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E-commerce platforms?

by josephmorris90
5 replies
Hello,

Recommendations for platforms? Either open or sold platforms.

Example: Magento, OSCommerce, etc.

Thanks,

Kyle W.
#e-commerce #ecommerce #magento #platform #platforms #shop
  • Profile picture of the author Rob Thayer
    I tinkered with Magento for a while, but it has the most convoluted design I have ever seen and was just too hard to customize.

    I think the two main options are osCommerce and ZenCart. I've played with both, but I would definitely give the nod to osCommerce since it has more community support. You can get free add-ons for virtually anything you want to do.
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  • Profile picture of the author L.James
    I agree I have used OsCommerce and it has worked out quite well. Creloaded is also a option.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jagged
      Wordpress is good for SEO and has e-commerce plug-ins that do a good job.
      http://www.instinct.co.nz/e-commerce/

      I've gone from OsCommerce to ZenCart to Magento...then back to Zencart.....Magento seems like it will be good...if one can just figure it out...:confused:


      There are other E-commerce platforms that work nicely too...
      Google is starting up a store feature:
      Google Checkout: store gadget

      Pepperjamnetwork & shareasale both have storefront widgets that you can add to websites or blogs for e-commerce....

      Good luck,
      Ken
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  • Profile picture of the author josephmorris90
    Thank you Rob and James.

    I have read very good stuff about OScommerce, so I will experiment with that I suppose and if it works well for me, I can hire a designer to make it more customer appealing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Liz Morgan
    Jagged beat me to my suggestions - although I don't recommend WP - ecommerce. The others such as OsCommerce, CREloaded and ZenCart are excellent. I've heard Magento is a bit of a bloated beast however, but I have no experience with it.
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