With all the talk on pricing, don't forget to value your time when looking at a solution. If you're a developer, you should consider your time to worth $100/hour on an opportunity cost basis - paying a bit more for something that saves you time and hassle is well worth it (and with the cult around freemium, I think we tend to forget that sometimes as an industry).
Geoff On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 05:33, Matthew Ho <matt.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- *Geoff McQueen* CEO <http://www.affinitylive.com/?utm_source=signature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Signature> Cell: +1 650.450.4384 Skype: geoffmcqueen GTalk: geoff.mcqu...@gmail.com <http://www.affinitylive.com/tour?utm_source=signature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Signature><http://www.affinitylive.com/product/demo?utm_source=signature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Signature><https://signup.affinitylive.com/?utm_source=signature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Signature> -- 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
