What script should I use?

Discussion in 'General Business' started by lisss001, Aug 25, 2008.

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    My situation is that I am designing a site for a client. It's going to have an e-commerce theme and will sell alternative clothing. my problem is that all the shopping carts I have found have very expensive templates or are complicated to use.

    I have looked into using:

    Magento: http://www.magentocommerce.com/
    Cubecart: http://www.cubecart.com/
    Joomla with Virtuemart (far too complicated for my client)
    Zen cart (http://www.zen-cart.com/)
    and OS Commerce (http://www.oscommerce.com/)

    But I am still not sure what one I should be using. Magento looks promising but it's new and I don't really know as much about it as I do the others. I could use the free version of cubecart, but is this outdated?

    Any advice welcomed ;)
     
    lisss001, Aug 25, 2008 IP
  2. neal41835

    neal41835 Well-Known Member

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    I've used Zen-cart.com. It is free script and their service is good (at least on the forum people help fast).

    I would go with that if you want a cheap one, IMO it is just as good as OSCommerce.
     
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    slaydragon Banned

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    hi, magneto is the best choice if you asked me. If you have programming knowlege, it wont take long to understand it.
     
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    Nigel Lew Notable Member

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    Magento rules the others. I am getting ready to launch a few sites with it. It took a little while to get my head around a few things though. According to my programmers there is nothing too crazy going on.

    hope that helps,
    Nigel
     
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    webgal Peon

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    I've used squirrelcart and cubecart. Both of these proved easy enough for my clients.

    I'll have to look into megento. Thanks for the tip on that one.

    There is also fat free cart (google it). It's not heavy duty but works for some smaller applications and is REALLY EASY to use. If they have 100 items to sell it's not the answer, though.
     
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