AbleCommerce itself was what forced us to create our OWN ecommerce engine. The AbleCommerce code was messy and terrible. We had to keep fixing it. Then we were encouraged to purchase a support contract JUST TO REPORT BUGS. That was the last straw. We had some key features we needed that were promised "in the next release" and when the next release came, the features were not there. Then they (Able) began to close up the source code. So they lost their last good saving grace in our opinion when they did that. But our decision had been made at that point to leave Able.
We were about to lose a huge client because of the lack of current shipping features in Able. This was about three years ago, and now we have a 100% fusebox commerce engine that uses UPS gateways, integrates with outside shipping systems (like MOM), many payment gateways, etc. and we are constantly developing it. This is not meant to be an advertisement, just a cautionary tale. Building a complete commerce engine is a huge endeavor. You would do better to use something else and make it work with an outside shipment manager than to get stuck with Able. Then there are all the usability/skinning/etc. issues that we could talk about for hours. -- John McKown President/CEO Delaware.Net, Inc. Toll-Free: 888-432-7965 ICQ: 1812513 We host Fusebox.org, and we build all of our applications in ColdFusion and Fusebox including our Store-Logic Ecommerce engine and our Team-Logic CRM platform. Josh Nathanson wrote: > Hello All, > > I'm wondering if anyone has experience working with the AbleCommerce > shopping cart, specifically the CFMX version (they also offer JSP/ASP > versions). Any rants, raves, installation/usage issues? > > I would rather use CFWebstore, but my boss saw that AbleCommerce syncs up > with a module (StoneEdge Order Manager) that he likes on our current > shopping cart. We have been battling back and forth over using CF on our > next store (I want to, he doesn't), so AbleCommerce may be a way for us to > meet in the middle. Any info is appreciated, as I had never heard of > AbleCommerce before, let alone worked with it. > > -- Josh Nathanson > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:229804 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
