[CyberWizard]

I have a potential client who would like me to quote for an e-commerce site.

I am struggling to find a software that will suit her needs. She has had some exceptional product pictures taken and they can't really be cropped to be certain proportions like they are with OpenCart and Magento (the solutions I have experience of) so I was hoping you guys may be able to recommend a professional solution that allowed for random image sizes.

Apart from this requirement and the obvious like product options, newsletter modules etc her only other must have is that it will allow Paypal integration.

Having researched her competitors it looks like most of them have used website builder softwares that have a paypal integration option like PappaShop.

Not really a road I want to have to send her down.

Cheers

[SniderDK]

My system is a SaaS cart/cms that is on usage based billing that’s much cheaper than running an enterprise grade multi server platform yourself and the power is with the designer not developers so if you want huge images... you can do that.

might not be a good plan now as were not public, although we are hosting a few live shops including someone in the American INC magazines fortune 500 list and the system has turned over a fair few million gbp... anyway i say all this in the post linked to below

http://www.webdesign...post__p__321720

[Dx3webs]

This should allow you to use magento and keep your images aspect ratio.. for 10 quid your cant go wrong

http://www.mageext.com/image-plus/

[ren_aldo]

BIG Commerce All the way Cyber Wizard!

Stay away from the cheapy garbage, it will turn your client into a nightmare...sincere and friendly advice!

I blog about it or you can just head over there and see for yourself.

If you wanna do a test run, I can set you up a store through my partnership program no probs, you won't go back I assure you... I've been so impressed I've revamped my business to focus primarily on ecommerce through this platform as you can really do anything from fully custom designing to integrating with ebay and shops in a flash.

I have a personal store which I use as a case study. BC is very much geared towards seo in addition to other things, and within 3 weeks we're already ranking page 5 for competitive short tail keywords searched for 1000+ per month.

Inbox me any help you need and if interested in getting a trial store setup. I'd more than happy to help,

take care,

renaldo

This post has been edited by MikeChipshop: 05 September 2011 - 10:40 AM

[cibgraphics]

Expression engine has an ecommerce side to it and that platform is extremely flexible.

[ren_aldo]

I agree cib,

but I've had many nightmares with cartthrob and simple commerce, and while really great (as expression engine is my cms of choice over all others) I think if you are setting up a site primarily focused on e-commerce, you should get a solution that is built for that natively. E-commerce in EE is more of an extra and while great for a few simple products is a nightmare for a larger range...

although admittedly I'm still speaking of 1.7 - I'm sure 2.0 is great!

[Dx3webs]

cibgraphics, on 03 September 2011 - 03:41 PM, said:

Expression engine has an ecommerce side to it and that platform is extremely flexible.

we host one EE site with over 500 000 products... it is a very powerful system