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- leftwave
who's used this before? what have your experiences been like?
i'm looking for an easy to use eCommerce solution and this seems idea.
- van_rijn0
since its not free, i am not a fan
i like:
http://www.oscmax.com/
http://www.oscommerce.com/
http://www.zen-cart.com/
- careycat0
I like Foxycart - it's VERY simple to use. I've had 100% good experience across two websites with it. Among the benefits - granted you pay for these but:
The staff works dillegently every day innovating the foxycart
The staff is very responsive to changes to the cart as suggested by the community.
The staff handles all security patches - all you have to do is update the cart periodically w/the click of a mouse.
The transaction tracking / reporting is very easy to use.
The cart integrates nicely with Modx, fairly nicely with Joomla, and any coders out there should have NO issue at all.
It's fun to use
but most of all, unlike free solutions, it's SUPPORTED.
It's so flexible, you can do downloadables, donations, products, etc. I use it on http://www.africafire.com to take donations, and on another website to sell podcasts.And it can also do conference registrations.
For the developer, there's nothing better, and for the novice, nothing easier.
- foxycart_brett0
full disclosure: that's a friend of ours, who is apparently very salesy. and i'm not sure how we feel about being called "the staff" ;)
a few other happy (and slightly better looking) stores (no offence, careycat):
http://www.ellieandollie.com/the… (with multiship)
http://narwhalcompany.com/ (really insane implementation; unique products so they actually built in product locking using the XML and JSON that FoxyCart provides)
http://www.powder-blue.co.uk/
http://www.thevillagepress.co.nz…
http://corganics.com/
http://stemilt.squarespace.com/ (a SquareSpace site)we're a young company so if you have any questions just ask (email, our forum, whatever). thanks for asking about us though.
oh and if you really want to do free i'd do Magento over anything else. but free's never really free after you take into account security certs, PCI compliance/scanning, time spent doing security patches and upgrades, and etc. (and to be honest, ZC was the reason we decided to build FoxyCart. the "all-in-one" approach just doesn't work for everybody.)
- i spelled offense wrong, and my comment _was_ offensive. i'm a jerk.foxycart_brett
- flinx7770
easy to use, easy to integrate, reliable, updated constantly with new features and maintained very well. yeh, it has a monthly fee, but with constant update on the security, myself and my clients I build the sites for can sleep easier at night not worrying about it being hacked. it's the only e-commerce i use now.
- YAYPaul0
On the free front theres always http://www.magentocommerce.com/ too.
- leftwave0
SOLD to the girl who doesn't have much of a clue about eCommerce... thanks guys!
- sherman0
How does Foxy Cart calculate shipping rates?
I have a client who is Canadian and sends via Canada Post.
- seed0
foxycart is made for integrating with existing sites right?
A cart that integrates with existing sites vs a fully hosted solution would probably be your major criteria other than cost.
If you are looking for a fully hosted solution to manage inventory and every other aspect of running an online store I can recommend NetSols new pro e-commerce package.
magneto is nice in some ways but has usability issues in others.
- Point50
you know, I'm liking how the developers of certain apps are chiming in these days (foxycart_brett, roxer...). I think it's great that they're showing up in threads about their apps/products and filling in that gray area and answering questions or addressing problems.
- Agree.TheBlueOne
- and they write friendly personal emails to you too! thanks brett!leftwave
- foxycart_brett0
yeah, i was a bit hesitant to comment but then i saw roxer's posts were received pretty well. then i spent an hour reading through a bunch of other posts and realized that it's quite a tight knit community here.
FoxyCart shipping + Canada: most of our shipping is done with live rates (automatically). if you want Canada Post, let us know and we'll see if we can get live rates going for them. unfortunately we don't handle the crazy Canadian tax system that well yet. we're working on that though. We support Moneris and just got a request for Helcim as far as gateways go, so if you need something on that front let us know.
- Brett, you've convinced me to use Foxycart on an upcoming project, you wanker...TheBlueOne
- Me too....Appreciate the responses.nocomply
- radar0
any recommendations for online ordering for a restaurant?
- sherman0
Thanks!
Not sure what you mean by "FoxyCart shipping + Canada: most of our shipping is done with live rates (automatically)." How are live rates created?
Also, say I dont want to add any tax just calculate accurate shipping costs via Canada. Do you recommend Foxycart?
Last question - Can you use just standard Paypal?
- foxycart_brett0
@sherman: oops sorry. i meant that live rates are automatically calculated for whatever options you want (USPS, FedEx, DHL, UPS coming soon). currently we don't do live rates from Canada Post but we can look into adding it.
so if you want to get live shipping rates automatically for Canada, shoot me an email and we'll discuss adding it. it depends on your timeframe, really.
standard paypal: not currently. since standard paypal requires you to actually load up paypal.com it kind of kills the nice one-page login+checkout we have. it's definitely on our roadmap, but we want to improve a few other areas first.
- thanks ~ I will for sure keep Foxy in mind for future projects.sherman
- Mallmus0
Brett, or anyone else,
Can you tell me how http://www.powder-blue.co.uk/ has set up their FoxyCart in the UK using UK Pounds Sterling as their chosen currency? - At the moment I'm looking for the best free/cheap eCommerce solution in the UK...- Store -> Settings. There's a currency symbol select box down at the bottom.foxycart_brett
- oh i see - so its not actually processed by a UK payment provider?Mallmus
- TResudek0
Been messing around with shopify and it seems pretty good. Gotta mess with it a little, ie. Completely remove the CSS and start fresh. But the CMS is really good and it seems to be built pretty solidly.
- Propaganda0
Does anybody uses Wordpress for a CMS? How does Foxycart compare to something like http://www.instinct.co.nz/e-comm….
Its a free Wordpress plugin with a one time $15 fee to integrate a non Paypal merchant account.
- ********0
Bump, anyone still using this?