Can anyone recommend some good php shopping carts that are search engine friendly? I am looking for more of an enterprise solution around the $500 area w/ the general features, however being able to export order information for account purposes would be great. Not interested in osc, zen-cart, x-cart, ect. I want something where if something goes wrong I can contact customer support to fix it or issue me updates or if i want something custom coded. I would prefer it be flexible in terms of designs and not look so cookie cutter. Thanks.
thanks for the suggestion. i should have mentioned that i dont like yahoo store not that it is not good for what it is. also I hate the monthly fee even more would prefer a flat upfront fee.
ive heard good things about xcart too; though you said you didn't like that one. www.xfactormm.com has a good store set up now, similar to yahoo, but different as well. i never used it, but in a yahoo store forum i am part of, the owner (?? maybe just a programmer) is always announcing new things it can do. ive done a ton of research into shopping carts the past year or so. I've seen 2-3 good ASP ones too, php ones that don't suck are really tough too find.
I run 3 shops with http://mambo-phpshop.net This script is in my oninion a quite good script overall, and has most of the bells and wistles I needed. You can see it in action at http://biogime.info What i like most about it, is the integration with the CMS, and the fact that you can handle everything in one solution. Maybe it's worth a try? Also, have a look at http://webshopadvisor.com for some other scrips.
oh ya asp? could you point me in their direction? I would use x-cart if I have nothing else to choose as it isnt too bad. i am also considering smart-shop.com or codetosell.com (programmers selling their own script probably), but their customer service doesn't seem good as I already left phone message with no response.
Actinic is a good out of the box cart, it has a good support set up, and a community forum. It fully integrates with dreamweaver as well, making it easy to template up and look different from a standard shopping cart. It is also search engine friendly. You could also take a look at CRE loaded as an option. Three are developers there who will carry out paid work at the drop of a hat for you. It is based on OSC but it has been taken several steps further.
just as an update smart-shop.com seems pretty good. just got off the phone with them. they are based out of europe and looks like a good deal. $195 for single site license and it comes with 5 hours of free customization. They will integrate your design with it. lol the guy sold me for sure on this one. might as well give it a shot pretty cheap. i will let you know if it goes through and how it goes if anyone is interested.
osCommerce! I know you listed it but you get it managed so you can still ring someone when it goes pearshaped. osCommerce + Chemo's Ultimate SEO URL contribution is your SEF cart solution.
lol, ya true i have worked with osc for over 2 years and zen cart for 1 year. I dont mind them for my own projects. but this is for someone else. here is a seo friendly link from their demo http://www.smart-shop.com/demoshop/Desktops/Alienware_Aurora_ALX_SLI.html heh that is good enough for me and it allows you to make some content pages for articles or what not. just not happy about that you cant create like article categories, so i might ask them to do that or try to do it myself. but there are some other features that i will need them to add for me such as bulk ordering ex. ordering different colored paint in different quantities from one page. also i need to be able for it to export order details into MYOB the account software that they use, so that will probably another addon i will have them code. more suggestions would be great as I am still considering the options available for a shopping cart but so far this one looks good. otherwise I still have x-cart as an available options. when I called them they suggested I look at their script litecommerce or something like that but we will see.