Comments on: Ecommerce question http://nicusor.com/programming-stuff/ecommerce-question/ My little place from infinity Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:20:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Ovidiu C. http://nicusor.com/programming-stuff/ecommerce-question/#comment-216 Ovidiu C. Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:59:32 +0000 http://nicusor.com/programming-stuff/ecommerce-question/#comment-216 osCommerce is as bad a software as they come. I think your best bet would be to make your own cart (which is what I do), or use a real cart, like Magento. osCommerce is as bad a software as they come. I think your best bet would be to make your own cart (which is what I do), or use a real cart, like Magento.

]]> By: nicusor http://nicusor.com/programming-stuff/ecommerce-question/#comment-217 nicusor Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:58:35 +0000 http://nicusor.com/programming-stuff/ecommerce-question/#comment-217 I didn't hear about Magento before, so I checked it a little bit. Although it has some good things, it still lacks maturity! The same goes for any other "I made it" solution. Instead, osCommerce has been around for several years and, more important, has gathered a large community of programmers around it. In the end, it really depends on the way you are looking at this matter - from your programmer point of view osCommerce might be a bad choice, but I can tell you that from a store owner it's quite the opposite. ..or maybe it's just mine! :) I didn’t hear about Magento before, so I checked it a little bit. Although it has some good things, it still lacks maturity! The same goes for any other “I made it” solution.
Instead, osCommerce has been around for several years and, more important, has gathered a large community of programmers around it.

In the end, it really depends on the way you are looking at this matter - from your programmer point of view osCommerce might be a bad choice, but I can tell you that from a store owner it’s quite the opposite.
..or maybe it’s just mine! :)

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