http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/69/How-To-Choose-A-Shopping-Cart/ User submitted comments to Practical Ecommerce's article entitled How To Choose A Shopping Cart en-us Copyright 2007 Confluence Publishing Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:23:29 -0600 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/rss/ Practical Ecommerce v2.0.1 Ecommerce kmurdock@practicalecommerce.com bgetting@practicalecommerce.com 60 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/69/How-To-Choose-A-Shopping-Cart/#comment9240 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. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:23:29 -0600 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/69/How-To-Choose-A-Shopping-Cart/#comment9240 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/69/How-To-Choose-A-Shopping-Cart/#comment3818 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. Sun, 07 Oct 2007 04:45:24 -0600 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/69/How-To-Choose-A-Shopping-Cart/#comment3818 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/69/How-To-Choose-A-Shopping-Cart/#comment976 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. Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:59:30 -0600 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/69/How-To-Choose-A-Shopping-Cart/#comment976 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/69/How-To-Choose-A-Shopping-Cart/#comment959 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. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:18:04 -0600 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/69/How-To-Choose-A-Shopping-Cart/#comment959