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Small Business Web Shopping Cart Software: 7 Reasons Hosted Is Better
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Small Business Web Shopping Cart Software: 7 Reasons Hosted Is Better
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11-30-2005, 02:22 PM,
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Small Business Web Shopping Cart Software: 7 Reasons Hosted Is Better
Quote: Why should you pay for a remotely hosted shopping cart for your small business website, rather than just install a free OpenSource shopping cart on your site? full article: http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles...etter.html |
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08-06-2006, 11:43 PM,
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Re: Small Business Web Shopping Cart Software: 7 Reasons Hosted Is Better
Hi Regic,
Sorry to drag up this old thread, but it is something I have been researching in the past few days. Do you have an opinion on this issue? Is it an advantage to go with one of these remotely hosted paid carts? |
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08-07-2006, 05:24 AM,
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Re: Small Business Web Shopping Cart Software: 7 Reasons Hosted Is Better
If someone gets suckered into paying a developer a high fee to install the open source program and to add out-of-the-box mods to it, or if they have to spend time adding the mods themselves then a hosted cart like Monster might be a better option for some people than spending the money/time to do it themselves.
If you can get the cart installed for free and have mods added for free it erases almost all of the benefits of using a hosted service. The big drawback to hosted carts is that 1. you pay a much higher monthly fee than you would hosting a cart yourself and 2. you have less control over your cart (and with some hosted carts there is no option to export your inventory or other files if you want to move) I'll disagree with 3) support in the article because the open source cart support forums usually provide far more support than the email support provided by many hosted carts. |
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08-07-2006, 06:29 AM,
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Re: Small Business Web Shopping Cart Software: 7 Reasons Hosted Is Better
Quote: Is it an advantage to go with one of these remotely hosted paid carts? There really isn't an answer, and the positives and negatives of cart on own site vs. hosted cart probably cancel each other out. Whether to go with a hosted cart or one on your own site really depends on each seller's individual business needs. Hosted carts are probably the easiest/fastest to setup (and some people have had ShopPal carts up and running within 1 day), but once you open the store there isn't any difference in ease of use or time needed to process orders or run your store.
"Well, Jay was so giddy that someone named Jay was involved with this site we posted our first non-eBay listing in 3 years here at Lunarbid (we tried two items at Yahoo once upon a time, they bombed)" -Marie posting in a LunarBid thread at OTWA in 2005 wins the award for 'most moronic reason ever given for choosing a venue"
"thanks twat u must have nothing better 2 do. do u talk to all your members like that. will not be recomending your site. best way to put it is TULIPTOOLS.COM IS REALLY SHIT. DONT JOIN." -pubescent owner of rinky dink off2auction.com in 2011 |
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08-07-2006, 08:34 AM,
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Re: Small Business Web Shopping Cart Software: 7 Reasons Hosted Is Better
Quote:There really isn't an answer, and the positives and negatives of cart on own site vs. hosted cart probably cancel each other out. Whether to go with a hosted cart or one on your own site really depends on each seller's individual business needs. What he said, and Size doesn't matter either  when deciding. The 3 largest sellers on TT (that I'm aware of) all use hosted carts - valley (makeastore), maggie (monster), and sneaky (volusion). However many similar sized merchants use carts on their own web sites. Smaller merchants are the same and go both ways when choosing.You should pick your cart based on the features your business require not on how easy it is to install or setup. Installation pain only lasts a short time, but you're going to have to live with your cart a long time. |
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08-07-2006, 12:37 PM,
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Re: Small Business Web Shopping Cart Software: 7 Reasons Hosted Is Better
Thanks to everyone for the info! Think I've made a decision to go with the Zen and just put the time into learning how to use it.
It is really, really difficult for me to wrap my right-side dominant brain around all this techy stuff---you guys are great and make it all seem doable!   |
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08-11-2006, 11:42 PM,
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Re: Small Business Web Shopping Cart Software: 7 Reasons Hosted Is Better
Quote:valley(makeastore), maggie (monster), and sneaky (volusion) Why is goth fairy girl listed before me?   I'm very happy with Volusion
OAI Moron Hall of Fame
<i>sell-thru is an irrelevant and illogical consideration.</i> -KaRay, owner of WP giving selling advice, 2006 <i>the site was 'NOT' hacked but the little script that had recipes on had the link altered</i> -Plunderhere Owner Mark Taylor after his site was hacked by a Chinese hacker gang, 2008 Some people have it like that, others dont. I do. -Probidscripts owner Spencer Osama Binweb Laden Ray bragging about his ability to scam the OAI without feeling any guilt, 2008. How does an auction site get buyers? -question asked at PSU by owner of auction site BidBeaver.ca, 2008 How do I get sales? -question asked at PSU by online store owner, 2009. I was told by my Tech. Support that my site dont really need SSL.. his servers are well protected and that info your providing to join aint really top secret information -owner of auction site TheTraderOutlet.com discussig his site's lack of basic security, 2009 |
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01-08-2007, 03:09 AM,
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Re: Small Business Web Shopping Cart Software: 7 Reasons Hosted Is Better
Quote:valley(makeastore), maggie (monster), and sneaky (volusion) I've outgrown Monster Commerce and I'm moving to Make-a-store. edit: moving there soon |
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01-08-2007, 07:38 PM,
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Re: Small Business Web Shopping Cart Software: 7 Reasons Hosted Is Better
[quote author=maggie777 link=topic=1501.msg39753#msg39753 date=1168225771]
Quote:valley(makeastore), maggie (monster), and sneaky (volusion) I've outgrown Monster Commerce and I'm moving to Make-a-store. edit: moving there soon [/quote] Everyone who gives a boink raise your hands. 
OAI Moron Hall of Fame
<i>sell-thru is an irrelevant and illogical consideration.</i> -KaRay, owner of WP giving selling advice, 2006 <i>the site was 'NOT' hacked but the little script that had recipes on had the link altered</i> -Plunderhere Owner Mark Taylor after his site was hacked by a Chinese hacker gang, 2008 Some people have it like that, others dont. I do. -Probidscripts owner Spencer Osama Binweb Laden Ray bragging about his ability to scam the OAI without feeling any guilt, 2008. How does an auction site get buyers? -question asked at PSU by owner of auction site BidBeaver.ca, 2008 How do I get sales? -question asked at PSU by online store owner, 2009. I was told by my Tech. Support that my site dont really need SSL.. his servers are well protected and that info your providing to join aint really top secret information -owner of auction site TheTraderOutlet.com discussig his site's lack of basic security, 2009 |
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01-09-2007, 03:04 AM,
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Re: Small Business Web Shopping Cart Software: 7 Reasons Hosted Is Better
Hand raised, I care. I'm jealous. I really like make-a-store. I think I'll go play with their demo and pretend I have one.
"Well, Jay was so giddy that someone named Jay was involved with this site we posted our first non-eBay listing in 3 years here at Lunarbid (we tried two items at Yahoo once upon a time, they bombed)" -Marie posting in a LunarBid thread at OTWA in 2005 wins the award for 'most moronic reason ever given for choosing a venue"
"thanks twat u must have nothing better 2 do. do u talk to all your members like that. will not be recomending your site. best way to put it is TULIPTOOLS.COM IS REALLY SHIT. DONT JOIN." -pubescent owner of rinky dink off2auction.com in 2011 |
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