hey all
this might be potentially off-topic, but I was hoping to get some input.
I'm looking to start selling downloadables sometime in the next couple
months, and was looking around for a good, solid, stable solution that had
handy features and allowed a TON of customization for the client-facing
front end.
I've been playing more and more with Rails in the last few months, and it
would be *fun* to work with a Ruby/Rails platform, but really, since this is
going to be a business first and a system second, I don't really want to
spend all my time maintaining and developing the platform.
Substruct didn't really have the features I was looking for, and I'm
hesitant to start building one from scratch if there's a great solution out
there I didn't know about.
Non-Ruby-wise, I have to admit that I'm a little scared of oscommerce, as
I've heard rumors that modifying the client-facing code is a horrendous
ordeal.
I don't know much about Drupal.
Dev-wise, I'm comfy with CF, PHP and Ruby on Rails, MS SQL/MySQL on the
backend, and comfy with (X)HTML, CSS and JavaScript on the front end, but as
I said I'm not sure I want to start entirely from scratch if I don't have
to.
Here would be my required specs:
* supports secure one-time downloads of digital files (without being a
huge resource hog on the server)
* has secure coupon/promotion code functionality (codes can't be reused
willy nilly)
* super flexible front end
* produces clean, SEO/search engine-friendly mark-up
* SEO/human-friendly URLs
* built-in blogging functionality would be nice
* either open source or an affordable solution
* reporting functionality built-in
* allows for integration of analytics/tracking
* allows for pixel placement for affiliate programs
* professional appearance: no nasty, quasi-branded cart under a
different domain or within a frameset (like PayPal or e-junkie)
* easy or built-in integration with a payment gateway
Here would be some nice-to-haves:
* fancy drag-and-drop ajax whizzbangs for the customer would be nice,
but would have to elegantly degrade
* affordable hosting would be nice, cheap would be even better
Does anyone have any recommendations? Pardon the cross-post if you're also
on WebSanDiego.
Thanks for any/all input in advance
John
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John Frenette
http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnfrenette
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