So I’ve finally decided I have the extra time and income, plus the dedication and motivation required to try my hand at owning my own online business (store).
My price range for a shopping cart is between $100 - $500, but unfortunately there are so many shopping carts that fall into that range, the decision is mind boggling.
What I have done over the past week is make a list of every cart that falls into my price range. Next I tried to weed out any that I felt didn’t meet my specific needs.
I was still left with quite a few, so I went to each site, read everything I could about them, read features list, briefly checked their forums, and tried their online demo (if they offered one).
After this grueling process, I have narrowed my choices down to 3 shopping carts.
Now of the 3, I can tell you right now, this forums seems to be by far the most active, most friendly and most knowledgeable, and for me right off, that’s a major plus because I’m a forum warrior.
The 3 carts I am looking at are: CS-Cart, ViArt Standard, Sunshop Cart
CS-Cart is $285, ViArt Standard is $150, and Sunshop Cart is $250 I believe.
I know that CS also offers $100 off additional licenses, which is needless to say, very nice!!
Now I know that the opinions of the members in the CS-Cart forum will no doubt likely be very biased towards or very pro CS-Cart, however I would like if possible some honest, objective information about CS-Cart, especially if anyone here has used or has any experience with the other 2 I listed.
Two things I have heard about CS-Cart that worry me are:
- Many have said that it is slooooow. Slow is BAD. I need a FAST cart.
Some of those reviews might be older, the cart speed may have been improved since then, I don’t know. From trying sites that use it, I haven’t noticed a problem personally. It’s hard to compare speed tho when the diff carts are all running on different servers, which are also all different distances from me.
- Some have said that CS-Cart doesn’t have good handling of back ordering, individual item shipping, etc… These are likely options I will need.
Can anyone answer these 2 questions, or give me your personal experience with CS-Cart as compared to my other choices (or even just in general as compared with other software you have used)