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From: Chris Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 16 April 2000 21:58
> That's an interesting point. Fuseware looked at developing an e-commerce
> solution. We decided the market wouldn't support another CF-based shopping
> cart system, with a heavy hitter like Able Commerce in the market, as well
> as several lower price competitors and freely available code to write your
> own.
>
> Maybe its time to rethink that position.
It definitely is IMO.
There doesn't seem to be anything out there CF based, which makes full use of
the latest versions of CF, and meets all eCommerce requirements today, and which
enables stores to be created by non-technical people - i.e. hosted stores - the
owners of which just want to get on and sell products over the 'net. CF lends
itself superbly in theory to "point and click" store creation with all
associated services like credit card authorisation. I also agree with the point
that eCommerce stores should look alot more interesting and inviting than they
do.
Of course such a product would need to cover hard goods, soft goods e.g. ESD
(Electronic Softgood Delivery - software, MP3's etc.), and of course services
like insurance.
Online customer order status checking is also essential, but lacking in so many
so called eCommerce products. I still think Amazon is an excellent example of
eCommerce.
IMO - a CF based eCommerce product which addressed these issues would outsell
Able.
Whilst defending Able to a point, I do agree that it, in many ways, fails to
address the intended marketplace, and certainly doesn't make the maximum use of
CF.
Adrian Cooper.
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