[ic] newbie! Redhat Interchange vs. PHPshop vs. outOFbox?

[Steven Potter]

I don't know what happened to commerce.cgi, but there is a cart called 
agora.cgi that was origionally based off of commerce.cgi.  You can find 
it at http://www.agoracart.com

I have used it on several sites.  It is great for smaller catalogs, but 
when you start getting into larger ones it can be a little slow.  It 
doesn't have as many features as IC does, but it does support inline 
perl so you can add anything you would like.

Steven Potter


OwwwLS wrote:

> Interesting point, thanks Jim.  I read through the archives yesterday and so
> looked up commerce.cgi when someone mentioned it.  But I get a site telling
> me the domain is for sale and it doesn't look like it's possible to download
> commerce.cgi any longer.  That's why I dug deeper and came up with PHPshop.
> 
> Fred mentioned the recent security issues with PHP, but I thought there was
> a patch for this.  After all, microsoft is coming out with patches a hell of
> a lot more than any opensource I know, so I don't think it's possible to
> have a "perfect" solution.  Is there?
> 
> Rita
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Balcom" <jim@idk-enterprises.com>
> To: <interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 6:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [ic] newbie! Redhat Interchange vs. PHPshop vs. outOFbox?
> 
> 
> 
>>On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, OwwwLS wrote:
>>
>>O>>I'm a complete newbie at ecommerce, and I'm researching the options, so
>>O>>please bear with me on these simple questions.
>>O>>
>>O>>Wondering if Interchange is really a cadillac solution, and that
>>
> smaller
> 
>>O>>businesses would need something out of the box. Although I'd prefer
>>O>>opensource, Miva seems to get high ratings in the small biz world
>>
> (provided
> 
>>O>>you have the plug-ins). I've just discovered PHPshop too, and was
>>
> wondering
> 
>>O>>if that might be more suitable for small business than Interchange.
>>O>>
>>O>>I know there would be a learning curve with Interchange, so I'm ready
>>
> for
> 
>>O>>that if it turns out that it makes sense for small business.
>>O>>
>>O>>Opinions please - thanks so much!
>>
>>If you need zoned-based shipping calculations then this is the only thing
>>available.
>>
>>Otherwise, Rich Carey has commerce.cgi which is excellent. I did a lot of
>>business on it, and would still be there if it handled shipping better.
>>
>>If you don't need zone-based shipping then there are many options
>>
> available.
> 
>>I recommend that you explore the free ones first.
>>
>>-= Jim =-
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