Backtracking on Magento installation - best software for small lingerie site?

Discussion in 'eCommerce' started by killmenow, Jan 7, 2012.

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Best simple ecommerce package?

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  5. PrestaShop

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    Hi all,

    My girlfriend wants a lingerie website, so I setup an online store for her using Magento ... I have to say, I've only used a few different CMS in my time, but this really comes close to Sharepoint for being unnecessarily convoluted, complex and overwhelming. Even basic tasks are quite tricky so I don't think she has much of a chance.

    But what is the best alternative?

    Ideally she'd like to have 5 fixed categories (with no need to expand on that) so it'd be great to have some system that's has a really easy to customise homepage (or has a nice theme) that'll let her have just 5 big pictures on the homepage, rather than the traditional listings with menus and info everywhere. Something that's really not very text heavy at all.

    And an extra bonus would be a system that makes it really easy for people to checkout (ie purely via PayPal/Google checkout if necessary) and also lets her notify people when things are getting shipped

    I'd really appreciate any suggestions and feedback - thank you!
     
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    killmenow, Jan 7, 2012 IP
  2. wilyjose

    wilyjose Active Member

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    Am a developer and have used most of the ecommerce CMS and I would go still with Magento. It is user friendly on the back-end than most of the other CMSs and it has easy set up of the payment gateways.
     
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    killmenow Greenhorn

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    Your post did the same as mine, where it missed the word Magent0 - I wonder if it's trying to link to the site but it's broke, or something?! :)
     
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    Nigel Lew Notable Member

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    Magento throws a few of my clients as well, no worries. Open cart is likely the next best solution or prestashop. Magento is clearly the way to go though, it just requires a small learning curve.

    hope that helps,
    Nigel
     
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    Many thanks Nigel, and thanks to those who have voted!I showed my girlfriend the Magent0 menus, how to add some products etc last night and her opinion was that it's okay, better than Wordpress which she uses at work, but she was really quite impressed by Opencart, and I notice someone (although it looks kinda dodgy) has ripped off the Magento template she really likes too, which I can't work out if that's a good thing or bad.

    Will point her towards the Prestashop demo tonight! Thanks again
     
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