Kevin AKA Hubcap Flyin' Low & Slow War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,190 Thanks: 56 Thanked 176 Times in 131 Posts	Adobe Business Catalyst Reviews?? Repost From Product Review Section--didn't get any reviews Just looking for some reviews from people who use Business Catalyst to create web sites/e-commerce platforms. I'm particularly interested in the e-commerce, analytics and e-mail capabilities as well as the blog function. It seems that having everything under one dashboard will ease the pain of less web savvy clients but are the tools as powerful/useful as their alternatives (aweber, get response, wordpress etc--you get the idea). Kevin

05-04-2011, 01:01 PM	#2
JMSS3 Warrior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Adobe Business Catalyst Reviews?? Just checking in did you ever use this product. I am about to launch an e-course program and my web guy is trying to move me from aweber/wishlist/optimisepress etc to this all in one package. Keen on any thoughts. Jane

05-04-2011, 03:00 PM	#3
GoogleWarrior GoogleWarrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 511 Thanks: 395 Thanked 36 Times in 30 Posts	Re: Adobe Business Catalyst Reviews?? Anything from Adobe is great. I love the After Effects, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Dreamweaver, Photoshop... and this BC looks amazing... I may try it out when I get some more free time.

05-04-2011, 05:34 PM	#4
JMSS3 Warrior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Adobe Business Catalyst Reviews?? Thanks I look forward to your thoughts. Jane

10-01-2011, 05:15 PM	#5
Ryan Rieth Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Owosso, Michigan Posts: 54 Thanks: 6 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Adobe Business Catalyst Reviews?? We use BC for our ecommerce site. shieldskins.com I like it. It has it's bugs though. The ecoommerce part is really good. The blog is very, very basic. Currently we are building a wordpress blog and will be using the CName records to point to the wordpress blog instead of using the BC blog. I just want more functionality the the BC blog offers. Analytics again are okay but kinda basic. It can tell you how many visitors you had to your site, total sales, new subscriptions, forum posts ect... for a period of time. It cannot tell you any ecommerce data like Google Analytics can. With GA you can see what keywords were used to get to your site that resulted in a purchase. All in all Google Analytics is much better for Analytics data. Oh ya and there is no way to track the ecommerce data with GA when you are using a BC site. Well no easy way anyway. I'm told it can be done but it will cost $400 to install and $20 a month for access to a JSON server (I have no idea how they make it work but supposedly they can do it, I don't know because I haven't tried it) All in all I think it's an okay system. It could be better if they would have partnered with some of these other companies like GA and Aweber then they would have really good systems instead they built their own and they are all just mediocre. But I stay with them because the ecommerce part of their system is really good.