> I¹ve used Volusion for my on-line shop (www.dharmaboutique.com) for 1+ yearit > works fine and I like it, but once you bump past 1000 products, the coist > jumps to $200/month and for me it has become more expensive than I like. I am > considering a move to PDG Soft, which is a bigger upfront cost (maybe > $1200-2000 or so) but then no monthly costs (beyond hosting stuff). > > Of course, this is a bigger, more full service e-commerce solution than simply > adding a shopping cart module, but there ya go. > > adam > > > > Lynne, > > We do a lot of ecommerce shopping carts and yes there options are unlimited. > We've found two that work well in most situations, well 3 actually. > > We use Volusion www.volusion.com <http://www.volusion.com> for clients that > want an online store. When I say store I mean complete storefront, with > departments, categories, lots of products etc. That's a complete solution and > starts at $24.95/month. It's a really great product. > > For customers that just want to sell online, like they have items to sell, but > it's not the primary focus of their site then we suggest either > 1ShoppingCart.comwww.1shoppingcart.com/app/?pr=1&id=149531 > <http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?pr=1&id=149531> which is an add on > cart and autoresponder solution. Very easy to setup, no need to do an SSL, > very siminlar to PayPal where it is an offsite cart with onsite pop in > javascript for purchasing, but with a lot more power. That starts at > $24.95/month as well I believe. > > Lastly, if people are using Wordpress then we use wpcommerce. It's a one time > fee for the store to do it right, but works pretty well. > > > > Paul Stallman > Managing Director > paul at alias-solutions.com > 413.364.6147 > alias|solutions > www.alias-solutions.com <http://www.alias-solutions.com> > > > > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Lynne Rudié <lynnerudie at verizon.net> wrote: >> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. >> ** If you did, we all thank you. >> >> >> Hello Hidden Techies -- >> >> I have a client who wants to add a shopping cart to her existing web >> site. She is happy with the site and is currently using pay pal but >> has added new products and out grown what pay pal can do. She has >> gotten some advice about shopping cart options (which I consider to be >> good advice) but thinks it is too expensive and asked me to research >> other options. My guess is that she will eventually go with one of the >> options she has already had presented to her, but I want her to feel >> good about the decision. It's also possible there is something out >> there I don't know about and, of course, this list is the best place >> to find that out. Anybody have any thoughts or suggestions? >> >> Thanks for your help >> Lynne Rudié, Graphic Design >> 413-863-9406 -- Adam Bauer Founder, Dharma Boutique http://www.dharmaboutique.com sacred & sensual offerings ~ 3% for people & planet See video of our latest container of goods arriving from India: http://www.youtube.com/dharmaboutique -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20100111/3c697375/attachment.html