Re: [cobalt-users] Ecommerce - other easy installs?

[Greg Hewitt-Long <cobaltusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Alright, we've got good discussion going on OS Commerce and the PKG-based
>installer and integration that Brian Smith is offering.  How about some
>other alternatives?  It seems that the OS Commerce, as packaged in Brian's
>deal, offers the good benefit of being really easilly accessed by both
>admins and our customers.  However, it seems that the cart interface is
>somewhat rigid.  That is, you get the look you get - not really easy to drop
>code or change the look and feel?
>
>So how about some OTHER options?  Obviously, different people are trying
>different things.  What's been good?  What stinks?  I'm looking to install
>something that we can offer to our customers.  They're always asking for it!

I've heard many hundreds of recommendations for agoracart.com - but have no first hand experience.

Our chosen off-line solution is Actinic  - http://actinic.webyourbusiness.com/

As far as solutions go, we continue to develop using it for speed, flebility of design and the fact that it works on any server with CGI and perl on board.  The developer edition means we can deploy sites first and licence later, but the pricing model is something we're not overly keen on - each store buys a licence or uses our developer licence.

One of the biggest advantages this solution has, is that well built stores using it are indexed in almost no time COMPLETELY by Google and other bots - stores using this tool make a LOT of money when they are built properly...

Download a free trial of any version from the link above.

oh... 6.1 which I haven't uploaded yet has Froogle.com export files - get your products into froogle in 24 hours of launching the store!

regards

Greg


>--Chris

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