Choosing an open source e-commerce application is kind of like shopping in the bargain bins. Everything is a few models old, none of it matches today’s style, a good portion of it is damaged beyond repair, and in the end you get what pay for.
Open source, in many realms of the online world of apps, can mean an incredible application. But for some reason, e-commerce was never a part of that goodness. You have osCommerce, Zen Cart, phpShop, and all the other clones. When they were first released several years back, they were great. But with thousands of hacks and fixes slapped on, no update to the UI or standardization of code, they resemble a war vet covered head to toe in bandages.
Finally…….finally, finally, finally, a new application is joining the game, and in my opinion, will do to it’s market what vBulletin did with forums and Apache with servers, dominate!
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