WordPress Shopping Cart other than wp e-commerce?

A good e-Commerce site takes time to setup because as a seller there are many options you can tweak to optimize and extend your reach.

That said the reality is that you can setup WP e-Commerce in no time at all as you can on the e-Commerce video on the wordpress.tv site.

Here is a look at the latest WP e-Commerce running WordPress 2.8
https://apps.instinct.co.nz/wp-2.8.1/products-page/

It is as they say bloody awesome!!

it’s awesomely 404.

LOL

Take a look at Shopp. Although I haven’t used it personally, I am thinking about it as an alternative to wp-ecommerce, which I have worked with.

Here is a link to the shopp site: https://shopplugin.net/

@triplemoons – have you tried Magento? I’m actually trying to evaluate WP e-commerce and Magento in parallel. WPE was much easier to install but Magento has everything you could ever want, and the admin is really nicely designed.

I purchased shopp and it seems to be fitting my needs so far. I have not used it extensively enough to give a review, but it was very easy to install and setup. https://shopplugin.net/

Russ, my host tells me that Magento is not permitted on the hosting account that I have with them because I would require a dedicated server. Something about it runs something differently that screws with hosting not on a dedicated server. I don’t quite remember what the reasoning was.

At that, I want one control panel that the client can use instead of two. My clients in general aren’t very technologically inclined, so it just makes things easier.

Hi folks,
I quite agree with Triplemoons about Yak, there is a serious lack of information about the usage of the plug-in. I appreciate that I can pay for a help file, but to be honest, when faced with such basic initial help, I personally lose confidence in a product immediately.
I downloaded Yak and tried it out, but there were one or two things that I wanted from it (in particular product variations which I would have thought would be required by most cart users), which don’t seem to be available.
I actually think that Yak could be pretty useful to me, but the obviously incomplete help files have meant that I have had to look elsewhere.
As someone who has been in business for many years, I would suggest that writers of plug-ins (whether free or paid), take on board all feedback on their products even if it is negative, without posting defensive or sometimes aggressive replies. We often learn more from criticism than we do from compliments!
I also think that all software designers should stand back and look at their products from the point of view of the end user. IMHO, I believe that 50% of a good product is good instructions and support.

Product variations are handled by categories. It’s described (albeit rather briefly) in the installation instructions (step 4).

Just FYI, I do take on board all feedback. But in many cases I don’t have the time to actually do much about it. That’s not defensive. Just a fact of life.

Been thinking more about this… ??

I appreciate that I can pay for a help file, but to be honest, when faced with such basic initial help, I personally lose confidence in a product immediately.

So, assume you go into a store and pick up a white-boxed software product. On the front of the box is a glossy logo, on the back is a bullet-point list of features, and a few screenshots. You buy it, take it home only to discover it doesn’t do exactly what you wanted.

Compare with an open source plugin. You download, install, get to play around with the basic features. If it doesn’t do what you want, you’ve lost what? 10-20 minutes of time? And in some cases, if you want to do something more advanced, at that point you have to crowbar your wallet open.

I know which model I prefer.

I also think that all software designers should stand back and look at their products from the point of view of the end user. IMHO, I believe that 50% of a good product is good instructions and support.

You make the assumption that developers don’t look at their products from the point of view of the end user. I’m sure many (most?) do, but there are always other considerations that limit the best of intentions (be it budget, resource, whatever). Personally, I made the decision that I’d like to recover some of my time investment, so I sell the detailed instructions and only include basic installation on the plugin page. Personally, if I was getting a dollar for every download, I’d have everything available for free, and I’d be developing features left-right-and-centre to make sure I got more downloads.

And the answer is…?

You’re SOL. ??

Just played with some of the core files to get the admin working. Under wpsc-admin find display-options-settings.page.php and navigate to line 127. There is a variable for $link that holds the links in the admin section. Simply add target=’_parent’ right before ‘$class’ and you’re set.

Not sure about the other issues. Just now trying this cart out.

Another option out there that you might want to consider is Market Theme.

https://www.markettheme.com/

It’s not a plugin, but rather a ready-to-go theme with it’s own built in shopping cart system. You simply connect it to Paypal for the transaction portion.

One of the best benefits, is that you can have an online store up and running right away, instead of spending time trying to integrate code. Just set it up, and be done…

If you currently have a WP theme that you like, many members just install a new instance of WP in a sub-folder (named store or something), and then just activate the Market theme in that install. On your main theme, all you have to do is put a link in your navigation bar.

There’s also an online demo of Market you can play around with.

PHPurchase is a WordPress eCommerce plugin. Our plugin stands out for several reasons. First, the approach we took to implementing the plugin was to let WordPress manage all aspects of the page layout. There are plenty of ways to implement photo galleries, embed videos, etc. already available for WordPress. PHPurchase simply adds e-commerce functionality. Second, we have placed a strong emphasis on documentation and support by providing screencast tutorials, help articles, and live chat embedded in the the “Help” page of the PHPurchase admin panel and on our website. Our developers are also available to help troubleshoot problems, build out an entire WordPress store, or anything in between. Lastly, PHPurchase is fully compatible with the WordPress Affiliate Platform plugin if you wanted to run an affiliate program for your online WordPress store. No additional configuration is needed to start running your own affiliate program.

If there is anything I can do to help, just let me know. Thanks!

Is PHPurchase open code?