Best e-commerce package?

Zaphan58 · 24 May 2011 at 19:43

I'm looking to set up a little e-commerce site and wanting a few recommendations. So far I've read Magento, OpenCart and Wordpress + various plugins is a good solution.

Anyone had any experience of these? Preferably looking for one PHP/MySQL based with good community support and a Sage Pay plugin.

That Guy · 24 May 2011 at 20:47

The new Opencart v1.5 which is in development looks great:

DEMO: http://www.tylsoft.net/ocdemo/

Have used older versions and very easy to work with and customise how you want it

sharkkk · 24 May 2011 at 20:54

PrestaShop or OpenCart for me!

Zaphan58 · 24 May 2011 at 21:03

Hmm I'm starting to lean towards OpenCart! I've read it's pretty good and from what it says on the website it integrates with SagePay where as others sting you for a plugin.

mod1fied · 24 May 2011 at 23:37

Not had experience with the others mentioned, but Magento can be rewarding if you want to invest the time in optimizing and customizing - plenty of extensions as well.

MajesticMix · 25 May 2011 at 13:04

Another vote for OpenCart!

OpenCart is built around a very fast core, gives you full control over the template and has a very active developer community.

Magento by comparison -in my experience -felt slow and cumbersome underneath its awkward framework. Another gripe becomes evident in the Magento templates -for all of the [arguably superlative] jQuery and Flash pomp that brandis their landing pages, the product pages (cart, et al) never really innovate on the original design -and perhaps this is because the framework is an obstacle rather than a facility for designers to work with.

To recap, OpenCart gives you fully developed themes, extensions, SEO, payment gateways and an active community. Finally, installation is an absolute breeze and runs quickly on basic hosting. OpenCart is currently version 1.4.9.x, which I wholeheartedly recommend using.

All the best

rob_in_notts · 25 May 2011 at 19:37

Hi all, first post here.

I've built a site using Prestashop in the past, found it easy to setup and customize.
I am liking the look of opencart though think I'll take a closer look

unwashed potato! · 25 May 2011 at 19:54

i think opencart is great though yet to get in into the real world and deal with any issues.

we currently have it on our site for testing and will upgrade in a few months to 1.5 if it's out and stable by then www.naturalselection.biz is using 1.494 iirc and there a huge difference to 1.5 some great features and a much cleaner design

Throrik · 25 May 2011 at 20:14

I have developed 4 websites in OpenCart now at work and it's a beautiful eCommerce tool to use, very customizable.

PhillyDee · 25 May 2011 at 20:54

I currently use zencart, how does this compare to opencart?