Magento has a very steep learning curve, and Magento programmers are very costly. The time it takes to maintain these "free" solutions for such a large store will probably cost more than the hosted solutions.
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 2, 2011, at 12:58 PM, "Herbert M. Tucker" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Norman and Donna, > Thanks for helping out. This is a big decision and I'm looking to get as > much info to make as wise a decision as I can. > @ Norman: I've did a fairly quick look at the Magento site and their > version comparison table doesn't really tell me what their community version > does have but rather what it doesn't in comparison with their licensed > products, which isn't a viable option for this project (seems like all > projects anymore are done on the cheap). > Does the community version of Magento provide all the features listed at > http://www.magentocommerce.com/product/features ? > > @ Donna: I'll check those solutions out. I looked at the Adobe store front > for this client but the fee structure wasn't very appealing to him. > > Godspeed! > Herb > > Herbert M. Tucker > Principal > Covenant Technical Services, Inc. > P: 732-497-0326 > C: 848-218-9172 > F: 732-497-0326 > E: [email protected] > W: www.covenanttek.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 15:56:18 -0400 > From: Norman O'Neil <[email protected]> > To: "NYPHP SIG: Joomla" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [joomla] Ecommerce cart recommendations? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Magento is by far a more complete solution for that many items. You can get > away with zen-cart or oscommerce, but you will be modifying the heck out of > it to get to where magento starts. > > > Norman O'Neil > eNorm > P.O. Box 6592 > Portsmouth, NH 03802- 6592 > 603.828.1031 > http://www.enorm2.com > > On Jun 30, 2011, at 6:11 PM, Herbert M. Tucker wrote: > >> Hi All, >> I've been working with VirtueMart on a project and running into some >> limitations. I was wondering if anybody has experience with any of the >> alternative carts such as the OpenCart ports like JHShop or JooCart? >> redShop looks interesting too but expensive. >> This project has 14,000 items, multiple inventory locations and ships >> internationally and I obviously need a robust cart to make this fly. >> Any comments or suggestions or experiences you've had with the various >> carts would be greatly appreciated. >> Thanks! >> Herb >> >> Herbert M. Tucker >> Principal >> Covenant Technical Services, Inc. >> P: 732-497-0326 >> C: 848-218-9172 >> F: 732-497-0326 >> E: [email protected] >> W: www.covenanttek.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla >> >> NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online >> http://www.nyphpcon.com >> >> Show Your Participation in New York PHP >> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 16:32:19 -0400 > From: Donna Marie Vincent <[email protected]> > To: "NYPHP SIG: Joomla" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [joomla] Ecommerce cart recommendations? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > For the money/time you spend configuring and maintaining, I would use a > hosted solution like Ecwid or Big Commerce. RocketTheme has an Ecwid > template > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
