Comments on: OSCommerce Review http://www.seoshoppingcarts.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:32:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marbletech http://www.seoshoppingcarts.com/reviews/oscommerce/#comment-5911 Marbletech Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:38:24 +0000 http://www.uniseo.ca/shopping/?page_id=499#comment-5911 OSC is Open Source and therefore Free OSC is Open Source and therefore Free

]]> By: Jeremy Query http://www.seoshoppingcarts.com/reviews/oscommerce/#comment-5099 Jeremy Query Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:32:13 +0000 http://www.uniseo.ca/shopping/?page_id=499#comment-5099 can anyone share the average price or price range on the OScommerce? can anyone share the average price or price range on the OScommerce?

]]> By: Adam Wills http://www.seoshoppingcarts.com/reviews/oscommerce/#comment-3036 Adam Wills Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:06:37 +0000 http://www.uniseo.ca/shopping/?page_id=499#comment-3036 Thanks for such good information about Oscommerce. Thanks for such good information about Oscommerce.

]]> By: Dano http://www.seoshoppingcarts.com/reviews/oscommerce/#comment-1822 Dano Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:35:22 +0000 http://www.uniseo.ca/shopping/?page_id=499#comment-1822 I have been running a osCommerce site for 5 years.I began running version 2.x and upgraded to version 3.x. Our store has about 50 - 100 items and runs hundreds of transactions per month. The system is integrated with Paypal Pro and USPS/UPS for shipping. We have SEO Mods, Security Mods, Reporting Mods and several other mods. A couple of comments for those looking at OSC: - Overall I am very pleased with OSC. It has been reliable and very accommodating to my needs. - It requires OSC & technical (PHP programming, Mod installs, general server and DB skills) knowledge to customize your store. If you don't have these skills, there are lots of folks you can contract for hire. - Although it requires some technical skills, it is straightforward and I have been able to do some of the work myself (I have limited/entry level programming skills). - I feel the SEO capabilities are OK, we use an SEO Mod, but still it is not 100% search engine friendly. - Our site was hacked last year (@#$%!) so we added extra security mods and seems fine now. - Selecting a good host is just as important as the right ecomm package, so make sure you spend some time picking the right hosting company. For example my host has gets "brain damaged" about the same time every fall and starts doing server upgrades - it causes my store to go down unexpectedly. Typical level 1 support folks are in the dark and usually cant help. Again -pick a well respected host. Overall, I am very pleased with OSC. There are other packages with newer/more features, but what is missing in OSC can usually be accomplished with Mods or customizations and a good php programmer...OSC is for the do-it-yourself, techie type. IMO. Happy Selling. Dano I have been running a osCommerce site for 5 years.I began running version 2.x and upgraded to version 3.x. Our store has about 50 – 100 items and runs hundreds of transactions per month. The system is integrated with Paypal Pro and USPS/UPS for shipping. We have SEO Mods, Security Mods, Reporting Mods and several other mods.

A couple of comments for those looking at OSC:

- Overall I am very pleased with OSC. It has been reliable and very accommodating to my needs.

- It requires OSC & technical (PHP programming, Mod installs, general server and DB skills) knowledge to customize your store. If you don’t have these skills, there are lots of folks you can contract for hire.

- Although it requires some technical skills, it is straightforward and I have been able to do some of the work myself (I have limited/entry level programming skills).

- I feel the SEO capabilities are OK, we use an SEO Mod, but still it is not 100% search engine friendly.

- Our site was hacked last year (@#$%!) so we added extra security mods and seems fine now.

- Selecting a good host is just as important as the right ecomm package, so make sure you spend some time picking the right hosting company. For example my host has gets “brain damaged” about the same time every fall and starts doing server upgrades – it causes my store to go down unexpectedly. Typical level 1 support folks are in the dark and usually cant help. Again -pick a well respected host.

Overall, I am very pleased with OSC. There are other packages with newer/more features, but what is missing in OSC can usually be accomplished with Mods or customizations and a good php programmer…OSC is for the do-it-yourself, techie type. IMO.

Happy Selling.
Dano

]]> By: C. O. S. http://www.seoshoppingcarts.com/reviews/oscommerce/#comment-176 C. O. S. Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:58:02 +0000 http://www.uniseo.ca/shopping/?page_id=499#comment-176 I believe that open source shopping carts are the best thing for independent web developers and seo specialists as they are the most customizable. I believe that open source shopping carts are the best thing for independent web developers and seo specialists as they are the most customizable.

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