Comments on: A Beginner’s Guide to Ecommerce Shopping Carts

By: Ankit Bathija

Ankit Bathija — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:46:24 +0000

That isn’t me! Why are you using my name!!!

By: Steven Caddy

Steven Caddy — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:00:32 +0000

I can’t recommend FastSpring enough after having dealt with them. The components are simple and flexible. They cost a bit more per transaction than most, but they will literally build the integration point for you (within a week or two) for no extra cost.

Their support people are fast and helpful too. By deciding not to get paid until you do, the whole model is setup to help you sell more stuff more quickly and easily. Digital fulfillment is built-in, unlike Shopify and some others.

Having the cart and the payment gateway dealt with by the same provider makes things a lot simpler.

By: Bournemouth Web Designer

Bournemouth Web Designer — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:24:16 +0000

Great article, looks like you have all the main ones, i also quite like WP e-commerce which integrates well with WP (obviously – the clue is in the name) that doesn’t look like its in the list – thanks for sharing, great stuff

By: Vijendra Mishra

Vijendra Mishra — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:53:31 +0000

Nice Roundup … i personally use magneto … gr8 cart…

By: designspeech

designspeech — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:55:16 +0000

Hi,

Anyone have any views on the e-Commerce module for WordPress, it seems to be a popular choice at the moment.

By: BigTuna Interactive

BigTuna Interactive — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:22:36 +0000

I’m a big fan of Shopify. You have full reign with the code, and its ruby on rails environment (vision) is really easy to learn.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:38:58 +0000

I would agree, OS commerce is AWFUL!!
Volusion is nice, but a bit pricey.

By: Web Design Bradford

Web Design Bradford — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:00:07 +0000

Yeh, probably got all the right ones for beginners there. Magneto is my personal favourite.

By: Vunky

Vunky — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:46:38 +0000

Oscommerce is slowly dying and should be replaced

I agree with your remark on the conversion issue with PayPal. The problem for most European countries is that PayPal is the only affordable payment processor available. If you have a european version of authorize.net it would be a blast!

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:20:18 +0000

Good article. Magento can be recommended for larger projects, as it’s rather ressource hungry and complex, offering loads of possibilities, which is outstanding if you need them and a nightmare if you don’t.

For smaller projects i would recommend ZenCart over the other alternatives shown in the article. ZenCart is relatively easy to set up and has an active and helpful community, which is a huge advantage if you encounter problems with your installation.