RealStores Launches Free Hosted Ecommerce Stores Solution

[mandy]

From the press release:

The path to successful online retailing has been revolutionized; now there's a team that puts an enterprise level and easy to use ecommerce solution at your disposal at a price everyone can afford: free!

It's not just another "shopping cart"; it's a free scalable enterprise level system, database driven ecommerce solution for anyone selling products online. The wealth of "plug-and-play" features allow designers freedom from coding to do what they do best: design. RealStores allows developers the flexibility to add their own code to enhance and customize their clients' online stores...

What differentiates RealStores from other online store platforms?

    * Free online store solution, including ecommerce hosting;
    * No monthly fees or sales commissions;
    * Easy to use interface provides a positive user experience for the developer, designer and store owner;
    * No programming skills necessary to have a Free professional looking and enterprise level ecommerce site;
    * Adding functionality is as easy as "click and save," vs. learning proprietary coding languages;
    * Free program updates, without interruption to your online store;
    * RealStores has real free, live support!


"There are no hidden costs," Levine says. "We make our money from our third-party vendors; the ecommerce solution is free, as are the hosting and even the support."

full press release: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/11/prweb567878.htm

From the FAQ:

What is RealStores?
RealStores is a web-based (hosted) application suite that allows you to build, manage and market an online store. With RealStores, you can create catalogs, organize products, design your storefront, accept credit card payments, manage customers, orders, returns and shipments. You can even set up promotions, change email copy and add your own pages.

FAQ: http://www.realstores.com/Pages/FaqsPage.aspx

RealStores: http://www.realstores.com/

[bargainbloodhound]

A page on their site listing the store's features would be helpful...

[BellisimaJ.]

Interesting, but the two stores available to look at were dog ugly.    They say you can redesign from scratch, but I feel fairly sure that in order to incorporate their shopping cart you would need to hire one of their "partners", which is where they make their money.