On Aug 31, 2009, at 10:21 AM, salmobytes wrote:
> > Perhaps the real comparison is to OFBiz. > Ofbiz is a java servlet. > > More important, OFBiz has an integrated customer management database. > Every transaction gets logged as a relationship between inventory, > customer and transaction. > > So you not only get to sell stuff online, you can track your sales, > best customers, markups, expenses, create > mailing lists, generate advertising, sale definitions, etc. > > Seems to me you need a shopping cart plus bar code reading plus > customer database. > Or you don't really have a system. I think that's a gross generalization. A large percentage of people don't even sell products with bar codes. > > Is there a 3rd party customer management database that can be plugged > into and integrated > with Satchmo? I've talked to high-volume retailers who have told me > about > commercial products that do what OFBiz does (was it Retail-Pro?), that > cost a ton of money up front, > plus they require a fat monthly licensing fee: 300-600 bucks a month, > just to use it. > > A soup-to-nuts system (like OFBiz and/or those proprietary systems) > would be > a major development. Being a major development doesn't mean it's a good one. I like Satchmo for what it does and the fact that it's configurable. My non- technical users love it for the Django Admin system that makes product management & order management a snap. It Just Works. - Griffin > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
