You can of course spend tens of thousands of pounds on a e-commerce platform. Perhaps you will get your investment back and perhaps it will offer a few features that no one else has. However, open source solutions are fast in development and anyone who wants to help out can.  Before spending a penny on a commercial solution you should take a long hard look at the free alternative.  Web distortion have reviewed 10 of the most active and promising e-commerce platforms.


Here is what they had to state about magento our prefered solutuion.

http://www.magentocommerce.com

Varien, a Los Angeles web development firm is the brainchild behindMagento, and my what a fantastic job they have done on this product. It’s by far one of the more exciting e-commerce platforms available for free on the market today. Dripping with features, they really have thought of everything. Wishlists, shop by price and category, item comparison – all the things we’ve come to expect from professional web stores. Its software as good as this that really keeps licensed software on their toes..

Just some of the features, for a full list download the pdf

Notable Features

  • Integrated with Google Analytics
  • Multiple Images with Zoom
  • Add to Wishlist
  • Send to a Friend
  • Batch Import and Export of Catalog
  • One Page Checkout
  • Multi Lingual

Read what they have to say about the other 9 solutions here

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