I agree with Alex that Magento out-of-the-box is pretty good. Community edition is free. Magento Go is hosted and free for 30 days.
Could also consider Shopify. Its a hosted solution. Not free, but there's a basic option for $26/month with 100 SKU's @Rob - There are also some whitelabel subscription based services I've seen that could be more appropriate e.g. Sassy http://saasy.com Cheers, Matt Ho Native Tongue @inspiredworlds On Feb 11, 10:10 pm, Alex Levashov <alex.levas...@gmail.com> wrote: > My company has experience with many e-commerce platforms, while among > ones that you referre we worked with Magento only. > > I think that like others wrote it depends in your objectives and > future plans. If you are after simple shop with pretty standard > business requirements maybe a hosted solution is a good way to go. You > just need to select one that suite your specific needs. > > It also depends on how are you going to build your online store - do > you have technical skills in-house or need to hire somebody. > > Magento is pretty sophisticated platform, with longer learning curve > (due to that it is not not a cheap platform in terms of development as > well), but lots of functionality out-of-the-box and huge number of > extensions. I wouldn't recommend it for very simple shop with couple > of goods and straight-forward delivery, but otherwise it is pretty > good. > > My 2 cents. Good luck with your project. > > Cheers, > > Alex > > www.altima.net.au > > On Feb 10, 12:12 am, rantalot <rantu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Silicon Beachers, > > Together with a few others (all non-tech), I am playing around with a > > simple e-commerce concept, and I have been asked by my co-founders to > > take the lead on deciding what CMS platform to build on. > > > I have spoken to a few people, and have had a few pros and cons for > > Magento and for OpenCart. > > > The concept involves a subscription service, and Magento Go (hosted > > offer) doesn't support subscription, even though the Magento > > Commmunity does (via an Extension). I've been told that Magento is > > harder to modify out of the box than OpenCart, but I'm not sure how > > that will affect us initially, since my need for major mods are likely > > to be low (simple concept, only a few skus initially, very few > > options, simple nav, etc). > > > Has anyone had experience with Magento, OpenCart, Big Commerce or > > others that they can share? More importantly, if anyone can share > > comparative thoughts between these, that would be great. > > > Also, comments on pros/cons of Paypal not integrated, PayPal > > integrated, or other payment and/or payment gateway solutions would be > > thankfully received. > > > Cheers > > Rob -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
