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#1 CreativeShelf

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Posted 25 January 2012 - 09:37 PM

Like it says in the title.

What is the best open source software for designing a store?

Much appreciated.

Jake.

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Posted 26 January 2012 - 08:52 AM

I've never made a full e-commerce site myself, but have worked on a Drupal site using Ubercart which seemed pretty good to me!

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Posted 26 January 2012 - 08:56 AM

Opencart is pretty good with lots of different payment gateways and an array of settings, it's pretty easy to theme too once you get your head around the file layout.

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Posted 26 January 2012 - 09:27 PM

Hi,

i'm working with ecommerce solutions within last 8 years and would say the following:

Most popular solution is Magento. But it is very difficult for programming and understanding the code.
OpenCart is antipode of Magento: it is very clear and enough easy for programming.

osCommerce was popular for certain years.

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Posted 28 March 2012 - 07:54 PM

Check out the new drupal commerce too.

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 01:36 PM

For more than 5 years I work with Magento, so I can recommend it. And you always can find any addition feature in extensions and themes.

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Posted 01 April 2012 - 12:28 AM

I really don't like to do an ecommerce site to begin with...but I did test all of them a bit. OScommerce, it was easy to install, etc. But, too much on the fix everything up bit for me. Magento...it is great. But, most my customers stick with GoDaddy, and sometimes I have a problem with linking up. I never tried presto, so I can't say much on it. Right now, I'm working with ZenCart. It seems ok. I'm not impressed, but I can let you know more on it later.
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Posted 11 April 2012 - 12:00 PM

It's not open source but LemonStand is fantastic - http://lemonstandapp.com.

I use to use Zen Cart but switched to LemonStand because even though there is a $300 license I can develop a better site in half the time it takes to do a Zen Cart one. It's well worth looking at.

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 02:42 PM

oneeyedpauly, on 11 April 2012 - 12:00 PM, said:

That's why I hate ecommerce sites the most....it is the time. But, they are great money. Thanks for the suggestion, I will check out lemonstandapp.com