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Hi there,
I`m trying to start an online business , but there are too many choices outhere , I need help chooseing the best shopping cart service , I ended up choosing between Monster commece and GoEcart . did any body try either one , if so please write your feedback , or ifyou have any other suggestion plese write back to me ,
thanks.
First of all, welcome to the Forums.
Now, let`s get down to the nitty-gritty of what you want to do. I hope I don`t intimidate you with these questions, but it might be necessary to help prevent you from doubling your efforts and expenses.
Now that we`ve given you some things to think about ... take your time ... post your answers ... and then lets talk about which type e-commerce shopping cart / data base catalog will work best for you.
Peter and Thoms , thanks for your reply, I would like to answer thoms`s Question may be you can help with choosing process.
1- I`ll be selling electronics , and I`m not selleing services.
2- 99.9 % of the products will be dropshipped from two or three vendors
3-I`m going to use Paypal payments PRO
4-I`ll charge for shipping , I want to be able to offer free shipping as a pormotion .
5-yes I`ll offer shipping to multiple destinations.
6-I`ll be listing about 500-1000 products
7- I don`t know yet , but does this make a difference.
8- yes I`d like to offer promotions and coupons
9- yes I`d like to allow gift certificate
10- I`ve never heared of this feature before , but it sounds cool , I`m not sure if these two shopping carts have this feature
has anyoneone else beside Peter used the X-cart before .., I belive in the " get what you paid for" since the x-cart is so cheap , I`m hestiated to use it.
TJ says: Great! Welcome to the world of on-line retailing.
TJ says: So you will need a system that will automatically split the orders based on vendor code and send an e-mail to each oth the "drop-shippers" with just their part of the order, even if there a multiple items ordered.
TJ says: May I make an un-solicited suggestion? Create a merchant account and set yourself up to use a standard CC preocessing check-out , rather than going through PayPal. Still offer PayPal as a method of payment, but use the check-out module associated with the cart as your primary check-out. You will find less shopping cart abandonment. "Look like the big boys ... act like the big boys." PayPal is great, but it gives the impression of a smaller, home-based organization.
TJ says: Ok, please explain exactly how you will calculate S/H charges, if product is going all over the country, from multiple "drop-shippers" to multiple destinations? (I`m not trying to put you down ... I`m just looking to see how you will adress it.)
TJ says: Great! So your shopping cart will need the ability to offer multiple "ship To" locations in the check-out process.
TJ says: Wow, thats a large data base. You`ll see why I asked Question #7.
TJ says: Here was Question #7 ...If more than 20, does your shopping cart / data base allow you to work off-line ... prior to adding, modifying or deleting a product? Or does everything need to be done on-line?
With over 500 items in your "super store", working on-line adding 1 item to the store at a time can be very time consuming and awkward. If you loose an internet connection, all the work you had done might be wasted, prior to putting the item into the store. If the data base if off-line, you always have a "back-up" store, if any data is lost. Price changes, item placement, "out-of-stock" items, deletions can be done off-line, for multiple items, then up-loaded at your convenience. With this type system, you can offer "blue-light specials" and with a few click take them down, put up new ones, change them around ... just with a few clicks.
TJ says: Great! So in your check-out process, you will want an area that allows the shopping to input a "promo code" and it calculates a certain percentage discount.
TJ says: Fantastic! Gift certificates and gift cards are a true money maker. Internet redemption of gift certificates is approx. 68% ... which means 32% of ALL gift certificates are NEVER redeemed. (PURE PROFIT !!) Your system should be able to create, maintain, edit , delete, and print "custom" gift certificates ... with the ability of a "rolling balance" just like a gift card.
TJ says: Not many shopping carts / data base catalog systems offer this. But boy, wouldn`t it be wild to be able to create, edit and print a "show special" paper catalog, or a wholesale catalog, or a catalog of selected items ... at the touch of a button. And then just a few moments later, re-sort the catalog ... and create an entirely "new" catalog listing for printing or buning it onto cd`s ... for easy distribution.
Hi Thomas,
I visited your store I added an item to the shopping cart , and Yes , this is the kind of ecommerce I want , could you tell me which Ecommerce soultion are you using . I apperciate your help.
thanks , Robert and Graytart for replying , but I think the paypal shopping doesn`t look very professional. I need to compete the big guys Out there.
Rania, thank you for spending time at GoTruckStop.com, http://gotruckstop.com . If you want give me a call, and I can share with you more of the details about the cart/data base, the designers and other details regarding hosting, web site design and credit card processing. I look forward to hearing from you.
Thomas (TJ) Graff
Dir. of Sales and Marketing
GoTruckStop.com
The BEST Trucking and Gift Store Ever!!
http://www.gotruckstop.com
tgraff@gotruckstop.com
480/544/4671
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