Best Ecommerce Script for Idea

Discussion in 'eCommerce' started by LukeBlack, Jul 19, 2012.

  1. #1
    Hello all,

    I have been asked to help a friend starting a T-Shirt business who needs a good website done.

    What is the best eCommerce software for selling tangible products?

    I am totally new to this so any tips would be huge. What do I do and what do I avoid?
     
    LukeBlack, Jul 19, 2012 IP
  2. kind_of_the_cash

    kind_of_the_cash Active Member

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    If your looking for open source free solution try "oscommerce" or "zen-cart"
     
    kind_of_the_cash, Jul 19, 2012 IP
  3. orangegirl

    orangegirl Greenhorn

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    Hello!

    First, you should decide if you need hosted or standalone solution, then free or paid. Then you should think about some modules you will probably need, e.g. Promotions or Affiliate or something like that and check if they exist in the chosen e-commerce solution.
     
    orangegirl, Jul 19, 2012 IP
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    joelchrist Banned

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    Ecommerce is the best business now a days to earn quick money, but you should aware of selecting right script to make your business successful, i would like to recommend you AJ Shopping cart script which will bring you advanced features. If you looking for free script, you may try Zeuscart.
     
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    juan2machado Greenhorn

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    Hey there. If you don't have a big budget you can try OsCommerce, ZentCart or ZeusCart as refered above, but there is a solution (which I considere the best) called cs-cart. You can try them without hesitation. Please, check them out, seek at google for: cs-cart and you'll find them. They have a community version if you have not much money. But, if you have a considerable budget, I recommend you to buy their license.

    Cheers.
     
    juan2machado, Jul 20, 2012 IP
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    piyush.dcs Peon

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    There are many templates available for magneto which is specially designed to sell t-shirts like tangible products. i reckon you can set up an online store in 300-500 USD.
     
    piyush.dcs, Jul 20, 2012 IP
  7. LukeBlack

    LukeBlack Peon

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    Thanks :). Got hosting myself already so I need a standalone. It seems the paid solutions are asking you to pay only for hosting so I probably need free. Are there any benefits to getting a paid solution?
    Interesting, perfect, I needed to know about this add-ons thing.
    With what little I know, I am thinking about Magneto (just because I know quite a few good stores that use it). Is that a good idea?
     
    LukeBlack, Jul 21, 2012 IP
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    I'd go with zen-cart.
     
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  9. LukeBlack

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    Thanks, why would you go with Zen-Cart?
     
    LukeBlack, Jul 22, 2012 IP
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    Netalarm Guest

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    If you're familiar with WordPress, you can use the WooCommerce plugin to turn WordPress into an online shop. There's also the standalone PrestaShop - I've worked it before and it seems to be a decent solution.
     
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    There are a lot of good free Open Source systems. I can suggest you Virtuemart, Prestashop, osCommerce, Zen Cart, Magento etc.
    Magento is good if you have very big shop with great number of products. But if you have small or medium business you don't need Magento. It's quite complicated. Prestashop is good alternative to Magento. It has a lot of modules and addons.
    I think, I'd rather go with Virtuemart, because it is Joomla extension. It is functional und will help you to create powerful medium online shop.
    I suggest you to visit official websites of these systems and choose what you like and need.

    Good luck!
     
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  12. LukeBlack

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    Thanks for the tips!
     
    LukeBlack, Jul 23, 2012 IP
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    rashida Active Member

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    Hi, ZS Cart is the best ecommerce shopping cart software solution to create your store for physical as well as digital download products.
     
    rashida, Jul 25, 2012 IP
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    for stand alone and you want a free cart that is equal to a paid cart.

    you can use the service pack version of interspire shopping cart 6.1.8

    for more information and to download, please visit http://iscexperts.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11

    any comments/reviews/suggestions are welcome, just pm me.
     
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    Prestashop is by far the best with nice features
     
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    you may use tomato cart script or some thing like this.
     
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    I need a script about ecommerce which is made by cake php. do you know anyone?
     
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    mrphp Well-Known Member

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    mrphp, Aug 11, 2012 IP