I agree with buying something, but only if it works. The last site I did had some complexities that I just couldn't handle without doing it myself. They had some items that shipped from stock, some that had a drop ship arrangement and some bulk items that shipped by freight. That made the real-time shipping calculations a bit cumbersome. Plus, they wanted customers to be able to purchase by credit card or with an established corporate account and to add sales tax to in-state purchases. I just couldn't find anything off the shelf that would work.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steven Ross Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 9:20 AM To: discussion@acfug.org Subject: Re: RE: [ACFUG Discuss] Shopping carts Yeah except the price ratio goes way up for building it yourself. If you can save cycles on development by buying something then it may pay off. Course you may have to fix their code so... might not be that productive. Definately buy something that does 80% of what you need it to do out of the box. -Steven On 11/22/06, Rick Lansford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lowest price - build it yourself. > > It's not that difficult and if you just want a basic system, you can create > one that meets your specific needs then add on some bells and whistles > later. I found much of the complexity of the "off the shelf" products were > from an attempt to make a one size fits all, and trying to allow some degree > of customization. If you are just building it for yourself, then you don't > need all those added functions. > > Just my humble comments. > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Bellevue > Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 12:50 PM > To: discussion@acfug.org > Subject: [ACFUG Discuss] Shopping carts > > > Anyone here on Saturday? > > I'm looking for suggestions/recommendations/feedback on CF shopping carts. > I'm currently looking at CFWebStore and AbleCommerce. This is for me, not a > client - need to get my retail business online! > > Of course, I want everything at the lowest cost possible. > > Of importance: > - Stability > - Ability to customize pages quickly and easily (particulartly product > display) > - Very flexible product attributes > - Ability to manage all site pages thru a single interface > - Ability to capture CC info without actually processing it > > Any feedback is appreciated... > > Thanks, > Dave Bellevue > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- Steven Ross web application & interface developer http://www.zerium.com [mobile] 404-488-4364 [fax] 928-484-4364 ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
