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Can you recommend a ecommerce website builder or shopping cart

by Coolandnew.co.uk
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Hi
I need to buy some software to build another ecommerce site. I have spend about 3 hours looking at reviews and checking them out. My 2 choices now are

1) Xsitepro (as it has so many features) but hasnt got shopping cart built in - so I would still need to add a free one

or
2) Avactis - fully functional shopping cart that has website features.

Has anyone used either of these and can you recommend them

Also Avactis shopping cart license only allows me to run it on one site. Is that usual for shopping cart software?
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  • Profile picture of the author D37
    I have used CS-Cart in the past and LOVED it! I think you will enjoy it too. You can check it out by going to cs-cart.com. You can run a demo on your server for 30 days I believe.
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  • Profile picture of the author JDiNozzo
    Originally Posted by Coolandnew.co.uk View Post

    1) Xsitepro (as it has so many features) but hasnt got shopping cart built in - so I would still need to add a free one
    I agree that XSitePro is brilliant, with tons of great features. Especially if you're new to website design yourself, you can't go wrong. I've learnt quite a lot on website building through the use of XSitePro which I'm grateful for.
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    • Profile picture of the author ultraburner
      Hey,

      Why not give osCommerce, Open Source Online Shop E-Commerce Solutions a try. Its open source which means it Free!!

      Have fun!

      UB
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      • Profile picture of the author dave_hermansen
        Originally Posted by ultraburner View Post

        Why not give osCommerce a try. Its open source which means it Free!!
        Expect a HUGE learning curve if you use oscommerce. Take it from someone that has spent a lot of time & money working with programmers to customize oscommerce-based shopping cart platforms! (We have our own network of ecommerce stores that run on our own shopping cart platform that we custom-built from oscommerce).

        Yeah it's free, but you have to customize the crap out of it to get your store to look modern. It comes with an extremely out-dated looking front-end and your options are to buy a template (90% of the ones for sale are loaded with issues) or spend tons of time or money customizing/updating it yourself. Plus, the admin interface is a nightmare for folks that are new to ecommerce. If you aren't a programmer you wont understand 80% of the options in the admin (I didn't at first, and I had already been running ecommerce stores for nearly 4 years before I saw it for the first time).

        I would recommend going with magento, cre loaded, or x-cart. They all have their own issues, but they are far more user-friendly and your site will look much more up-to-date without a lot of expensive or time consuming custom work! I've never used XSitePro, but it sounds like it might be a good option as well.
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        • Profile picture of the author lawrencejakab
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          • Profile picture of the author janita
            osCommerce is best software to built ecommerce website. Give a try to it.
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  • Profile picture of the author webbill
    there are more options like open-cart magento and ecommerce for building and maintaining the website.
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  • Profile picture of the author najani
    If you choose any then make sure you do not have to uninstall older versions and re-install newer versions when you want to upgrade your store.
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  • Profile picture of the author kooldesigning
    Oscommerce, Zencart, Open-cart magento and many more... it depends on the requirements that a specific business have.
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  • Profile picture of the author unlimitedmarketing
    When I was starting out I used Yahoo as my hosting. They have a really good site builder that is easy to use. Also they do have a shopping cart, and you can upgrade as far as opening a yahoo store with them.
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  • Profile picture of the author sparkman
    Have a look at 1shoppingcart or nanacast they're both good in their own right.
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  • Profile picture of the author haymanpl
    Sounds like oscommerce is a lot of work. I need to find a very simple shopping cart that i can integrate with existing buttons and idevaffiliate. Anyone have a good free solution?
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    • Profile picture of the author awebforyou
      I have created an online store program. It is not free - it has a low monthly fee but it includes tech support , free hosting and updates.
      You do not need to have any technical knowledge to easily get your store up. I will constantly be updating it to make it more web 2.0 , social and to make it easy to do search engine optimization.

      Custom features can be added for extra fees if needed.

      You can see more about it on Get Online today and start to sell products online and sign up for a free trial.

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  • Profile picture of the author goldenspiralstudios
    Magento would be the best option. It offers complete flexibility and control over the users experience, content, and functionality of their online store. Its intuitive administration interface features powerful marketing tools, a catalog-management engine and is SEO optimized to give merchants the power to create sites that provide an unrivaled and rich online shopping experience for their customers, tailored to their unique business needs.
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