2008-04-21T06:23:29-07:00 Practical Ecommerce info@practicalecommerce.com http://www.practicalecommerce.com/ Copyright 2007 Confluence Publishing DBA Practical Ecommerce http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/69/How-To-Choose-A-Shopping-Cart/#comment9240 2008-04-21T06:23:29-07:00

I bought a few days ago the Godaddy Quick shopping cart but regret it already. How can you do ecommerce without International shipping??? Obviously they don't advertise that flaw, had to go on their blog to discover it.

http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/69/How-To-Choose-A-Shopping-Cart/#comment3818 2007-10-07T04:45:24-07:00

I've seen intermittent problems with shopping carts so often in my many years of managing AdWords and other pay per click advertising accounts for hundreds of online businesses that I strongly recommend going with a major shopping cart solution unless your business has requirements they can not meet. Running a profitable online store is challenging enough when your shopping cart works! I would also recommend hosted solutions so maintenance and updates are included. Volusion and Yahoo Stores are the two that have been the most solid for my clients. Do NOT assume that a highly touted company that has major clients will be a good choice for you; switching to one of those resulted in a 70% drop in online sales to an established business.

http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/69/How-To-Choose-A-Shopping-Cart/#comment976 2007-03-25T08:59:30-07:00

I dumped the Godaddy.com quick shopping cart after I discovered it was inflexible. It would not support download-only products, and I'm in the ebook business. Worse, although my merchant gateway would accept credit cards from all over the world, the GoDaddy quick shopping cart supports U.S. addresses only. I'm now with 2co which is great for startups as you pay per sale rather than fixed fee. Its weakness is that it does not support coupons or gift certificates.

http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/69/How-To-Choose-A-Shopping-Cart/#comment959 2007-03-23T07:18:04-07:00

I would also suggest: 8. Call the company that offers the cart. Anyone can make a website that looks good - you want to know that the company that provides your whole online store platform is reliable, will answer the phone, will be around in five years, etc. You can get a feel for a lot over the phone.