Which one is better

by rafijaan

Posted: 11 years ago 12 replies

ECOMMERCE

I have been started a new business, for which am planning to create a new online store. I have read about Megento, Apart from magento any other open source for creating online store which can handle about 4k products which hosting services will be suitable.

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Palomino 11 years ago

OSCommerce, ZenCart, and OpenCart are all open source carts.
Hosting: Simple Helix is a Magento-optimized host, and they're noticeably faster than many out there. 2-3 of our customers use them.
They're very affordable too.
Zunicore, Peer1.coms public cloud hosting service is absolutely top-tier stuff. Peer1, Fyi, hosts WordPress.com, Softpedia, and Virgin Media's Games, among many others. They're in like the top .5% of hosts.
Hostgator's Business Plan level- it includes an SSL certificate and dedicated IP, which is very nice for eCommerce. Plus, 24/7 tech support based in America, cPanel for one-touch install of Magento, WordPress, Joomla, etc., and reliable service. I've had more than 100 domains and sites hosted by them at a time and never had an issue or outage.
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steiner_881 11 years ago

Magento + Host Gator Combo! Both services have amazing support/Documentation, and will be around for a very long time.
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aakon7 11 years ago

I'd use Magento and put is on a specialized Magento host. Using it on a cheap host with that many products is a dumb idea. Magento is by far the best free solution out there right now and will continue to be for the future. Plus the crazy number of extensions available for Magento are invaluable.
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TanYaV 11 years ago

Magento is rather a complex cart. You could use something simpler, like OpenCart, PrestaShop or VirtueMart (Joomla component)
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Yesceeohhh 11 years ago

Joomla Virtuemart would be the best choice to start an online ecommerce store. Prestahop can be considered as the second opinion.
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jspmedia 11 years ago

it is all depends on your shopping cart requirements, how many products, customization, payment gateways, etc..I like woocommerce to start out if you don't have many products to sell..then I like magento because they have great community supports..or online service shopify if you don't like to install script by yourself..
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- OnlineStoreHelp 11 years ago
  
  If it will be 4000 products like you said, stick with a dedicated shopping cart application. I would only suggest wordpress and Joomla/Virtuemart for a store with 1 to 3 products.
  
  That being said, like others have said, check out prestashop and opencart. They take less expensive servers, a little more lightweight and have plenty of pretty templates you can get off of themeforest. Lots of plugins and modules as well.
  
  If you are a talented programmer and have the budget for quality VPS hosting, then I would say check Magento but Prestashop, OpenCart, Zencart and others will all handle 4,000 products without any issue.
  
  All the shops we have talked about are PHP based.
  
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vishwa 11 years ago

I suggest you to Go for Opencart, It is the best Free Open Source Shopping Cart with Great Features. For Hosting I would suggest you terabyet.org they are provide Good Hosting Solutions for Ecommerce Sites. They also have some good Reviews Also.
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york 11 years ago

any other open source for creating online store which can handle about 4k products which hosting services will be suitable.

Prestashop on Bluehost.com, it is a one click install.

Prestashop might be the best open source shopping cart there is, I did try Opencart but found troubles with importing products.

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Weblover50 11 years ago

Magento is a resource intensive script and normal shared hosts may not be suitable. A specialist magento host is a must, as already suggested.

4000 products is nothing great, other open source ecommerce script should be fine. Download and set up a few and decide only after you see them working.
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bizgrower 11 years ago

I think it really depends upon your skills and preferences, or your budget to hire skill for that preference. All platforms have things that need to be worked through and have been worked through. It will take persistance and thouroughness on your part, and/or
help from someone experienced with your platform to work through the kinks.

Continuity is another thing to consider. Suppose you hire someone to build and they leave for whatever reason. Will they leave you with good documentation so it's easier for someone else to continue? Will it be easy and easy on your budget to hire someone else? (Another factor for choosing a more popular platform?)
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